Defining Landfill Stability and the End of the Post-Closure Monitoring Period


Aim

In the US, landfill regulations stipulate a 30 year post-closure monitoring period. At the end of 30 years, the site is considered stable and post-closure monitoring ends unless it is extended by the governing regulatory agency. However, agencies have no technical criteria on which to either decrease or extend the monitoring period. With the increasing interest in bioreactor landfills, requests to shorten the post-closure monitoring period are anticipated.
 

Session B, December 12, 16:30-19:30

16:30-17:00
An Evaluation of the Composition of MSW Landfill Leachate from Mature Refuse
Kjeldsen*, P.; Barlaz, M.; Rooker, A.; Ledin, A.; Christensen, T.H.
Technical University of Denmark and North Carolina State University

17:00-17:30
Organic Matter Stability after Mechanical-Biological Pretreatment of MSW
Alexander Zach
University of Agricultural Sciences, Vienna

17:30-18:00
Landfill Stabilisation in a Generation?
Dr Jan Gronow, Landfill Policy Manager, Environment Agency, UK

18:00-18:15:  Coffee Break
Closing the Gaps in the Regulation of Municipal Solid Waste Landfills:  Defining the End of the Post-Closure Monitoring Period

18:15-18:45
Morton A. Barlaz1, * and Alix Rooker1 and Peter Kjledsen2
North Carolina State University and Technical University of Denmark

18:45-19:30
Discussion
 

Chair

Morton Barlaz, barlaz@unity.ncsu.edu


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