{"data":{"id":"us/40-cfr-258.75","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"40 CFR 258.75","heading":"Discounting.","body":"The Director of an approved State may allow discounting of closure cost estimates in § 258.71(a), post-closure cost estimates in § 258.72(a), and/or corrective action costs in § 258.73(a) up to the rate of return for essentially risk free investments, net of inflation, under the following conditions:\n(a) The State Director determines that cost estimates are complete and accurate and the owner or operator has submitted a statement from a Registered Professional Engineer so stating;\n(b) The State finds the facility in compliance with applicable and appropriate permit conditions;\n(c) The State Director determines that the closure date is certain and the owner or operator certifies that there are no foreseeable factors that will change the estimate of site life; and\n(d) Discounted cost estimates must be adjusted annually to reflect inflation and years of remaining life.","path":["Title 40—Protection of Environment","CHAPTER I—ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY","SUBCHAPTER I—SOLID WASTES","PART 258—CRITERIA FOR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS","Subpart G—Financial Assurance Criteria"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-40.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:04Z","sha256":"875f4d3084dc7a810041fceb791a2781d4f2a65cf474ffe4c399ea359cb17774","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/40-cfr-258.74","next":"us/40-cfr-appendix-i-to-part-258"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}