---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 270.300"
title: "40"
number: "270.300"
heading: "What container information must I keep at my facility?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/270.300"
---

# §270.300. What container information must I keep at my facility?


If you store or treat hazardous waste in containers, you must keep the following information at your facility:

- (a) A description of the containment system to demonstrate compliance with the container storage area provisions of [40 CFR 267.173](/cfr/40/267.173.md). This description must show 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 [40 CFR 267.173(c)](/cfr/40/267.173.md?p=c), including:
  - (1) Test procedures and results or other documentation or information to show that the wastes do not contain free liquids.
  - (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 [40 CFR 267.174](/cfr/40/267.174.md) (location of buffer zone (15m or 50ft) and containers holding ignitable or reactive wastes) and [40 CFR 267.175(c)](/cfr/40/267.175.md?p=c) (location of incompatible wastes in relation to each other), where applicable.
- (d) Where incompatible wastes are stored or otherwise managed in containers, a description of the procedures used to ensure compliance with 40 CFR [267.175(a)](/cfr/40/267.175.md?p=a) and [(b)](/cfr/40/267.175.md?p=b), and [267.17(b)](/cfr/40/267.17.md?p=b) and [(c)](/cfr/40/267.17.md?p=c).
- (e) Information on air emission control equipment as required by [§ 270.315](/cfr/40/270.315.md).

## Notes

### Source

Source: 70 FR 53475, Sept. 8, 2005, unless otherwise noted.

### 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.