---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 240.206-3"
title: "40"
number: "240.206-3"
heading: "Recommended procedures: Operations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/240.206-3"
---

# §240.206-3. Recommended procedures: Operations.

- (a) **A housekeeping schedule should be established and maintained.** As a minimum the schedule should provide for cleaning the tipping and residue areas as spillages occur, emptying the solid waste storage area at least weekly, and routinely cleaning the remainder of the facility.
- (b) **Solid waste and residue should not be allowed to accumulate at the facility for more than one week.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 209(a), Solid Waste Disposal Act of 1965 (Pub. L. 89-272); as amended by the Resource Recovery Act of 1970 (Pub. L. 91-512).

### Source

Source: 39 FR 29329, Aug. 14, 1974, unless otherwise noted.