Solid Waste Disposal Facility - Closure and Post Closure Criteria
This online engineering PDH course describes EPA's closure and post-closure criteria for solid waste disposal facilities. The criteria for landfill closure focus on two central themes: (1) the need to establish low-maintenance cover systems and (2) the need to design a final cover that minimizes the infiltration of precipitation into the waste.
Critical technical issues that must be faced by the designer include the following:
- Degree and rate of post-closure and stresses imposed on soil liner components
- Long-term durability and survivability of cover system
- Long-term waste decomposition and management of landfill leachate and gases
- Environmental performance of the combined bottom liner and final cover system
Full closure and post-closure requirements apply to municipal solid waste landfill (MSWLF) units that have been receiving waste since October 9, 1993. For MSWLF units that stopped receiving wastes prior to October 9, 1993, only the final cover requirements apply.
This 3 PDH online course is applicable to owners, operators of MSWLF units, as well as engineers, designers, managers, construction workers and any other personnel involved with the closure and post-closure of municipal solid waste landfills.
This PE continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:
- Final cover design
- Alternative final cover design
- Closure plan
- Closure criteria
- Post-closure care requirements
- Post-closure plans
In this professional engineering CEU course, you need to review Chapter 6, “Closure and Post-Closure” of the EPA “Solid Waste Disposal Facility Criteria” Technical Manual.
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