[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: 40CFR257.3-7]



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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT

 

         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 257_CRITERIA FOR CLASSIFICATION OF SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES 

AND PRACTICES--Table of Contents

 

    Subpart A_Classification of Solid Waste Disposal Facilities and 

                                Practices

 

Sec.  257.3-7  Air.



    (a) The facility or practice shall not engage in open burning of 

residential, commercial, institutional or industrial solid waste. This 

requirement does not apply to infrequent burning of agricultural wastes 

in the field, silvicultural wastes for forest management purposes, land-

clearing debris, diseased trees, debris from emergency clean-up 

operations, and ordnance.

    (b) For purposes of section 4004(a) of the Act, the facility shall 

not violate applicable requirements developed under a State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) approved or promulgated by the Administrator 

pursuant to section 110 of the Clean Air Act, as amended.

    (c) As used in this section ``open burning'' means the combustion of 

solid waste without (1) control of combustion air to maintain adequate 

temperature for efficient combustion, (2) containment of the combustion 

reaction in an enclosed device to provide sufficient residence time and 

mixing for complete combustion, and (3) control of the emission of the 

combustion products.



[44 FR 53460, Sept. 13, 1979; 44 FR 54708, Sept. 21, 1979, as amended at 

46 FR 47052, Sept. 23, 1981]