[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: 40CFR255.1]



[Page 354-355]

 

                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 255_IDENTIFICATION OF REGIONS AND AGENCIES FOR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

--Table of Contents

 

                      Subpart A_General Provisions

 

Sec.  255.1  Scope and purpose.









                      Subpart A_General Provisions



Sec.

255.1 Scope and purpose.

255.2 Definitions.



         Subpart B_Criteria for Identifying Regions and Agencies



255.10 Criteria for identifying regions.

255.11 Criteria for identifying agencies.



        Subpart C_Procedures for Identifying Regions and Agencies



255.20 Preliminary identification of regions.

255.21 Local consultation on boundaries.

255.22 Establishing regional boundaries.

255.23 Joint identification of agencies.

255.24 Procedure for identifying interstate regions.

255.25 Public participation.



 Subpart D_Responsibilities of Identified Agencies and Relationship to 

                             Other Programs



255.30 Responsibilities established.

255.31 Integration with other acts.

255.32 Coordination with other programs.

255.33 Inclusion of Federal facilities and Native American Reservations.



          Subpart E_Submission and Revision of Identifications



255.40 Notification of status.

255.41 Procedure for revision.



    Authority: Sec. 2002(a)(1), Pub. L. 94-580, 90 Stat. 2795 (42 U.S.C. 

6912(a)(1)). Also issued under sec. 4006(b), Pub. L. 94-580, 90 Stat. 

2795 (42 U.S.C. 6946(b)).



    Source: 42 FR 24927, May 16, 1977, unless otherwise noted.







    (a) These guidelines are applicable to policies, procedures, and 

criteria for the identification of those areas which have common solid 

waste management problems and which are appropriate units for planning 

regional solid waste management services pursuant to section 4002(a) of 

the Solid Waste Disposal



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Act, as amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 

(the Act). The guidelines also define and guide the identification of 

which functions will be carried out by which agencies pursuant to 

section 4006 of the Act.

    (b) The purposes of these guidelines are to (1) provide useful 

criteria for selecting the regions and agencies to be identified 

pursuant to section 4006 of the Act and (2) provide guidance for 

conducting the process which will result in formal identification of 

those regions and agencies.

    (c) Identifications made pursuant to these guidelines should be 

consistent with State solid waste management plans and strategies. A 

State strategy establishes: Goals for prevention of adverse effects on 

the environment resulting from improper solid waste disposal including 

protection of surface and ground water quality, air quality and the 

land; priorities among waste types; priorities among disposal practices; 

and the roles of existing agencies with responsibilities in solid waste 

management. The identification process should cover all waste types 

(residential and commercial solid waste, hazardous wastes, industrial 

sludges and pretreatment residues, municipal sewage sludge, air 

pollution control residue, septage, mining and agricultural waste, other 

industrial waste, and solid waste from community activities), all 

disposal practices (impoundments, pits, ponds, lagoons, landfills, 

dumps, land-spreading, and industrial leaching fields) and all 

technological approaches (conservation, recovery, incineration, 

disposal).



(Also sec. 4002(a), Pub. L. 94-580, 90 Stat. 2795 (42 U.S.C. 6942))