Section 268.36 - Waste specific prohibitions-inorganic chemical wastes(a) Effective May 20, 2002, the wastes specified in 40 CFR part 261 as EPA Hazardous Wastes Numbers K176, K177, and K178, and soil and debris contaminated with these wastes, radioactive wastes mixed with these wastes, and soil and debris contaminated with radioactive wastes mixed with these wastes are prohibited from land disposal.(b) The requirements of paragraph (a) of this section do not apply if: (1) The wastes meet the applicable treatment standards specified in subpart D of this part;(2) Persons have been granted an exemption from a prohibition pursuant to a petition under § 268.6 , with respect to those wastes and units covered by the petition;(3) The wastes meet the applicable treatment standards established pursuant to a petition granted under § 268.44 ;(4) Hazardous debris has met the treatment standards in § 268.40 or the alternative treatment standards in § 268.45 ; or(5) Persons have been granted an extension to the effective date of a prohibition pursuant to § 268.5 , with respect to these wastes covered by the extension.(c) To determine whether a hazardous waste identified in this section exceeds the applicable treatment standards specified in § 268.40 , the initial generator must test a sample of the waste extract or the entire waste, depending on whether the treatment standards are expressed as concentrations in the waste extract or the waste, or the generator may use knowledge of the waste. If the waste contains regulated constituents in excess of the applicable subpart D levels, the waste is prohibited from land disposal, and all requirements of this part are applicable, except as otherwise specified.66 FR 58298, Nov. 20, 2001