97-25879. Revisions to Criteria for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 191 (Thursday, October 2, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 51606]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25879]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

40 CFR Part 258

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Revisions to Criteria for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.

ACTION: Direct final rule; confirmation of effective date.

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SUMMARY: On July 29, 1997, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
(EPA) published a direct final rule (62 FR 40708) which established 
regulations to implement the Land Disposal Program Flexibility Act of 
1996 (LDPFA). These regulations provide additional flexibility to 
Approved States for any municipal solid waste landfill (MSWLF) that 
receives 20 tons or less of municipal solid waste per day. The 
additional flexibility applies to alternative frequencies of daily 
cover, frequencies of methane monitoring, and infiltration layers for 
final cover. As stated in the preamble to the direct final rule, 
provisions contained in the Revised Criteria for Municipal Solid Waste 
Landfills (56 FR 51104; October 9, 1991 and 61 FR 60327; November 27, 
1996) provide the additional flexibility for demonstrating financial 
assurance contemplated by Congress in the LDPFA. The additional 
flexibility will allow the owners and operators of small MSWLFs the 
opportunity to reduce their costs of MSWLF operation while still 
protecting human health and the environment. The EPA has not received 
an adverse comment objecting to this rule as written. Therefore, this 
rule will go into effect as scheduled.

DATES: The effective date of the direct final rule published at 62 FR 
40708 remains October 27, 1997.

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 more detailed information on specific aspects of this 
rulemaking, contact Mr. Allen J. Geswein, U. S. Environmental 
Protection Agency, Office of Solid Waste (5306W), 401 M Street, SW, 
Washington, D.C. 20460, 703 308-7261, [[e-mail]].
Elizabeth A. Cotsworth,
Acting Director, Office of Solid Waste.
[FR Doc. 97-25879 Filed 10-1-97; 8:45 am]
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