[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 21]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR258.28]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
                   CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
                           AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 258--CRITERIA FOR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart C--Operating Criteria
 
Sec. 258.28  Liquids restrictions.

    (a) Bulk or noncontainerized liquid waste may not be placed in MSWLF 
units unless:
    (1) The waste is household waste other than septic waste;
    (2) The waste is leachate or gas condensate derived from the MSWLF 
unit and the MSWLF unit, whether it is a new or existing MSWLF, or 
lateral expansion, is designed with a composite liner and leachate 
collection system as described in Sec. 258.40(a)(2) of this part. The 
owner or operator must place the demonstration in the operating record 
and notify the State Director that it has been placed in the operating 
record; or
    (3) The MSWLF unit is a Project XL MSWLF and meets the applicable 
requirements of Sec. 258.41. The owner or operator must place 
documentation of the landfill design in the operating record and notify 
the State Director that it has been placed in the operating record.
    (b) Containers holding liquid waste may not be placed in a MSWLF 
unit unless:
    (1) The container is a small container similar in size to that 
normally found in household waste;
    (2) The container is designed to hold liquids for use other than 
storage; or
    (3) The waste is household waste.
    (c) For purposes of this section:
    (1) Liquid waste means any waste material that is determined to 
contain ``free liquids'' as defined by Method 9095 (Paint Filter Liquids 
Test), as described in ``Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Wastes, 
Physical/Chemical Methods'' (EPA Pub. No. SW-846).

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    (2) Gas condensate means the liquid generated as a result of gas 
recovery process(es) at the MSWLF unit.

[56 FR 51016, Oct. 9, 1991, as amended at 66 FR 42449, Aug. 13, 2001]