42 U.S.C. § 6936 : US Code - Section 6936: Expansion during interim status

Search 42 U.S.C. § 6936 : US Code - Section 6936: Expansion during interim status

(a) Waste piles
The owner or operator of a waste pile qualifying for the
authorization to operate under section 6925(e) of this title shall
be subject to the same requirements for liners and leachate
collection systems or equivalent protection provided in regulations
promulgated by the Administrator under section 6924 of this title
before October 1, 1982, or revised under section 6924(o) of this
title (relating to minimum technological requirements), for new
facilities receiving individual permits under subsection (c) of
section 6925 of this title, with respect to each new unit,
replacement of an existing unit, or lateral expansion of an
existing unit that is within the waste management area identified
in the permit application submitted under section 6925 of this
title, and with respect to waste received beginning six months
after November 8, 1984.
(b) Landfills and surface impoundments
(1) The owner or operator of a landfill or surface impoundment
qualifying for the authorization to operate under section 6925(e)
of this title shall be subject to the requirements of section
6924(o) of this title (relating to minimum technological
requirements), with respect to each new unit, replacement of an
existing unit, or lateral expansion of an existing unit that is
within the waste management area identified in the permit
application submitted under this section, and with respect to waste
received beginning 6 months after November 8, 1984.
(2) The owner or operator of each unit referred to in paragraph
(1) shall notify the Administrator (or the State, if appropriate)
at least sixty days prior to receiving waste. The Administrator (or
the State) shall require the filing, within six months of receipt
of such notice, of an application for a final determination
regarding the issuance of a permit for each facility submitting
such notice.
(3) In the case of any unit in which the liner and leachate
collection system has been installed pursuant to the requirements
of this section and in good faith compliance with the
Administrator's regulations and guidance documents governing liners
and leachate collection systems, no liner or leachate collection
system which is different from that which was so installed pursuant
to this section shall be required for such unit by the
Administrator when issuing the first permit under section 6925 of
this title to such facility, except that the Administrator shall
not be precluded from requiring installation of a new liner when
the Administrator has reason to believe that any liner installed
pursuant to the requirements of this section is leaking. The
Administrator may, under section 6924 of this title, amend the
requirements for liners and leachate collection systems required
under this section as may be necessary to provide additional
protection for human health and the environment.