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Rule and Implementation Information for Standards of Performance for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
Announcements:
On August 14, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued two proposals to further reduce emissions of methane-rich gas from municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills. The proposals would require new, modified and existing landfills would begin capturing and controlling landfill gas at emission levels nearly a third lower than current requirements.
- Proposed Updates to Emission Guidelines (PDF) (320pp, 1.3 MB)
- Fact Sheet (PDF) (6pp, 365k)
- New Source Performance Standards - Supplemental Proposal (PDF) (32pp, 405k)
- Fact Sheet (PDF) (5pp, 355k)
- Regulatory impact analysis (PDF) (180pp, 1.4 MB)
- Data files
- August 2015 -Modeling Database Containing Inputs and Results for Proposed Review of the MSW Landfill Emission Guidelines (ZIP) (13.1 MB)
- August 2015 – Modeling Database Containing Inputs and Results of Supplemental Proposal for MSW Landfills NSPS (ZIP) (3.5 MB)
- August 2015 – Summary of Updated Landfill Dataset Used in the Cost and Emissions Impact Analysis of Landfill Regulations (PDF) (6pp, 94k)
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Rule Information
Proposed and Promulgated Rules
CFR Part 60, Subparts Cc and WWW
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07/17/14 |
79 FR 41795 | Proposed Rule | Standards of Performance for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills; Proposed Rule |  |
07/17/14 |
79 FR 41771 | Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking | Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills; Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking | |
09/08/06 |
71 FR 53271 | Amendments Proposed | Standards of Performance, Emission Guidelines, and Federal Plan for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills and National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants; Municipal Solid Waste Landfills; Proposed Amendments Rule |  |
| 05/23/02 | 67 FR 36475 |
Proposed Rule | Standards of Performance for New Municipal Solid Waste Landfills; Proposed Rule amendments | |
| 10/17/00 | 65 FR 61778 65 FR 62044 |
Final Rule | Amendments for Testing and Monitoring Provisions | pgs 61743-61792 pgs62043-62092 |
| 04/10/00 | 65 FR 18906 | Final Rule: technical correction |
Standards of Performance for New Stationary Sources and Guidelines for Control of Existing Sources: Municipal Solid Waste Landfills-technical corrections. | |
| 11/08/99 | 64 FR 60689 | Final | Final Federal Plan Requirements for MSW landfills | |
| 2/24/99 | 64 FR 9258 | Technical correction | A technical amendment and correction of the Municipal Solid Waste Landfills NSPS and Guidelines for Control of Existing Municpal Solid Waste Landfills. | |
| 12/16/98 | 63 FR 69363 | Proposed Plan | Proposed Federal Plan Requirements for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills | |
| 6/16/98 | 63 FR 32743 | Direct Final Rule | Amendments to Municipal Solid Waste Landfills NSPS and Guidelines for Control of Existing Municipal Solid Waste Landfills | |
| 5/21/98 | 63 FR 27959 | Extension Notice | Notice of Extension of Period of Submission of Section 111(d) Plans for Existing Municipal Solid Waste Landfills | |
| 12/09/97 | 62 FR 64830 | Extension Notice | Notice of Extension of Period of Submission of Section 111(d) Plans for Existing Municipal Solid Waste Landfills | |
| 11/13/97 | 62 FR 60898 | 113(g) Settlement Notice | Litigation Agreement for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills New Source Performance Standard Regulation | |
| 3/12/96 | 60 FR 9918 | Final Rule | Final rule for the Municipal Solid Waste Landfills NSPS | |
| 6/21/93 | 58 FR 33790 | Supplemental Notice | New Information for Notice of Proposed Rule Making |  |
| 5/30/91 | 56 FR 24468 | Proposal | Proposal for the Municipal Solid Waste Landfills New Source Performance Standard (NSPS) | |
NOTES:All files are Government Printing Office (GPO) files unless otherwise indicated.
