[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: 40CFR256.06]



[Page 363-364]

 

                   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.  256.06  Definitions.



    Terms not defined below have the meanings assigned them by section 

1004 of the Act.

    The Act means the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the 

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.).

    Criteria means the ``Criteria for Classification of Solid Waste 

Disposal Facilities'', 40 CFR Part 257, promulgated under section 

4004(a) of the Act.

    Facility refers to any resource recovery system or component 

thereof, any system, program or facility for resource conservation, and 

any facility



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for collection, source separation, storage, transportation, transfer, 

processing, treatment or disposal of solid waste, including hazardous 

waste, whether such facility is associated with facilities generating 

such wastes or not.

    Implementation means putting the plan into practice by carrying out 

planned activities, including compliance and enforcement activities, or 

ensuring such activities are carried out.

    Inactive facility means a facility which no longer receives solid 

waste.

    Inventory of open dumps means the inventory required under section 

4005(b) and is defined as the list published by EPA of those disposal 

facilities which do not meet the criteria.

    Operator includes facility owners and operators.

    A permit is an entitlement to commence and continue operation of a 

facility as long as both procedural and performance standards are met. 

The term ``permit'' includes any functional equivalent such as a 

registration or license.

    Planning includes identifying problems, defining objectives, 

collecting information, analyzing alternatives and determining necessary 

activities and courses of action.

    Provide for in the phrase ``the plan shall (should) provide for'' 

means explain, establish or set forth steps or courses of action.

    The term shall denotes requirements for the development and 

implementation of the State plan.

    The term should denotes recommendations for the development and 

implementation of the State plan.

    Substate refers to any public regional, local, county, municipal, or 

intermunicipal agency, or regional or local public (including 

interstate) solid or hazardous waste management authority, or other 

public agency below the State level.