[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 18, Parts 260 to 265]
[Revised as of July 1, 2000]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR261.22]

[Page 54-55]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
PART 261--IDENTIFICATION AND LISTING OF HAZARDOUS WASTE--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart C--Characteristics of Hazardous Waste
 
Sec. 261.22  Characteristic of corrosivity.

    (a) A solid waste exhibits the characteristic of corrosivity if a 
representative sample of the waste has either of the following 
properties:
    (1) It is aqueous and has a pH less than or equal to 2 or greater 
than or equal to 12.5, as determined by a pH meter using Method 9040 in 
``Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/Chemical Methods,'' 
EPA Publication SW-846, as incorporated by reference in Sec. 260.11 of 
this chapter.
    (2) It is a liquid and corrodes steel (SAE 1020) at a rate greater 
than 6.35 mm (0.250 inch) per year at a test temperature of 55  deg.C 
(130  deg.F) as determined by the test method specified in NACE

[[Page 55]]

(National Association of Corrosion Engineers) Standard TM-01-69 as 
standardized in ``Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, Physical/
Chemical Methods,'' EPA Publication SW-846, as incorporated by reference 
in Sec. 260.11 of this chapter.
    (b) A solid waste that exhibits the characteristic of corrosivity 
has the EPA Hazardous Waste Number of D002.

[45 FR 33119, May 19, 1980, as amended at 46 FR 35247, July 7, 1981; 55 
FR 22684, June 1, 1990; 58 FR 46049, Aug. 31, 1993]