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III. Environmental Setting, Impacts,and Mitigations <br /> L. PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY <br /> SETTING <br /> A number of potential public health hazards are associated with landfills. This section considers <br /> potential threats to human health and the environment from wind-blown material,chemical <br /> constituents that could accumulate in leachate,upset conditions such as accidents or improper <br /> handling, and site safety. Relevant environmental regulations are also discussed. <br /> Waste and Definitions <br /> California Code of Regulations(CCR)Title 23 defines four types of waste:hazardous waste, <br /> designated waste,nonhazardous solid waste, and inert waste. The definition for nonhazardous <br /> solid waste is: "all putrescible and nonputrescible solid, semi-solid, and liquid wastes,including <br /> garbage,trash,refuse,paper,rubbish, ashes,industrial wastes,demolition and construction <br /> wastes,abandoned vehicles and parts thereof,discarded home and industrial appliances,manure, <br /> vegetable or animal solid and semi-solid waste and other discarded solid and semi-solid waste; <br /> provided that such wastes do not contain wastes which must be managed as hazardous wastes,or <br /> wastes which contain soluble pollutants in concentrations which exceed applicable water quality <br /> objectives,or could cause degradation of water of the state" (CCR,Title 23, Section 2523). Most <br /> municipal solid waste streams are considered to be nonhazardous solid waste. <br /> Landfills are classified by the State Water Resources Control Board according to the their ability <br /> to contain waste and isolate waste from the environment. Class I landfills are permitted to accept <br /> hazardous wastes. Class II landfills can accept designated wastes; those wastes that are not <br /> technically hazardous but could be a threat to water quality if improperly disposed. Class III <br /> landfills(sanitary landfills)can accept only regular municipal solid waste and inert waste. <br /> Regulatory Setting <br /> Various requirements for the permitting,development,operation,and closure of sanitary landfills <br /> are imposed by governmental agencies at the federal,state,regional, and local levels. The <br /> requirements come in the form of statutes,regulations,and policies adopted by the agencies,and <br /> are enforced by permitting and approval processes that have been established to insure that <br /> landfills are properly designed and operated. The regulatory agencies and their policies are <br /> discussed in the Project Description,Chapter II of this EIR and are summarized below. A <br /> III.L.1 <br />