Last May, the Trump EPA issued a 90-day stay of two Obama-era landfill methane rules, namely the Standards of Performance for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (NSPS Subpart XXX) and the Emissions Guidelines (EG). EPA was responding to concerns by industry groups to reconsider portions of the rules. After the stay was put into place, the
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Illinois Court Finds that Landfill Post-Closure Monitoring Period not Limited to 15 Years by Statute
By Ryan Rudich on
Posted in Landfill News
An Illinois appellate court recently ruled that the 15 year post-closure monitoring requirement for sanitary landfills under the Illinois Environmental Protection Act sets the minimum, not maximum, period, and that that the operator will be required to continue post-closure monitoring if the threat of future violations of the Act is present.
D&L Landfill, Inc., the…
EPA Stays Newly Adopted New Source Performance Standards and Emissions Guidelines for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
By Ann Zwick on
Posted in Landfill News
By rule published in the Federal Register today, EPA is staying the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) and Emissions Guidelines (EG) final rules for municipal solid waste landfills, in their entirety, for 90 days pending reconsideration. The rules are found at 40 CFR Part 60, Subparts Cf and XXX and had been published…