42 U.S.C. § 6942 : US Code - Section 6942: Federal guidelines for plans

Search 42 U.S.C. § 6942 : US Code - Section 6942: Federal guidelines for plans

(a) Guidelines for identification of regions
For purposes of encouraging and facilitating the development of
regional planning for solid waste management, the Administrator,
within one hundred and eighty days after October 21, 1976, and
after consultation with appropriate Federal, State, and local
authorities, shall by regulation publish guidelines for the
identification of those areas which have common solid waste
management problems and are appropriate units for planning regional
solid waste management services. Such guidelines shall consider -
(1) the size and location of areas which should be included,
(2) the volume of solid waste which should be included, and
(3) the available means of coordinating regional planning with
other related regional planning and for coordination of such
regional planning into the State plan.
(b) Guidelines for State plans
Not later than eighteen months after October 21, 1976, and after
notice and hearing, the Administrator shall, after consultation
with appropriate Federal, State, and local authorities, promulgate
regulations containing guidelines to assist in the development and
implementation of State solid waste management plans (hereinafter
in this chapter referred to as "State plans"). The guidelines shall
contain methods for achieving the objectives specified in section
6941 of this title. Such guidelines shall be reviewed from time to
time, but not less frequently than every three years, and revised
as may be appropriate.
(c) Considerations for State plan guidelines
The guidelines promulgated under subsection (b) of this section
shall consider -
(1) the varying regional, geologic, hydrologic, climatic, and
other circumstances under which different solid waste practices
are required in order to insure the reasonable protection of the
quality of the ground and surface waters from leachate
contamination, the reasonable protection of the quality of the
surface waters from surface runoff contamination, and the
reasonable protection of ambient air quality;
(2) characteristics and conditions of collection, storage,
processing, and disposal operating methods, techniques and
practices, and location of facilities where such operating
methods, techniques, and practices are conducted, taking into
account the nature of the material to be disposed;
(3) methods for closing or upgrading open dumps for purposes of
eliminating potential health hazards;
(4) population density, distribution, and projected growth;
(5) geographic, geologic, climatic, and hydrologic
characteristics;
(6) the type and location of transportation;
(7) the profile of industries;
(8) the constituents and generation rates of waste;
(9) the political, economic, organizational, financial, and
management problems affecting comprehensive solid waste
management;
(10) types of resource recovery facilities and resource
conservation systems which are appropriate; and
(11) available new and additional markets for recovered
material and energy and energy resources recovered from solid
waste as well as methods for conserving such materials and
energy.