---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 267.18"
title: "40"
number: "267.18"
heading: "What are the standards for selecting the location of my facility?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/267.18"
---

# §267.18. What are the standards for selecting the location of my facility?

- (a) You may not locate portions of new facilities where hazardous waste will be treated or stored within 61 meters (200 feet) of a fault that has had displacement in Holocene time.
  - (1) “Fault” means a fracture along which rocks on one side have been displaced with respect to those on the other side.
  - (2) “Displacement” means the relative movement of any two sides of a fault measured in any direction.
  - (3) “Holocene” means the most recent epoch of the Quaternary period, extending from the end of the Pleistocene to the present.
- (b) If your facility is located in a 100-year flood plain, it must be designed, constructed, operated, and maintained to prevent washout of any hazardous waste by a 100-year flood.
  - (1) “100-year flood plain” means any land area that is subject to a one percent or greater chance of flooding in any given year from any source.
  - (2) “Washout” means the movement of hazardous waste from the active portion of the facility as a result of flooding.
  - (3) “100-year flood” means a flood that has a one percent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any given year.

## 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.