[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: 40CFR258.13]



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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 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.