Closely Related Rules, Policies or Program Guidance
| 1/27/97 | Policy and Guidance Memoranda: Emission Inventories for Existing Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Landfills with Design Capacities below 2.5 million Mg or 2.5 million cubic meters. State Plans. | |
| 9/97 | AP-42, Chapter 2-Solid Waste Disposal. | |
| RCRA related rules, policies, guidance and source list for municipal solid waste landfills | ||
| Air Toxics Website: Municipal Solid Waste Landfills MACT Rule |
Technical Information
Background Information Document (BID)/Response to comments
| 3/91 | Air Emissions from Municipal Solid Waste
Landfills-Background Information for Proposed Standards and Guidelines,
U.S. EPA (EPA-450/3-90-011a)(NTIS PB 91-197061) Caution: vol-1 (11,294KB) & vol-2 (9,011KB)-Scanned Document |
Vol. 1 Vol. 2 |
| 12/96 | Air Emissions from Municipal Solid Waste Landfills-Background Information for Final Standards and Guidelines, U.S. EPA,(EPA-453/R-94-021). | |
| 9/10/99 | Municipal Solid Waste Landfills: Background Document for Federal Plan Public Comments and Responses (EPA-456/R-99-001) | |
| 11/98 | Municipal Solid Waste Landfill New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) and Emission Guidelines (EG)--Questions and Answers (Revised 5/02). | |
Economic Impacts Analysis
| 06/30/14 Economic Impact Analysis for the Proposed New Subpart to the New Source Performance Standards | |
FACT Sheets
| 6/30/14 | Fact Sheet: Proposed Updates to the New Source Performance Standards for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills | |
| 6/30/14 | Fact Sheet: Advance Notice Proposed Rulemaking on Reducing Emissions From Existing Municipal Waste Landfills | |
| 6/10/99 | Fact Sheet for the Final Federal Plan for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills | |
| 2/1/99 | Fact Sheet for the technical amendment and correction of the Municipal Solid Waste Landfills NSPS and Guidelines for Control of Existing Municipal Solid Waste Landfills | |
| 6/16/98 | Fact Sheet: Amendments to the New Source Performance Standards and Emission Guidelines for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills Direct Final Rule | |
| 12/04/98 | Fact Sheet for the Proposed Federal Plan Requirements for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills | |
| 3/1/96 | Fact Sheet for the Final Air Regulations for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills | |
Implementation Information
| December 2003 | This document explains how to prepare a startup, shutdown, malfunction plan for municipal solid waste landfills. Landfill owners and operators who are affected by the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (landfills NESHAP) and who must install a collection and control system must prepare a startup, shutdown, malfunction plan (SSM plan). For the landfills SSM plan, the primary concern is with malfunction of the landfill gas collection and controls system, not with the startup and shutdown of the entire source. Therefore, the guidance focuses primarily on the malfunction of the gas collection system, gas control system, and gas treatment system. The document describes what information the SSM plan should contain, to which operations the SSM plan applies, and explains how to keep records and reports. Also included is an appendix with example elements of an SSM plan for MSW landfills.[EPA-456/R-03-006] | |
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| December 2003 | This document contains example mass balance calculations for estimating the moisture content of the waste mass in a bioreactor landfill. Under the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (landfills NESHAP), a portion of a landfill operated as a bioreactor has timely control requirements. The landfills NESHAP allows moisture content to be determined using a variety of methods, as long as the procedures and assumptions are documented and appropriate. Although a range of appropriate measures exist, a mass balance approach is expected to be adequate in determining whether the moisture content of the waste is above or below 40 percent. Two example mass balance calculations are presented, a simple method and a more complex method. The simplified equation incorporates factors such as incoming waste moisture, liquids addition, and leachate production, which most significantly affect the average moisture content of the waste mass. The more complex procedure accounts for additional factors such as moisture retained in the landfill, surface runoff and evaporation, and evapotranspiration.[EPA-456/R-03-007] | 9.6 MB |
 Components Method B |
Enabling Documents
| 11/98 | Municipal Solid Waste Landfills, Volume 2: Summary of Requirements for New Source Performance Standards and Emission Guidelines for Section 111(d) State Plans for Implementing the Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Emissions Guidelines, U.S. EPA, EPA-456/R-98-009. | |
| Appendix a: Emission guidelines fact sheet | |
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| Appendix b: MSW landfills implemention timeline | |
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| Appendix c: State, Regional and other Contacts | |
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| Appendix d: Emission Estimation Proceedures for State plan emission inventory (AP-42) | |
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| Appendix e1: New Source Review | |
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| Appendix f: Title V operating permits white paper 2 | |
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| Appendix g: Clean Air Act section 111(d) | |
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| Appendix h: 40 CFR 60 Subpart B | |
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| Appendix i: 40 CFR 60 Subparts Cc and WWW and amendment (NSPS and EG) | |
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| Appendix j: Key elements of an acceptable section 111(d) State Plan | |
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| Appendix k: Memo: Emission Inventory of MSWLG State Plans | |
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| 2/99 | Municipal Solid Waste Landfills, Volume 1: Summary of Requirements for New Source Performance Standards and Emission Guidelines for Solid Waste, EPA-453R/96-004 (updated) | |
| Appendix a-d,f-k | |
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| Appendix e | |
Source Identification and Location Information
A list of sources compiled by the Office of Solid Waste
Outreach and Training Materials
Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Gas Design Plan Review- APTI Workshop T-018-98, September 24 and October 1, 1998, North Carolina State University Industrial Extension Service Environmental Programs, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Compliance and Enforcement Information
Applicability Determination
Index (ADI)
The ADI is maintained by EPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance
Assurance (OECA) and provides a data base of memoranda dealing with
applicability issues. The database is searchable by Subpart.
Other
| 11/21/2002 | Status of State Plans for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills | |
| 6/27/00 | The Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) has brochures and flyers on landfill gas and landfill gas-to-energy programs. This information includes case studies, health and safety questions and answers, and landfill rule guidance. | |