---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 264.51"
title: "40"
number: "264.51"
heading: "Purpose and implementation of contingency plan."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/264.51"
---

# §264.51. Purpose and implementation of contingency plan.

- (a) Each owner or operator must have a contingency plan for his 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

### Amendments

[45 FR 33221, May 19, 1980, as amended at 50 FR 4514, Jan. 31, 1985]

### Authority

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

### Source

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

### Amendments

[45 FR 33221, May 19, 1980, as amended at 50 FR 4514, Jan. 31, 1985]