---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 262.260"
title: "40"
number: "262.260"
heading: "Purpose and implementation of contingency plan."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/262.260"
---

# §262.260. Purpose and implementation of contingency plan.

- (a) A large quantity generator must have a contingency plan for the facility. The contingency plan must be designed to minimize hazards to human health or the environment from fires, explosions, or any unplanned sudden or non-sudden release of hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents to air, soil, or surface water.
- (b) The provisions of the plan must be carried out immediately whenever there is a fire, explosion, or release of hazardous waste or hazardous waste constituents which could threaten human health or the environment.

## 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.