---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 265.172"
title: "40"
number: "265.172"
heading: "Compatibility of waste with container."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/265.172"
---

# §265.172. Compatibility of waste with container.


The owner or operator must use a container made of or lined with materials which will not react with, and are otherwise compatible with, the hazardous waste to be stored, so that the ability of the container to contain the waste is not impaired.


## Notes

### 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.