[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 40, Volume 24]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 40CFR257.26]



[Page 390-391]

 

                   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



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(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.