Regulations last checked for updates: May 03, 2025

Title 40 - Protection of Environment last revised: Nov 03, 2025
§ 261.171 - Condition of containers.

If a container holding hazardous secondary material is not in good condition (e.g., severe rusting, apparent structural defects) or if it begins to leak, the hazardous secondary material must be transferred from this container to a container that is in good condition or managed in some other way that complies with the requirements of this part.

source: 45 FR 33119, May 19, 1980, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 40 CFR 261.171