[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 38 (Friday, February 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 9509]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4827]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-6236-5]


Preparing No-Migration Demonstrations for Municipal Solid Waste 
Disposal Facilities--A Screening Tool

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing a 
guidance document that will assist owners and operators of Municipal 
Solid Waste Landfills (MSWLFs) in deciding whether to consider making a 
no-migration demonstration (NMD). EPA regulations (40 CFR part 258) for 
MSWLFs allow groundwater monitoring requirements to be suspended by the 
Director of an Approved State if there is no potential for migration of 
hazardous constituents from the unit to the uppermost aquifer during 
the active life and post-closure care period.
    A NMD can provide a cost effective alternative for owners and 
operators of MSWLFs in specific climatic and hydrogeologic conditions 
to comply with the groundwater monitoring provisions of EPA's rules. 
NMDs are designed to result in the same environmental protection at 
less cost to the owner or operator.
    The Agency prepared this guidance at the direction of the Land 
Disposal Program Flexibility Act (LDPFA) which required EPA to issue a 
guidance document to facilitate the use of NMDs by small MSWLFs. Thus, 
the primary audience for the draft guidance manual is owners and 
operators of small MSWLFs; however, the general approach would be 
useful to an owner or operator of any size MSWLF.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information, contact the 
RCRA Hotline at 800 424-9346 or TDD 800 553-7672 (hearing impaired). In 
the Washington, DC, metropolitan area, call 703 412-9810 or TDD 703 
412-3323. For information on specific aspects of the report, contact 
Allen J. Geswein, Office of Solid Waste (5306W), U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460, (703 308-
7261), ([email protected]).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A paper copy of ``Preparing No-Migration 
Demonstrations for Municipal Solid Waste Disposal Facilities--A 
Screening Tool,'' is free and may be obtained by calling the RCRA 
Hotline at 800 424-9346 or TDD 800 553-7672 (hearing impaired). The 
document number is EPA530-R-XX-XXX. In the Washington, DC, metropolitan 
area, call 703 412-9810 or TDD 703 412-3323. The Draft Guidance 
Document is also available in electronic format on the Internet System 
through the EPA Public Access Server at <http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer>.

    Dated: February 5, 1999.
Elizabeth A. Cotsworth,
Acting Director, Office of Solid Waste.
[FR Doc. 99-4827 Filed 2-25-99; 8:45 am]
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