[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 24]
[Revised as of July 1, 2005]
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

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9095 (Paint Filter Liquids Test), as described in ``Test Methods for 
Evaluating Solid Wastes, Physical/Chemical Methods'' (EPA Pub. No. SW-
846).
    (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]

    Effective Date Note: At 70 FR 34555, June 14, 2005, Sec. 258.28 was 
amended by revising paragraph (c)(1), effective July 14, 2005. For the 
convenience of the user, the revised text is set forth as follows:

Sec. 258.28  Liquids restrictions.

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    (c) * * *
    (1) Liquid waste means any waste material that is determined to 
contain ``free liquids'' as defined by Method 9095B (Paint Filter 
Liquids Test), included in ``Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, 
Physical/Chemical Methods'' (EPA Publication SW-846) which is 
incorporated by reference. A suffix of ``B'' in the method number 
indicates revision two (the method has been revised twice). Method 9095B 
is dated November 2004. This incorporation by reference was approved by 
the Director of the Federal Register pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552(a) and 1 
CFR part 51. This material is incorporated as it exists on the date of 
approval and a notice of any change in this material will be published 
in the Federal Register. A copy may be inspected at the Library, U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW. (3403T), 
Washington, DC 20460, libraryhq@epa.gov; or at the National Archives and 
Records Administration (NARA). For information on the availability of 
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www.archives.gov/federal--register/code--of--federal--regulations/ibr--
locations.html.

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