40 CFR § 258.24 - Air criteria.

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title: "40 CFR § 258.24 - Air criteria."
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "258.24"
section_name: "Air criteria."
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "SOLID WASTES"
part_number: "258"
part_name: "CRITERIA FOR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS"
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regulatory_source: "56 FR 51016, Oct. 9, 1991, unless otherwise noted."
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# 258.24 Air criteria.

(a) Owners or operators of all MSWLFs must ensure that the units not violate any 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.

(b) Open burning of solid waste, except for the infrequent burning of agricultural wastes, silvicultural wastes, landclearing debris, diseased trees, or debris from emergency cleanup operations, is prohibited at all MSWLF units.