Presumptive remedy for CERCLA municipal landfill sites. Fact sheet

Technical Report · Wed Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1993

OSTI ID:5798912

The directive establishes containment as the presumptive remedy for CERCLA municipal landfills. The framework for the presumptive remedy for these sites is presented in a streamlining manual entitled Conducting Remedial Investigations/Feasibility Studies for CERCLA Municipal Landfill Sites, February 1991 (OSWER Directive 9355. 3-11). The directive highlights and emphasizes the importance of certain streamlining principles related to the scoping (planning) stages of the remedial investigation/feasibility study (RI/FS) that were identified in the manual. The directive also provides clarification of and additional guidance in the following areas: (1) the level of detail appropriate for risk assessment of source areas at municipal landfills and (2) the characterization of hot spots.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
• OSTI ID: 5798912
• Report Number(s): PB-93-963339/XAB; EPA--540/F-93/035
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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