---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 270.15"
title: "40"
number: "270.15"
heading: "Specific part B information requirements for containers."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/270.15"
---

# §270.15. Specific part B information requirements for containers.


Except as otherwise provided in [§ 264.170](/cfr/40/264.170.md), owners or operators of facilities that store containers of hazardous waste must provide the following additional information:

- (a) A description of the containment system to demonstrate compliance with [§ 264.175](/cfr/40/264.175.md). Show at least the following:
  - (1) **Basic design parameters, dimensions, and materials of construction.**
  - (2) How the design promotes drainage or how containers are kept from contact with standing liquids in the containment system.
  - (3) **Capacity of the containment system relative to the number and volume of containers to be stored.**
  - (4) **Provisions for preventing or managing run-on.**
  - (5) **How accumulated liquids can be analyzed and removed to prevent overflow.**
- (b) For storage areas that store containers holding wastes that do not contain free liquids, a demonstration of compliance with [§ 264.175(c)](/cfr/40/264.175.md?p=c), including:
  - (1) Test procedures and results or other documentation or information to show that the wastes do not contain free liquids; and
  - (2) A description of how the storage area is designed or operated to drain and remove liquids or how containers are kept from contact with standing liquids.
- (c) Sketches, drawings, or data demonstrating compliance with [§ 264.176](/cfr/40/264.176.md) (location of buffer zone and containers holding ignitable or reactive wastes) and [§ 264.177(c)](/cfr/40/264.177.md?p=c) (location of incompatible wastes), where applicable.
- (d) Where incompatible wastes are stored or otherwise managed in containers, a description of the procedures used to ensure compliance with §§ [264.177 (a)](/cfr/40/264.177.md?p=a) and [(b)](/cfr/40/264.177.md?p=b), and [264.17 (b)](/cfr/40/264.17.md?p=b) and [(c)](/cfr/40/264.17.md?p=c).
- (e) Information on air emission control equipment as required in [§ 270.27](/cfr/40/270.27.md).

## Notes

### Amendments

[48 FR 14228, Apr. 1, 1983; 48 FR 30114, June 30, 1983; 59 FR 62952, Dec. 6, 1994]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 6905, 6912, 6924, 6925, 6927, 6939, and 6974.

### Source

Source: 48 FR 14228, Apr. 1, 1983, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[48 FR 14228, Apr. 1, 1983; 48 FR 30114, June 30, 1983; 59 FR 62952, Dec. 6, 1994]