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"(4) the types of solid waste management facili

ties and measures that can be used to mitigate any potential adverse effect on human health and the en

4 vironment that are appropriate for the solid wastes generated within each source category and consistent with the climatological and hydrogeological setting and proximity to biological or cultural resources and sources of ground water or surface water. The Administrator shall consider and promulgate guidelines as appropriate for each solid waste category that include but are not limited to

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"(A) requirements with respect to siting of any source in the category including its proximity to karst terrain, seismic zones, wetlands, floodplains, and vulnerable or unmonitorable ground water;

"(B) requirements with respect to construction quality assurance for the installation of any source in the category;

"(C) requirements with respect to licensing

or training for persons who install or operate

any source in the category;

"(D) requirements with respect to the de

sign of any source in the category including lin

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ers, leachate collection systems and cover re

quirements;

"(E) requirements with respect to the operation and maintenance of any source in the

category;

"(F) requirements for monitoring releases to air, surface water, soil, and ground water;

"(G) requirements with respect to source separation or treatment prior to disposal or incineration;

"(H) requirements for taking corrective ac

tion in response to releases;

"(I)

requirements for closure and

postclosure care;

"(J) requirements for maintaining records

of any leak detection, sampling or monitoring system associated with any source in the category;

"(K) requirements for maintaining evidence of financial responsibility for closure, postclosure care, and corrective action; and

"(L) other Federal and State laws and regulations with a view toward avoiding duplication of effort.

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"(5) Nothing in this section shall be construed

to limit the authority of the Administrator pursuant

to section 3001 of this Act to regulate any category

or subcategory of solid waste under subtitle C of this

Act.

"(c)(1) MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS.—

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"(A) controls to detect and prevent the disposal

of hazardous waste, nonhazardous bulk liquids and nonhazardous liquids in containers (other than household wastes). Such controls shall include ran

dom inspections of incoming loads, inspection of sus15 picious loads, records of inspections, training of fa

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cility personnel to recognize illegal materials, proce

dures for notifying the proper authorities if any regulated hazardous wastes are found, and precautions

and penalties to prevent such offenses;

“(B) daily cover as necessary to control disease

vectors, fires, odors, blowing litter and scavenging;

“(C) landfill gas monitoring and controls to en

sure that concentrations of explosive gases beneath,

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trol or recovery components) shall not exceed 25 per

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1 centum of the lower explosive limit for methane.

sive limit at the property boundary (or perimeter of

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a dedicated buffer zone);

"(D) access controls to protect human health and the environment and to prevent unauthorized vehicular traffic and to prevent illegal dumping of

wastes;

"(E) run-on and run-off controls that will accommodate a twenty-four hour, twenty-five year storm without overtopping and with sufficient freeboard to accommodate expected set-up and wave action; diversion of all run-on around the landfill by means of ditches, berms, dikes or grading, and relocation of surface water bodies to flow around the

perimeter of the landfill;

"(F) landfill closure that

"(i) minimizes the need for further mainte

nance;

"(ii) ensures no adverse effects will be caused from postclosure releases to the ground

water, surface water, or atmosphere;

"(G) closure and postclosure care plans which

identify for each facility the steps necessary to en

sure closure and postclosure care, time estimates,

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modifications to monitoring and collection systems,

final cover, and cost estimates. The postclosure care

period shall be determined by results from the moni

toring in the landfill including leachate quality and quantity and methane gas generation or some alternative;

"(H) financial responsibility for closure and postclosure care;

"(I) GROUND WATER MONITORING.-The Administrator is authorized to promulgate regulations to allow a variance from ground water monitoring requirements if the owner or operator can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Administrator that there is no potential for migration of hazardous constituents from the landfill to the uppermost aquifer during the active life, closure, and postclosure. Such demonstration shall be certified by a qualified geologist or geotechnical engineer and shall be based on site specific data; and

"(J) corrective action of releases to air, water, and land to protect health and the environment. "(2) At a minimum, the guidelines promulgated

23 under subsection (a)(1)(A) of this section shall require for 24 each new landfill and lateral expansion to existing landfills

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