---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 262.233"
title: "40"
number: "262.233"
heading: "Petition to manage one additional episodic event per calendar year."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/262.233"
---

# §262.233. Petition to manage one additional episodic event per calendar year.

- (a) A generator may petition the Regional Administrator for a second episodic event in a calendar year without impacting its generator category under the following conditions:
  - (1) If a very small quantity generator or small quantity generator has already held a planned episodic event in a calendar year, the generator may petition EPA for an additional unplanned episodic event in that calendar year within 72 hours of the unplanned event.
  - (2) If a very small quantity generator or small quantity generator has already held an unplanned episodic event in a calendar year, the generator may petition EPA for an additional planned episodic event in that calendar year.
- (b) The petition must include the following:
  - (1) The reason(s) why an additional episodic event is needed and the nature of the episodic event;
  - (2) The estimated amount of hazardous waste to be managed from the event;
  - (3) How the hazardous waste is to be managed;
  - (4) The estimated length of time needed to complete management of the hazardous waste generated from the episodic event—not to exceed sixty (60) days; and
  - (5) Information regarding the previous episodic event managed by the generator, including the nature of the event, whether it was a planned or unplanned event, and how the generator complied with the conditions.
- (c) The petition must be made to the Regional Administrator in writing, either on paper or electronically.
- (d) The generator must retain written approval in its records for three (3) years from the date the episodic event ended.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 81 FR 85821, Nov. 28, 2016, 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.