---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 260.1"
title: "40"
number: "260.1"
heading: "Purpose, scope, and applicability."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/260.1"
---

# §260.1. Purpose, scope, and applicability.

- (a) This part provides definitions of terms, general standards, and overview information applicable to parts [260](/cfr/40/part260.md) through [265](/cfr/40/part265.md) and 268 of this chapter.
- (b) **In this part—**
  - (1) [Section 260.2](/cfr/40/260.2.md) sets forth the rules that EPA will use in making information it receives available to the public and sets forth the requirements that generators, transporters, or owners or operators of treatment, storage, or disposal facilities must follow to assert claims of business confidentiality with respect to information that is submitted to EPA under parts [260](/cfr/40/part260.md) through [265](/cfr/40/part265.md) and 268 of this chapter.
  - (2) [Section 260.3](/cfr/40/260.3.md) establishes rules of grammatical construction for parts [260](/cfr/40/part260.md) through [265](/cfr/40/part265.md) and 268 of this chapter.
  - (3) [Section 260.10](/cfr/40/260.10.md) defines terms which are used in parts [260](/cfr/40/part260.md) through [265](/cfr/40/part265.md) and 268 of this chapter.
  - (4) [Section 260.20](/cfr/40/260.20.md) establishes procedures for petitioning EPA to amend, modify, or revoke any provision of parts [260](/cfr/40/part260.md) through [265](/cfr/40/part265.md) and 268 of this chapter and establishes procedures governing EPA's action on such petitions.
  - (5) [Section 260.21](/cfr/40/260.21.md) establishes procedures for petitioning EPA to approve testing methods as equivalent to those prescribed in parts [261](/cfr/40/part261.md), [264](/cfr/40/part264.md), or 265 of this chapter.
  - (6) [Section 260.22](/cfr/40/260.22.md) establishes procedures for petitioning EPA to amend [subpart D of part 261](/cfr/40/part261-subpartD.md) to exclude a waste from a particular facility.

## Notes

### Amendments

[45 FR 33073, May 19, 1980, as amended at 51 FR 40636, Nov. 7, 1986]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6905, 6912(a), 6921-6927, 6930, 6934, 6935, 6937, 6938, 6939, 6939g, and 6974.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 33073, May 19, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[45 FR 33073, May 19, 1980, as amended at 51 FR 40636, Nov. 7, 1986]