[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 22]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR246.201-7]

[Page 339]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 246--SOURCE SEPARATION FOR MATERIALS RECOVERY GUIDELINES--Table of 
Contents
 
           Subpart B--Requirements and Recommended Procedures
 
Sec. 246.201-7  Recommended procedures: Cost analysis.

    After potential markets have been located (but prior to initiation 
of formal bidding procedures), preliminary determinations of various 
separation methods, storage and transportation costs have been made, and 
estimated tonnages of both recoverable materials and residual solid 
waste have been established, an analysis should be conducted which 
compares the costs of the present waste collection and disposal system 
with the proposed segregated systems. At a minimum this study should 
include all capital, operating and overhead costs and take into account 
credits for revenue from paper sales and savings from diverting recycled 
materials from disposal. Potential costs to upgrade collection and 
disposal practices to comply with EPA's Guidelines for the Storage and 
Collection of Residential, Commercial and Institutional Solid Wastes (40 
CFR part 243) and Thermal Processing and Land Disposal Guidelines (40 
CFR parts 240 and 241) should be included in the analysis. In 
formulating a separate collection system and evaluating its costs, every 
effort should be made to use idle equipment and underutilized collection 
manpower to reduce separate collection costs. This cost analysis should 
enable the facility to determine the most cost effective method if 
implementing the requirements of this part.