[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: 40CFR256.06]

[Page 359]
 
                   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. 256.06  Definitions.

    Terms not defined below have the meanings assigned them by section 
1004 of the Act.
    The Act means the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the 
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.).
    Criteria means the ``Criteria for Classification of Solid Waste 
Disposal Facilities'', 40 CFR Part 257, promulgated under section 
4004(a) of the Act.
    Facility refers to any resource recovery system or component 
thereof, any system, program or facility for resource conservation, and 
any facility for collection, source separation, storage, transportation, 
transfer, processing, treatment or disposal of solid waste, including 
hazardous waste, whether such facility is associated with facilities 
generating such wastes or not.
    Implementation means putting the plan into practice by carrying out 
planned activities, including compliance and enforcement activities, or 
ensuring such activities are carried out.
    Inactive facility means a facility which no longer receives solid 
waste.
    Inventory of open dumps means the inventory required under section 
4005(b) and is defined as the list published by EPA of those disposal 
facilities which do not meet the criteria.
    Operator includes facility owners and operators.
    A permit is an entitlement to commence and continue operation of a 
facility as long as both procedural and performance standards are met. 
The term ``permit'' includes any functional equivalent such as a 
registration or license.
    Planning includes identifying problems, defining objectives, 
collecting information, analyzing alternatives and determining necessary 
activities and courses of action.
    Provide for in the phrase ``the plan shall (should) provide for'' 
means explain, establish or set forth steps or courses of action.
    The term shall denotes requirements for the development and 
implementation of the State plan.
    The term should denotes recommendations for the development and 
implementation of the State plan.
    Substate refers to any public regional, local, county, municipal, or 
intermunicipal agency, or regional or local public (including 
interstate) solid or hazardous waste management authority, or other 
public agency below the State level.