[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: 40CFR258.13]

[Page 397]
 
                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 258--CRITERIA FOR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart B--Location Restrictions
 
Sec. 258.13  Fault areas.

    (a) New MSWLF units and lateral expansions shall not be located 
within 200 feet (60 meters) of a fault that has had displacement in 
Holocene time unless the owner or operator demonstrates to the Director 
of an approved State that an alternative setback distance of less than 
200 feet (60 meters) will prevent damage to the structural integrity of 
the MSWLF unit and will be protective of human health and the 
environment.
    (b) For the purposes of this section:
    (1) Fault means a fracture or a zone of fractures in any material 
along which strata on one side have been displaced with respect to that 
on the other side.
    (2) Displacement means the relative movement of any two sides of a 
fault measured in any direction.
    (3) Holocene means the most recent epoch of the Quaternary period, 
extending from the end of the Pleistocene Epoch to the present.