40 CFR § 256.27 - Recommendation for schedules leading to compliance with the prohibition of open dumping.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s256.27"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 256.27 - Recommendation for schedules leading to compliance with the prohibition of open dumping."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "256.27"
section_name: "Recommendation for schedules leading to compliance with the prohibition of open dumping."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "SOLID WASTES"
part_number: "256"
part_name: "GUIDELINES FOR DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF STATE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 4002(b), Pub. L. 94-580, 90 Stat. 2813(b) (42 U.S.C. 6942(b))."
regulatory_source: "44 FR 45079, July 31, 1979, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "256"
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# 256.27 Recommendation for schedules leading to compliance with the prohibition of open dumping.
In reviewing applications for compliance schedules under § 256.26, the State should consider the availability of processing and disposal facilities, the likelihood of environmental damage from disposal at available facilities, the existence of State or substate requirements (including other compliance schedules) applicable to available facilities, cost constraints, existing contractual agreements and other pertinent factors.