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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Solid Waste Disposal Act · Sec. 4004

Sec. 4004. criteria for sanitary landfills; sanitary landfills required for all disposal

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## Sec. 4004 criteria for sanitary landfills; sanitary landfills required for all disposal ###
(a)Criteria for Sanitary Landfills Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this section, after consultation with the States, and after notice and public hearings, the Administrator shall promulgate regulations containing criteria for determining which facilities shall be classified as sanitary landfills and which shall be classified as open dumps within the meaning of this Act. At a minimum, such criteria shall provide that a facility may be classified as a sanitary landfill and not an open dump only if there is no reasonable probability of adverse effects on health or the environment from disposal of solid waste at such facility. Such regulations may provide for the classification of the types of sanitary landfills. ###
(b)Disposal Required to be in Sanitary Landfills, Etc For purposes of complying with section 4003(2)24 each State plan shall prohibit the establishment of open dumps and contain a requirement that disposal of all solid waste within the State shall be in compliance with such section 4003(2).24 24The references in section 4004(b) to section 4003(2) should be a reference to section 4003(a)(2), pursuant to the renumbering made by section 5(b) of Public Law 96–463. ###
(c)Effective Date The prohibition contained in subsection
(b)shall take effect on the date six months after the date of promulgation of regulations under subsection (a). **[**[42 U.S.C. 6944](/us/usc/t42/s6944)**]**
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