[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: 40CFR256.03]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 256--GUIDELINES FOR DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF STATE SOLID 
WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANS--Table of Contents
 
          Subpart A--Purpose, General Requirements, Definitions
 
Sec. 256.03  State plan submission, adoption, and revision.

    (a) To be considered for approval, the State plan shall be submitted 
to EPA within a reasonable time after final promulgation of these 
guidelines.
    (b) Prior to submission to EPA, the plan shall be adopted by the 
State pursuant to State administrative procedures.
    (c) The plan shall be developed in accord with public participation 
procedures required by Subpart G of this part.
    (d) The plan shall contain procedures for revision. The State plan 
shall be revised by the State, after notice and public hearings, when 
the Administrator, by regulation, or the State determines, that:
    (1) The State plan is not in compliance with the requirements of 
these guidelines;

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    (2) Information has become available which demonstrates the 
inadequacy of the plan; or
    (3) Such revision is otherwise necessary.
    (e) The State plan shall be reviewed by the State and, where 
necessary, revised and readopted not less frequently than every three 
years.
    (f) States which are developing a complete State plan may submit the 
portion of the plan designed to satisfy the requirements of Sec. 256.26 
prior to submission of the complete plan.

[44 FR 45079, July 31, 1979, as amended at 46 FR 47051, Sept. 23, 1981]