[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: 40CFR256.03]



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                   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.  256.03  State plan submission, adoption, and revision.



    (a) To be considered for approval, the State plan shall be submitted 

to EPA within a reasonable time after final promulgation of these 

guidelines.

    (b) Prior to submission to EPA, the plan shall be adopted by the 

State pursuant to State administrative procedures.

    (c) The plan shall be developed in accord with public participation 

procedures required by Subpart G of this part.

    (d) The plan shall contain procedures for revision. The State plan 

shall be revised by the State, after notice and public hearings, when 

the Administrator, by regulation, or the State determines, that:

    (1) The State plan is not in compliance with the requirements of 

these guidelines;

    (2) Information has become available which demonstrates the 

inadequacy of the plan; or

    (3) Such revision is otherwise necessary.

    (e) The State plan shall be reviewed by the State and, where 

necessary, revised and readopted not less frequently than every three 

years.

    (f) States which are developing a complete State plan may submit the 

portion of the plan designed to satisfy the requirements of Sec.  256.26 

prior to submission of the complete plan.



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