---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 265.114"
title: "40"
number: "265.114"
heading: "Disposal or decontamination of equipment, structures and soils."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/265.114"
---

# §265.114. Disposal or decontamination of equipment, structures and soils.


During the partial and final closure periods, all contaminated equipment, structures and soil must be properly disposed of, or decontaminated unless specified otherwise in §§ [265.197](/cfr/40/265.197.md), [265.228](/cfr/40/265.228.md), [265.258](/cfr/40/265.258.md), [265.280](/cfr/40/265.280.md), or [265.310](/cfr/40/265.310.md). By removing all hazardous wastes or hazardous constituents during partial and final closure, the owner or operator may become a generator of hazardous waste and must handle that hazardous waste in accordance with all applicable requirements of [part 262](/cfr/40/part262.md) of this chapter.


## Notes

### Amendments

[51 FR 16451, May 2, 1986, as amended at 53 FR 34086, Sept. 2, 1988]

### Source

Source: 51 FR 16451, May 2, 1986, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6905, 6906, 6912, 6922, 6923, 6924, 6925, 6935, 6936, 6937, and 6939g.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 33232, May 19, 1980, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[51 FR 16451, May 2, 1986, as amended at 53 FR 34086, Sept. 2, 1988]