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Example evaluation of a permit application for a proposed hazardous-waste landfill in eastern Adams County, Colorado

Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4131
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https://doi.org/10.3133/wri864131

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Abstract

A project was undertaken by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency to demonstrate methods by which RCRA (Resources Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976) Part B permit applications might be evaluated. The purpose of the project was to prepare a report that would supplement a series of case studies to be made available to permit writers in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Four sites in the United States were chosen for their potential applicability to geologically similar sites. The Adams County, Colorado, site was chosen to be representative of sites in the Upper Cretaceous Pierre Shale. The intent of this report is to provide an example of how available earth-science information might be used in evaluating an application and not to evaluate the acceptability of the site. Because this study is an evaluation of a permit application, the data used are limited to the data supplied in the application and in published reports. Of the five criteria required by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to be addressed in the permit application considered in the case study, the application was evaluated to be inadequate in addressing three criteria: (1) Site characterization, (2) ability to monitor the location, and (3) flow paths and 100-foot time of travel. Details of the inadequacies and a description of the information needed to eliminate the inadequacies are included in the report. (USGS)

Suggested Citation

Banta, E.R., 1986, Example evaluation of a permit application for a proposed hazardous-waste landfill in eastern Adams County, Colorado: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 86-4131, iv, 17 p. :map ;28 cm., https://doi.org/10.3133/wri864131.

Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Example evaluation of a permit application for a proposed hazardous-waste landfill in eastern Adams County, Colorado
Series title Water-Resources Investigations Report
Series number 86-4131
DOI 10.3133/wri864131
Year Published 1986
Language ENGLISH
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey,
Description iv, 17 p. :map ;28 cm.
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