---
kind: "section"
citation: "40 C.F.R. § 98.340"
title: "40"
number: "98.340"
heading: "Definition of the source category."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/40/98.340"
---

# §98.340. Definition of the source category.

- (a) This source category applies to municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills that accepted waste on or after January 1, 1980, unless all three of the following conditions apply.
  - (1) **The MSW landfill did not receive waste on or after January 1, 2013.**
  - (2) The MSW landfill had CH4 generation as determined using Equation HH-5 and, if applicable, Equation HH-7 of this subpart of less than 1,190 metric tons of CH4 in the 2013 reporting year.
  - (3) The owner or operator of the MSW landfill was not required to submit an annual report under any requirement of this part in any reporting year prior to 2013.
- (b) This source category does not include Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Subtitle C or Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) hazardous waste landfills, construction and demolition waste landfills, or industrial waste landfills.
- (c) **This source category consists of the following sources at municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills—** Landfills, landfill gas collection systems, and landfill gas destruction devices (including flares).

## Notes

### Amendments

[74 FR 56374, Oct. 30, 2009, as amended at 75 FR 66470, Oct. 28, 2010; 78 FR 71968, Nov. 29, 2013]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q.

### Source

Source: 74 FR 56374, Oct. 30, 2009, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[74 FR 56374, Oct. 30, 2009, as amended at 75 FR 66470, Oct. 28, 2010; 78 FR 71968, Nov. 29, 2013]