[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 24]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 40CFR243.204-2]



[Page 335-336]

 

                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 243_GUIDELINES FOR THE STORAGE AND COLLECTION OF RESIDENTIAL, 

COMMERCIAL, AND INSTITUTIONAL SOLID WASTE--Table of Contents

 

            Subpart B_Requirements and Recommended Procedures

 

Sec.  243.204-2  Recommended procedures: Operations.



    (a) Records should be maintained detailing all costs (capital, 

operating, and maintenance) associated with the collection system. These 

records



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should be used for scheduling maintenance and replacement, for 

budgeting, and for system evaluation and comparison.

    (b) The collection system should be reviewed on a regular schedule 

to assure that environmentally adequate, economical, and efficient 

service is maintained.

    (c) Solid waste collection systems should be operated in a manner 

designed to minimize fuel consumption, including, but not limited to, 

the following procedures.

    (1) Collection vehicle routes should be designed to minimize driving 

distances and delays.

    (2) Collection vehicles should receive regular tuneups, tires should 

be maintained at recommended pressures, and compaction equipment should 

be serviced regularly to achieve the most efficient compaction.

    (3) Compactor trucks should be used to reduce the number of trips to 

the disposal site.

    (4) When the distance or travel time from collection routes to 

disposal sites is great, transfer stations should be used when cost 

effective.

    (5) Residential solid waste containers which are serviced manually 

should be placed at the curb or alley for collection.

    (6) For commercial wastes which do not contain food wastes, storage 

capacity should be increased in lieu of more frequent collection.



             Appendix to Part 243--Recommended Bibliography



    1. American National Standard Z245.1. Safety standard for refuse 

collection equipment. New York. The American National Standards 

Institute.

    2. Decision-Makers guide in solid waste management. Environmental 

Protection Publication SW-127. Washington, U.S. Government Printing 

Office, 1974.

    3. Grupenhoff, B. L., and K. A. Shuster. Paper and plastic solid 

waste sacks; a summary of available information; a Division of Technical 

Operations open-file report (TO 18.1.03.1). [Cincinnati], U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1971. 17 p. [Restricted distribution].

    4. Hegdahl, T. A., Solid waste transfer stations; a state-of-the-art 

report on systems incorporating highway transportation, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1972, 160 p. (Distributed by National 

Technical Information Service, Springfield, Virginia, as PB 213 511).

    5. National Sanitation Foundation standard no. 31 for polyethylene 

refuse bags. Ann Arbor, The National Sanitation Foundation, May 22, 

1970. 6 p.

    6. National Sanitation Foundation standard no. 32 for paper refuse 

sacks. Ann Arbor, The National Sanitation Foundation, Nov. 13, 1970. 6 

p.

    7. National Sanitation Foundation standard no. 13 for refuse 

compactors and compactor systems. Ann Arbor, The National Sanitation 

Foundation, March 1973. 12 p.

    8. Operation responsible (a safety training manual for S.W. 

Collection): Safe refuse collection: instructor's manual with slides, 

training manual with slides, and 16 mm film. Available from the National 

Audiovisual Center, General Services Administration, Washington, DC 

20409.

    9. Ralph Stone and Company, Inc. The use of bags for solid waste 

storage and collection. Environmental Protection Publication SW-42d. 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 1972. 264 p. (Distributed by 

National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Virginia, as PB 212 

590).

    10. Shuster, K. A., and D. A. Schur. Heuristic routing for solid 

waste collection vehicles. Environmental Protection Publication SW-113. 

Washington, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1974. 45 p.

    11. Shuster, K. (Office of Solid Waste Management Programs.) 

Analysis of fuel consumption for solid waste management. Unpublished 

data, January 1974.

    12. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Pesticides and pesticides 

containers; regulations for acceptance and recommended procedures for 

disposal and storage. Federal Register, 39 (85): 15235-15241, May 1, 

1974.

    13. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Pesticides and pesticides 

containers; proposed regulations for prohibition of certain acts 

regarding disposal and storage. Federal Register, 39 (200): 36847-36950, 

October 15, 1974.