---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 264.194"
title: "40"
number: "264.194"
heading: "General operating requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/264.194"
---

# §264.194. General operating requirements.

- (a) Hazardous wastes or treatment reagents must not be placed in a tank system if they could cause the tank, its ancillary equipment, or the containment system to rupture, leak, corrode, or otherwise fail.
- (b) The owner or operator must use appropriate controls and practices to prevent spills and overflows from tank or containment systems. These include at a minimum:
  - (1) Spill prevention controls (e.g., check valves, dry disconnect couplings);
  - (2) Overfill prevention controls (e.g., level sensing devices, high level alarms, automatic feed cutoff, or bypass to a standby tank); and
  - (3) Maintenance of sufficient freeboard in uncovered tanks to prevent overtopping by wave or wind action or by precipitation.
- (c) The owner or operator must comply with the requirements of [§ 264.196](/cfr/40/264.196.md) if a leak or spill occurs in the tank system.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 51 FR 25472, July 14, 1986, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6905, 6912(a), 6924, 6925, and 6939g.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 33221, May 19, 1980, unless otherwise noted.