January 22, 2021
By:
Walter G. Wright
Category:
Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
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The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) issued a December 2020 report titled:
Odor Control at RCRA Subtitle D Landfills (“Report”)
The Report was prepared by ASTSWMO’s Solid Waste Disposal and Conversion Task Force of the Materials Management Subcommittee.
The Report was produced as:
. . . a resource for solid waste regulators and others for addressing the generation and management of landfill gas and odors.
Topics addressed in the Report include:
- Typical gases generated at landfills
- Conditions that affect gas generation and migration
- Potential remedies to landfill odor issues
- Summary of results from a nationwide survey on regulatory requirements regarding landfill odor
- Case studies in landfill odor management
Chapters and subchapters of the Report include:
- Governmental Odor Requirements
- Federal Odor Requirements
- State Odor Requirements
- Elements of Landfill Odor
- Methane & Carbon Dioxide
- Sulfur-containing Compounds
- Ammonia (and Other Nitrogen-containing Compounds)
- Non-Methane Organic Compounds
- Odors Associated with Landfill Fires
- Factors Affecting Odor Development
- Meteorological Conditions
- Operational Impacts
- Odor Control Options
- Landfill Operations
- Odor Control Products and Technologies
- Case Studies
- Appendix A – Links to State Regulations
- Appendix B – H2S Odor Control Strategies
A copy of the Report can be downloaded here.
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