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40 CFR §266.505

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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).