[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 22]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR257.26]

[Page 386]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 257--CRITERIA FOR CLASSIFICATION OF SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES 
AND PRACTICES--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart B--Disposal Standards for the Receipt of Conditionally Exempt 
 Small Quantity Generator (CESQG) Wastes at Non-Municipal Non-Hazardous 
                          Waste Disposal Units
 
Sec. 257.26  Assessment of corrective measures.

    (a) Within 90 days of finding that any of the constituents listed in 
appendix II (appendix II of 40 CFR Part 258) have been detected at a 
statistically significant level exceeding the ground-water protection 
standards defined under Sec. 257.25 (h) or (i), the owner or operator 
must initiate an assessment of corrective measures. Such an assessment 
must be completed within a reasonable period of time.
    (b) The owner or operator must continue to monitor in accordance 
with the assessment monitoring program as specified in Sec. 257.25.
    (c) The assessment shall include an analysis of the effectiveness of 
potential corrective measures in meeting all of the requirements and 
objectives of the remedy as described under Sec. 257.27, addressing at 
least the following:
    (1) The performance, reliability, ease of implementation, and 
potential impacts of appropriate potential remedies, including safety 
impacts, cross-media impacts, and control of exposure to any residual 
contamination;
    (2) The time required to begin and complete the remedy;
    (3) The costs of remedy implementation; and
    (4) The institutional requirements such as State or local permit 
requirements or other environmental or public health requirements that 
may substantially affect implementation of the remedy(s).
    (d) The owner or operator must discuss the results of the corrective 
measures assessment, prior to the selection of remedy, in a public 
meeting with interested and affected parties.