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Section 258.13 Fault Areas

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Location Standard:

258.13(a) New MSWLF units and lateral expansions shall not be located within 200 feet (60 meters) of a fault that has had displacement in Holocene time

Waiver:

unless the owner or operator demonstrates to the Director of an approved State that an alternative setback distance of less than 200 feet (60 meters)will prevent damage to the structural integrity of the MSWLF unit and will be protective of human health and the environment.

Definitions:

258.13(b) For the purposes of this section:

258.13(b)(1) "Fault" means a fracture or a zone of fractures in any material along which strata on one side have been displaced with respect to that on the other side.

258.13(b)(2) "Displacement" means the relative movement of any two sides of a fault measured in any direction.

258.13(b)(3) "Holocene" means the most recent epoch of the Quaternary period, extending from the end of the Pleistocene Epoch to the present.

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Last Revised: November 14, 1997

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