[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 17, Parts 199 to 259]
[Revised as of July 1, 2000]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR256.62]

[Page 360-361]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
                           AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 256--GUIDELINES FOR DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF STATE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANS--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart G--Public Participation
 
Sec. 256.62  Requirements for public participation in State regulatory development.

    (a) The State shall conduct public hearings (and public meetings 
where the State determines there is sufficient interest) on State 
legislation and regulations, in accord with the State administrative 
procedures act, to solicit

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reactions and recommendations. Following the public hearings, a 
responsiveness summary shall be prepared and made available to the 
public in accord with 40 CFR 25.8.
    (b) In advance of the hearings and meetings required by paragraph 
(a) of this section, the State shall prepare a fact sheet on proposed 
regulations or legislation, mail the fact sheet to agencies, 
organizations and individuals on the list maintained under 
Sec. 256.60(a)(1) and place the fact sheet in the State information 
depositories maintained under Sec. 256.60(a)(2).