[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: 40CFR256.60]

[Page 366]
 
                   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 G--Public Participation
 
Sec. 256.60  Requirements for public participation in State and substate 
plans.


    (a) State and substate planning agencies shall:
    (1) Maintain a current list of agencies, organizations, and 
individuals affected by or interested in the plan, which shall include 
any parties that request to be on the list, the owner or operator of 
each facility classified as an open dump and any other parties which the 
State determines to be affected by or interested in the plan;
    (2) Provide depositories of relevant information in one or more 
convenient locations; and
    (3) Prepare a responsiveness summary, in accord with 40 CFR 25.8, 
where required by this subpart or by an approved public participation 
work plan, which describes matters on which the public was consulted, 
summarizes the public's views, and sets forth the agency's response to 
the public input.
    (b) State and substate planning agencies shall provide information 
and consult with the public on plan development and implementation. 
Provision of information and consultation shall occur both early in the 
planning process (including the preparation and distribution of a 
summary of the proposed plan) and on major policy decisions made during 
the course of plan development, revision and implementation. To meet 
this requirement, planning agencies shall:
    (1) Publicize information in news media having broad audiences in 
the geographic area;
    (2) Place information in depositories maintained under paragraph 
(a)(2) of this section;
    (3) Send information directly to agencies, organizations and 
individuals on the list maintained under paragraph (a)(1) of this 
section; and
    (4) Prepare and make available to the public a responsiveness 
summary in accord with 40 CFR 25.8.
    (c) State and substate planning agencies shall conduct public 
hearings (and public meetings, where the agency determines there is 
sufficient interest) in accord with 40 CFR 25.5 and 25.6. The purpose of 
the hearings and meetings is to solicit reactions and recommendations 
from interested or affected parties and to explain major issues within 
the proposed plan. Following the public hearings, a responsiveness 
summary shall be prepared and made available to the public in accord 
with 40 CFR 25.8.

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