Hazardous Waste Landfill Research, USEPA (United States Environmental Protection Agency) Program

摘要

The Land Pollution Control Division (LPCD), Hazardous Waste Engineering Research Lab. (HWERL), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in Cincinnati, Ohio, has responsibility for research in solid and hazardous waste management with respect to land disposal of wastes. To fulfill the responsibility, the LPCD is developing concepts and is documenting the environmental effects of various waste disposal practices; and is collecting data necessary to support implementation of disposal guidelines mandated by the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984 (HSWA). The paper will present an overview of the land disposal research associated with the LPCD hazardous waste program plan and will report the current status of work in the following categorical areas: Hazardous waste facilities - landfills and surface impoundments; Non-Hazardous waste facilities; and Technology transfer.