[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: 40CFR256.24]

[Page 361-362]
 
                   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 C--Solid Waste Disposal Programs
 
Sec. 256.24  Recommendations for closing or upgrading open dumps.

    (a) All sources of information available to the State should be used 
to aid in the classification of facilities.

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Records of previous inspections and monitoring, as well as new 
inspections and new monitoring, should be considered.
    (b) The steps to close or upgrade open dumps established under 
Sec. 256.23(c) should be coordinated with the facility needs assessment 
described in Sec. 256.41.
    (c) A determination should be made of the feasibility of resource 
recovery or resource conservation to reduce the solid waste volume 
entering a facility classified as an open dump; and feasible measures to 
achieve that reduction should be implemented.
    (d) At the time of classification of existing solid waste disposal 
facilities pursuant to Sec. 256.23, the State should consider developing 
appropriate timetables or schedules by which any responsible party can 
be brought into compliance with the open dumping prohibition pursuant to 
Secs. 256.26 and 256.27.

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