---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 267.176"
title: "40"
number: "267.176"
heading: "What must I do when I want to stop using the containers?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/267.176"
---

# §267.176. What must I do when I want to stop using the containers?


You must remove all hazardous waste and hazardous waste residues from the containment system. You must decontaminate or remove remaining containers, liners, bases, and soil containing, or contaminated with, hazardous waste or hazardous waste residues.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6902, 6912(a), 6924-6926, and 6930.

### Source

Source: 70 FR 53453, Sept. 8, 2005, unless otherwise noted.