The federal EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) has released three documents on landfill liners. They are: BACKGROUND DOCUMENT ON BOTTOM LINER PERFORMANCE IN DOUBLE-LINED LANDFILLS AND SURFACE IMPOUNDMENTS [EPA/530-SW-87-013]; DRAFT MINIMUM TECHNOLOGY GUIDANCE ON SINGLE LINER SYSTEMS FOR LANDFILLS, SURFACE IMPOUNDMENTS, AND WASTE PILES--DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION [EPA/530-SW-85-013]; and DRAFT MINIMUM TECHNOLOGY GUIDANCE ON DOUBLE-LINER SYSTEMS FOR LANDFILLS AND SURFACE IMPOUNDMENTS--DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND OPERATION [EPA/530-SW-85-014].
EPA is seeking comments on the draft documents. A limited number of the documents are available from
Kenneth Skahn, Office of Solid Waste (WH-565E), EPA, 401 M St., S.W., Washington, DC 20460; phone
(202) 382-4654.
--Peter Montague, Ph.D.
Descriptor terms: epa; studies; liners; landfilling; waste piles; surface impoundments; lagoons; pits; fmls; clay; ponds;