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● Other activities necessary, including groundwater monitoring, leachate collection, and
run-on and runoff control.
● A schedule for closure of each hazardous waste management unit and for final closure of
the facility. The schedule must include the total time required to close each hazardous
waste management unit.

The facility must notify the state regulatory agency in writing at least 60 days prior to the date
on which it will begin closure of a surface impoundment, waste pile, land treatment or landfill unit,
or final closure of a facility with such a unit. The facility must notify the state agency in writing at
least 45 days prior to the date of beginning final closure of a facility with only treatment or storage
tanks, container storage, or incinerator units, industrial furnaces or boilers.

REFERENCES
Code of Federal Regulations, Volume 40 Part 264, Standards for Owners and Operators of Hazardous Waste
Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Analysis, The National Biennial RCRA Hazardous Waste
Report (Based on 1999 Data), EPA530-R-01-009, Solid Waste and Emergency Response PB2001-
106313 (5305W), June 2001.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, EPA Publication SW-846,
Washington, DC, 1986.

SUGGESTED READING AND WEB SITES

Environment, Health and Safety Online, The Hazardous Waste Permitting Process, 2003.
http://www.ehso.com/ehshome/hazwaste_permitting.htm
Environment, Health and Safety Online, No date, RCRA Hazardous Waste Treatment Storage & Disposal
Facilities.See: http://www.ehso.com/tsdfs.htm
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, No date, Procedure and Criteria for Hazardous Waste
Treatment, Storage or Disposal Permits. See:http://www.deq.state.or.us/wmc/hw/factsheets/
HazardousWastePermits.pdf
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, No date, RCRA Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facility
Permits. See: http://www.deq.state.or.us/pubs/permithandbook/hwrcra.htm
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, No date, Hazardous Waste Program. See:
http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/dshm/hzwst.htm
U.S. Department of Energy, Location Standards for RCRA Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities
(TSDFs), EH-231-040/1093, October 1993, See: http://tis.eh.doe.gov/oepa/guidance/rcra/locate.pdf
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Treat, Store, and Dispose of Waste, 2002. See:
http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/tsd.htm#facts
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Currently Operating Mixed Waste TSDFs, 2002. See:
http://www.epa.gov/radiation/mixed-waste/mw_pg11a.htm
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, RCRA, Superfund & EPCRA Call Center Training Module, EPA530-
K-02-021I, Solid Waste and Emergency Response (5305W), Washington, DC, October 2001.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, The State of Federal Facilities, An Overview of Environmental
Compliance at Federal Facilities, FY 1997-98. 300-R-00-002, Enforcement and Compliance,
Assurance, Washington, DC, January 2000.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, RCRA Organic Air Emission Standards for TSDFs and Generators,
EPA530-F-98-011, Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Washington, DC, July 1998.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Protocol for Conducting Environmental Compliance Audits of
Treatment, Storage and Disposal Facilities under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, EPA-
305-B-98-006, Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (2224A), Washington, DC, December 1998.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Waste Analysis at Facilities that Generate, Treat, Store, and Dispose
of Hazardous Wastes, A Guidance Manual. OSWER 9938.4-03, Solid Waste and Emergency Response
(OS-520), April 1994.