40 CFR §267.198
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- (a)You must not place hazardous wastes or treatment reagents in a tank system if they could cause the tank, its ancillary equipment, or the containment system to rupture, leak, corrode, or otherwise fail.
- (b)You must use appropriate controls and practices to prevent spills and overflows from tank or containment systems. These include, at a minimum:
- (1)Spill prevention controls (for example, check valves, dry disconnect couplings).
- (2)Overfill prevention controls (for example, level sensing devices, high level alarms, automatic feed cutoff, or bypass to a standby tank).
- (3)Sufficient freeboard in uncovered tanks to prevent overtopping by wave or wind action or by precipitation.
- (c)You must comply with the requirements of § 267.200 if a leak or spill occurs in the tank system.