---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 60.5740"
title: "40"
number: "60.5740"
heading: "What steps must I complete for my materials separation plan?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/60.5740"
---

# §60.5740. What steps must I complete for my materials separation plan?

- (a) For your materials separation plan, you must complete all of the following nine steps:
  - (1) **Prepare a draft materials separation plan.**
  - (2) **Make your draft plan available to the public.**
  - (3) **Hold a public meeting on your draft plan.**
  - (4) **Prepare responses to public comments received during the public comment period on your draft plan.**
  - (5) **Prepare a revised materials separation plan.**
  - (6) **Discuss the revised plan at the public meeting for review of the siting analysis.**
  - (7) **Prepare responses to public comments received on your revised plan.**
  - (8) **Prepare a final materials separation plan.**
  - (9) **Submit the final materials separation plan.**
- (b) You may use analyses conducted under the requirements of [40 CFR part 51](/cfr/40/part51.md), [subpart I](/cfr/40/subpartI.md), or [part 52](/cfr/40/part52.md), to comply with some of the materials separation requirements of this subpart.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 91 FR 11833, Mar. 10, 2026, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

### Source

Source: 36 FR 24877, Dec. 23, 1971, unless otherwise noted.