40 C.F.R. § 266.505

Prohibition on sewering hazardous waste pharmaceuticals.

Last amended: 2023Year: 2026Length: 60 wordsOfficial source

Cite as 40 C.F.R. § 266.505 (2026)

All healthcare facilities—including very small quantity generators operating under § 262.14 of this subchapter in lieu of this subpart—and reverse distributors are prohibited from discharging hazardous waste pharmaceuticals to a sewer system that passes through to a publicly-owned treatment works. Healthcare facilities and reverse distributors remain subject to the prohibitions in 40 CFR 403.5(b). [88 FR 54113, Aug. 9, 2023]
Cross-references to the CFR
262.1440:403.5
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