---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 267.198"
title: "40"
number: "267.198"
heading: "What are the general operating requirements for my tank systems?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/267.198"
---

# §267.198. What are the general operating requirements for my tank systems?

- (a) You must not place hazardous wastes or treatment reagents in a tank system if they could cause the tank, its ancillary equipment, or the containment system to rupture, leak, corrode, or otherwise fail.
- (b) You must use appropriate controls and practices to prevent spills and overflows from tank or containment systems. These include, at a minimum:
  - (1) **Spill prevention controls (for example, check valves, dry disconnect couplings).**
  - (2) Overfill prevention controls (for example, level sensing devices, high level alarms, automatic feed cutoff, or bypass to a standby tank).
  - (3) Sufficient freeboard in uncovered tanks to prevent overtopping by wave or wind action or by precipitation.
- (c) You must comply with the requirements of [§ 267.200](/cfr/40/267.200.md) if a leak or spill occurs in the tank system.

## 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.