---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 262.253"
title: "40"
number: "262.253"
heading: "Testing and maintenance of equipment."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/262.253"
---

# §262.253. Testing and maintenance of equipment.


All communications or alarm systems, fire protection equipment, spill control equipment, and decontamination equipment, where required, must be tested and maintained as necessary to assure its proper operation in time of emergency.


## 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.