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RACHEL’S HAZARDOUS WASTE NEWS #26
—May 25, 1987—
News and resources for environmental justice.
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EPA ISSUES THREE LANDFILL LINER REPORTS, SEEKS PUBLIC COMMENTS.
The federal EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) has released three documents on landfill liners. They
are: BACKGROUND DOCUMENT ON BOTTOM LINER PERFORMANCE IN DOUBLE-LINED LANDFILLS
AND SURFACE IMPOUNDMENTS [EPA/530-SW-87-013]; DRAFT MINIMUM TECHNOLOGY
GUIDANCE ON SINGLE LINER SYSTEMS FOR LANDFILLS, SURFACE IMPOUNDMENTS, AND WASTE
PILES–DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION [EPA/530-SW-85-013]; and DRAFT MINIMUM
TECHNOLOGY GUIDANCE ON DOUBLE-LINER SYSTEMS FOR LANDFILLS AND SURFACE
IMPOUNDMENTS–DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND OPERATION [EPA/530-SW-85-014].
EPA is seeking comments on the draft documents. A limited number of the documents are available from
Kenneth Skahn, Office of Solid Waste (WH-565E), EPA, 401 M St., S.W., Washington, DC 20460; phone
(202) 382-4654.
–Peter Montague, Ph.D.
Descriptor terms: epa; studies; liners; landfilling; waste piles; surface impoundments; lagoons; pits; fmls;
clay; ponds;