---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 60.5795"
title: "40"
number: "60.5795"
heading: "What is a siting analysis?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/60.5795"
---

# §60.5795. What is a siting analysis?


The siting analysis addresses how your municipal waste combustor affects ambient air quality, visibility, soils, vegetation, and other relevant factors. The analysis shall consider air pollution control alternatives that minimize, on a site-specific basis, to the maximum extent practicable, potential risks to the public health or the environment.


## 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.