---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 264.96"
title: "40"
number: "264.96"
heading: "Compliance period."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/264.96"
---

# §264.96. Compliance period.

- (a) The Regional Administrator will specify in the facility permit the compliance period during which the ground-water protection standard of [§ 264.92](/cfr/40/264.92.md) applies. The compliance period is the number of years equal to the active life of the waste management area (including any waste management activity prior to permitting, and the closure period.)
- (b) The compliance period begins when the owner or operator initiates a compliance monitoring program meeting the requirements of [§ 264.99](/cfr/40/264.99.md).
- (c) If the owner or operator is engaged in a corrective action program at the end of the compliance period specified in [paragraph (a)](#a) of this section, the compliance period is extended until the owner or operator can demonstrate that the ground-water protection standard of [§ 264.92](/cfr/40/264.92.md) has not been exceeded for a period of three consecutive years.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 47 FR 32350, July 26, 1982, 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.