---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 262.209"
title: "40"
number: "262.209"
heading: "Where and when to make the hazardous waste determination and where to send containers of unwanted material upon removal from the laboratory."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/262.209"
---

# §262.209. Where and when to make the hazardous waste determination and where to send containers of unwanted material upon removal from the laboratory.

- (a) **Large quantity generators and small quantity generators—** an eligible academic entity must ensure that a trained professional makes a hazardous waste determination, pursuant to [§ 262.11](/cfr/40/262.11.md), for unwanted material in any of the following areas:
  - (1) In the laboratory before the unwanted material is removed from the laboratory, in accordance with [§ 262.210](/cfr/40/262.210.md);
  - (2) Within 4 calendar days of arriving at an on-site central accumulation area, in accordance with [§ 262.211](/cfr/40/262.211.md); and
  - (3) Within 4 calendar days of arriving at an on-site interim status or permitted treatment, storage or disposal facility, in accordance with [§ 262.212](/cfr/40/262.212.md).
- (b) **Very small quantity generators.** An eligible academic entity must ensure that a trained professional makes a hazardous waste determination, pursuant to [§ 262.11(a) through (d)](/cfr/40/262.11.md?p=a..d), for unwanted material in the laboratory before the unwanted material is removed from the laboratory, in accordance with [§ 262.210](/cfr/40/262.210.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[73 FR 72954, Dec. 1, 2008, as amended at 81 FR 85820, Nov. 28, 2016]

### Source

Source: 73 FR 72954, Dec. 1, 2008, unless otherwise noted.

### 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

[73 FR 72954, Dec. 1, 2008, as amended at 81 FR 85820, Nov. 28, 2016]