Appropriate Methods for Control, Regulation, and Disposal of Solid Waste on Tribal Lands in EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) Region 5

摘要

Solid waste is quickly becoming the primary environmental health problem on the majority of Reservations within the USEPA Region 5. Sixty-six active or inactive dumps and 29 potentially hazardous waste sites are located within or near the exterior boundary of the 30 Reservations in USEPA Region 5. The complexity of the Tribes' solid waste dilemma is augmented by other confounding factors. The majority of the Tribes do not have the financial means, population base, or suitable landbase to properly support approved solid waste landfills or incinerators. All the existing open dumps have management or design problems to the extent that they cannot be considered sanitary landfills. The report discusses multiple options for the disposal of solid waste on the Tribal lands of Region 5. The report includes guidelines and regulations to control and close the existing open dumps. Moreover, the report discusses environmentally sound procedures, guidelines, and regulations for sanitary landfills, incinerators, and transfer stations. Alternative means for disposing of solid hazardous wastes are identified and appropriate roles for Federal Agencies, with regard to solid waste management on Indian lands, are discussed.