---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 268.31"
title: "40"
number: "268.31"
heading: "Waste specific prohibitions—Dioxin-containing wastes."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/268.31"
---

# §268.31. Waste specific prohibitions—Dioxin-containing wastes.

- (a) Effective November 8, 1988, the dioxin-containing wastes specified in [40 CFR 261.31](/cfr/40/261.31.md) as EPA Hazardous Waste Nos. F020, F02l, F022, F023, F026, F027, and F028, are prohibited from land disposal unless the following condition applies:
  - (1) The F020-F023 and F026-F028 dioxin-containing waste is contaminated soil and debris resulting from a response action taken under section [104](/cfr/40/104.md) or [106](/cfr/40/106.md) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) or a corrective action taken under subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).
- (b) Effective November 8, 1990, the F020-F023 and F026-F028 dioxin-containing wastes listed in [paragraph (a)(1)](#a-1) of this section are prohibited from land disposal.
- (c) Between November 8, 1988, and November 8, 1990, wastes included in [paragraph (a)(1)](#a-1) of this section may be disposed in a landfill or surface impoundment only if such unit is in compliance with the requirements specified in [§ 268.5(h)(2)](/cfr/40/268.5.md?p=h-2) and all other applicable requirements of parts [264](/cfr/40/part264.md) and [265](/cfr/40/part265.md) of this chapter.
- (d) **The requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section do not apply if—**
  - (1) The wastes meet the standards of subpart D of this part; or
  - (2) Persons have been granted an exemption from a prohibition pursuant to a petition under [§ 268.6](/cfr/40/268.6.md), with respect to those wastes and units covered by the petition; or
  - (3) Persons have been granted an extension to the effective date of a prohibition pursuant to [§ 268.5](/cfr/40/268.5.md), with respect to those wastes covered by the extension.

## Notes

### Amendments

[53 FR 31216, Aug. 17, 1988]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6905, 6912(a), 6921, and 6924.

### Amendments

[53 FR 31216, Aug. 17, 1988]