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[CITE: 42USC6936]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 82--SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL
 
               SUBCHAPTER III--HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT
 
Sec. 6936. Expansion during interim status


(a) Waste piles

    The owner or operator of a waste pile qualifying for the 
authorization to operate under section 6925(e) of this title shall be 
subject to the same requirements for liners and leachate collection 
systems or equivalent protection provided in regulations promulgated by 
the Administrator under section 6924 of this title before October 1, 
1982, or revised under section 6924(o) of this title (relating to 
minimum technological requirements), for new facilities receiving 
individual permits under subsection (c) of section 6925 of this title, 
with respect to each new unit, replacement of an existing unit, or 
lateral expansion of an existing unit that is within the waste 
management area identified in the permit application submitted under 
section 6925 of this title, and with respect to waste received beginning 
six months after November 8, 1984.

(b) Landfills and surface impoundments

    (1) The owner or operator of a landfill or surface impoundment 
qualifying for the authorization to operate under section 6925(e) of 
this title shall be subject to the requirements of section 6924(o) of 
this title (relating to minimum technological requirements), with 
respect to each new unit, replacement of an existing unit, or lateral 
expansion of an existing unit that is within the waste management area 
identified in the permit application submitted under this section, and 
with respect to waste received beginning 6 months after November 8, 
1984.
    (2) The owner or operator of each unit referred to in paragraph (1) 
shall notify the Administrator (or the State, if appropriate) at least 
sixty days prior to receiving waste. The Administrator (or the State) 
shall require the filing, within six months of receipt of such notice, 
of an application for a final determination regarding the issuance of a 
permit for each facility submitting such notice.
    (3) In the case of any unit in which the liner and leachate 
collection system has been installed pursuant to the requirements of 
this section and in good faith compliance with the Administrator's 
regulations and guidance documents governing liners and leachate 
collection systems, no liner or leachate collection system which is 
different from that which was so installed pursuant to this section 
shall be required for such unit by the Administrator when issuing the 
first permit under section 6925 of this title to such facility, except 
that the Administrator shall not be precluded from requiring 
installation of a new liner when the Administrator has reason to believe 
that any liner installed pursuant to the requirements of this section is 
leaking. The Administrator may, under section 6924 of this title, amend 
the requirements for liners and leachate collection systems required 
under this section as may be necessary to provide additional protection 
for human health and the environment.

(Pub. L. 89-272, title II, Sec. 3015, as added Pub. L. 98-616, title II, 
Sec. 243(a), Nov. 8, 1984, 98 Stat. 3260.)
