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RCRA SUBTITLE D (258): SEISMIC DESIGN GUIDANCE FOR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILL FACILITIES
Citation:
Richardson, G. AND E. Kavazanjian. RCRA SUBTITLE D (258): SEISMIC DESIGN GUIDANCE FOR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILL FACILITIES. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/R-95/051.
Description:
On October 9, 1993, the new RCRA Subtitle D regulation (40CFR Part 258) went into effect. hese regulations are applicable to landfills reclining solid waste (MSW) and establish minimum Federal criteria for the siting, design, operations, and closure of MSW landfills. hese regulations apply to the entire waste containment system, including liners, leachate collection systems, and surface water control systems. his document presents field and design procedures to satisfy the earthquake (or seismic) related criteria contained within these regulations. ample analyses are provided to evaluate the Subtitle D seismic requirements for a range of site and facility conditions. ection 258.13 of the regulations requires that new or lateral expansions of existing landfills cannot be sited within 200-feet of a fault that has been active during the Holocene Epoch (past 11,000 years) unless it can de demonstrated that a lesser setback is safe. his document presents field identification methods used to identify active faults. dditionally, the document reviews general tectonic and seismological considerations that strongly suggest that movement of faults during Holocene Epoch is very rare east of the Rocky Mountains.