---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 262.1"
title: "40"
number: "262.1"
heading: "Terms used in this part."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/262.1"
---

# §262.1. Terms used in this part.


As used in this part:

Condition for exemption means any requirement in [§ 262.14](/cfr/40/262.14.md), [§ 262.15](/cfr/40/262.15.md), [§ 262.16](/cfr/40/262.16.md), [§ 262.17](/cfr/40/262.17.md), [§ 262.70](/cfr/40/262.70.md), or subpart [K](/cfr/40/subpartK.md) or [L](/cfr/40/subpartL.md) of this part that states an event, action, or standard that must occur or be met in order to obtain an exemption from any applicable requirement in parts [124](/cfr/40/part124.md), [264](/cfr/40/part264.md) through 268, and 270 of this chapter, or from any requirement for notification under [section 3010](/cfr/40/3010.md) of RCRA for treatment storage, and disposal facilities.

Independent requirement means a requirement of [part 262](/cfr/40/part262.md) that states an event, action, or standard that must occur or be met; and that applies without relation to, or irrespective of, the purpose of obtaining a conditional exemption from storage facility permit, interim status, and operating requirements under [§ 262.14](/cfr/40/262.14.md), [§ 262.15](/cfr/40/262.15.md), [§ 262.16](/cfr/40/262.16.md), [§ 262.17](/cfr/40/262.17.md), or [subpart K](/cfr/40/subpartK.md) or [subpart L](/cfr/40/subpartL.md) of this part.


## Notes

### Amendments

[81 FR 85806, Nov. 28, 2016, as amended at 88 FR 54108, Aug. 9, 2023]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6906, 6912, 6922-6925, 6937, 6938 and 6939g.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 33142, May 19, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[81 FR 85806, Nov. 28, 2016, as amended at 88 FR 54108, Aug. 9, 2023]