---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 148.18"
title: "40"
number: "148.18"
heading: "Waste specific prohibitions—newly listed and identified wastes."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/148.18"
---

# §148.18. Waste specific prohibitions—newly listed and identified wastes.

- (a) Effective August 24, 1998, all newly identified D004-D011 wastes and characteristic mineral processing wastes, except those identified in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section, are prohibited from underground injection.
- (b) Effective May 26, 2000, characteristic hazardous wastes from titanium dioxide mineral processing, and radioactive wastes mixed with newly identified D004-D011 or mixed with newly identified characteristic mineral processing wastes, are prohibited from underground injection.
- (c) Effective August 11, 1997, the wastes specified in [40 CFR part 261](/cfr/40/part261.md) as EPA Hazardous waste numbers F032, F034, F035 are prohibited from underground injection.
- (d) Effective May 12, 1999, the wastes specified in [40 CFR part 261](/cfr/40/part261.md) as EPA Hazardous waste numbers F032, F034, F035 that are mixed with radioactive wastes are prohibited from underground injection.
- (e) On July 8, 1996, the wastes specified in [40 CFR 261.32](/cfr/40/261.32.md) as EPA Hazardous waste numbers K156-K161, P127, P128, P185, P188-P192, P194, P196-P199, P201-P205, U271, U277-U280, U364-U367, U372, U373, U375-U379, U381-387, U389-U396, U400-U404, U407, and U409-U411 are prohibited from underground injection.
- (f) On January 8, 1997, the wastes specified in [40 CFR 261.32](/cfr/40/261.32.md) as EPA Hazardous waste number K088 is prohibited from underground injection.
- (g) On April 8, 1998, the wastes specified in [40 CFR part 261](/cfr/40/part261.md) as EPA Hazardous waste numbers D018-043, and Mixed TC/Radioactive wastes, are prohibited from underground injection.
- (h) [Reserved]
- (i) Effective February 8, 1999, the wastes specified in [40 CFR 261.32](/cfr/40/261.32.md) as EPA Hazardous Waste Numbers K169, K170, K171, and K172 are prohibited from underground injection.
- (j) Effective May 8, 2001, the wastes specified in [40 CFR 261.32](/cfr/40/261.32.md) as EPA Hazardous Waste Numbers K174 and K175 are prohibited from underground injection.
- (k) Effective May 20, 2002, the wastes specified in [40 CFR 261.32](/cfr/40/261.32.md) as EPA Hazardous Waste Numbers K176, K177, and K178 are prohibited from underground injection.
- (l) Effective August 23, 2005, the waste specified in [40 CFR 261.32](/cfr/40/261.32.md) as EPA Hazardous Waste Number K181 is prohibited from underground injection.
- (m) **The requirements of paragraphs (a) through (l) of this section do not apply—**
  - (1) If the wastes meet or are treated to meet the applicable standards specified in [subpart D](/cfr/40/subpartD.md) of [40 CFR part 268](/cfr/40/part268.md); or
  - (2) If an exemption from a prohibition has been granted in response to a petition under subpart C of this part; or
  - (3) During the period of extension of the applicable effective date, if an extension has been granted under [§ 148.4](/cfr/40/148.4.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[61 FR 15662, Apr. 8, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 26018, May 12, 1997; 63 FR 24624, May 4, 1998; 63 FR 28636, May 26, 1998; 63 FR 35149, June 29, 1998; 63 FR 42184, Aug. 6, 1998; 65 FR 14474, Mar. 17, 2000; 65 FR 36366, June 8, 2000; 65 FR 67126, Nov. 8, 2000; 66 FR 58297, Nov. 20, 2001; 70 FR 9174, Feb. 24, 2005]

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 3004, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.

### Source

Source: 53 FR 28154, July 26, 1988, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[61 FR 15662, Apr. 8, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 26018, May 12, 1997; 63 FR 24624, May 4, 1998; 63 FR 28636, May 26, 1998; 63 FR 35149, June 29, 1998; 63 FR 42184, Aug. 6, 1998; 65 FR 14474, Mar. 17, 2000; 65 FR 36366, June 8, 2000; 65 FR 67126, Nov. 8, 2000; 66 FR 58297, Nov. 20, 2001; 70 FR 9174, Feb. 24, 2005]