part_subject: "STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR NEW STATIONARY SOURCES (CONTINUED)"
subpart_code: "A"
subpart_subject: "AAA—Standards of Performance for Small Municipal Waste Combustion Units for Which Construction is Commenced After August 30, 1999 or for Which Modification or Reconstruction is Commenced After June 6, 2001"
section_number: "60.1440"
section_subject: "What is yard waste?"
cfr_reference: "40 CFR 60.1440"
title_name: "Title 40"
title_subject: "Protection of Environment"
parts_covered: "Part 60 (§ 60.500 to end of part 60 sections)"
revised_date: "Revised as of July 1, 2019"
publication_date: "As of July 1, 2019"
contains_description: "Containing a codification of documents of general applicability and future effect"
publication_info: "Published by the Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration as a Special Edition of the Federal Register"
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Yard waste is grass, grass clippings, bushes, shrubs, and clippings from bushes and shrubs. They come from residential, commercial/retail, institutional, or industrial sources as part of maintaining yards or other private or public lands. Yard waste does not include two items:
(a)Construction, renovation, and demolition wastes that are exempt from the definition of “municipal solid waste” in § 60.1465.
(b)Clean wood that is exempt from the definition of “municipal solid waste” in § 60.1465.