42 USC 6949a - Adequacy of certain guidelines and criteria

U.S Code last checked for updates: Jan 18, 2025

§ 6949a.

Adequacy of certain guidelines and criteria

(a)

Study

(b)

Report

(c)

Revisions of guidelines and criteria

(1)

In general

(2)

Additional revisions

Subject to paragraph (3), the requirements of the criteria described in paragraph (1) relating to ground water monitoring shall not apply to an owner or operator of a new municipal solid waste landfill unit, an existing municipal solid waste landfill unit, or a lateral expansion of a municipal solid waste landfill unit, that disposes of less than 20 tons of municipal solid waste daily, based on an annual average, if—

(A)

there is no evidence of ground water contamination from the municipal solid waste landfill unit or expansion; and

(B)

the municipal solid waste landfill unit or expansion serves—

(i)

a community that experiences an annual interruption of at least 3 consecutive months of surface transportation that prevents access to a regional waste management facility; or

(ii)

a community that has no practicable waste management alternative and the landfill unit is located in an area that annually receives less than or equal to 25 inches of precipitation.

(3)

Protection of ground water resources

(A)

Monitoring requirement

(B)

Methods

(C)

Corrective action

(4)

No-migration exemption

(A)

In general

(B)

Certification

(C)

Guidance

(5)

Alaska Native villages

(6)

Further revisions of guidelines and criteria

(Pub. L. 89–272, title II, § 4010, as added Pub. L. 98–616, title III, § 302(a)(1), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3267; amended Pub. L. 104–119, § 3(a), Mar. 26, 1996, 110 Stat. 831.)

cite as: 42 USC 6949a