[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: 40CFR256.60]



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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 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]