Code of Federal Regulations Title 41. Public Contracts and Property Management § 41.102–40.125 May we dispose of personal property requiring special handling by abandonment or destruction?

Yes, you may dispose of personal property requiring special handling by abandonment or destruction. However, in addition to the requirements for the abandonment or destruction of property in §§ 102–36.305 through 102–36.330 of this subchapter, you must also satisfy applicable Federal, state, and local waste disposal and air and water pollution control standards, laws, and regulations. You must ensure that such property, including empty hazardous material containers, not be abandoned until made safe, demilitarized, reduced to scrap, or otherwise made innocuous. You should also preserve, as much as possible, any civilian utility or commercial value of the property (see § 102–40.50.) National security classified items must be declassified or destroyed in accordance with holding agency regulations.