---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 262.252"
title: "40"
number: "262.252"
heading: "Required equipment."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/262.252"
---

# §262.252. Required equipment.


All areas deemed applicable by [§ 262.250](/cfr/40/262.250.md) must be equipped with the items in [paragraphs (a) through (d)](#a..d) of this section (unless none of the hazards posed by waste handled at the facility could require a particular kind of equipment specified below or the actual hazardous waste generation or accumulation area does not lend itself for safety reasons to have a particular kind of equipment specified below). A large quantity generator may determine the most appropriate locations within its facility to locate equipment necessary to prepare for and respond to emergencies:

- (a) An internal communications or alarm system capable of providing immediate emergency instruction (voice or signal) to facility personnel;
- (b) A device, such as a telephone (immediately available at the scene of operations) or a hand-held two-way radio, capable of summoning emergency assistance from local police departments, fire departments, or state or local emergency response teams;
- (c) Portable fire extinguishers, fire control equipment (including special extinguishing equipment, such as that using foam, inert gas, or dry chemicals), spill control equipment, and decontamination equipment; and
- (d) Water at adequate volume and pressure to supply water hose streams, or foam producing equipment, or automatic sprinklers, or water spray systems.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 81 FR 85823, 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.