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V. REGULATORY AGENCY REQUIREMENTS <br /> General Background: <br /> Federal: <br /> The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is the primary <br /> federal agency responsible for solid waste management. The <br /> activities of the EPA were authorized by the Solid Waste Disposal <br /> Act of 1967, the Resource Recovery Act of 1970, the Resource <br /> Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976 and the re- <br /> authorization of RCRA in 1984. Current EPA activities involve <br /> research, training grants, technical assistance, and state and <br /> regional planning for hazardous waste. <br /> Due to the fact that California regulations regarding management <br /> and disposal of solid waste are at least as stringent as the <br /> requirements of RCRA, the EPA has not had a direct involvement in <br /> enforcement of regulations relating to operation at the Corral <br /> Hollow Sanitary Landfill. <br /> However, the EPA did begin a site investigation in the spring of <br /> P g <br /> 1988. In accordance with RCRA, the EPA undertook a nationwide <br /> inventory and screening of sites which, according to EPA records, <br /> were facilities where hazardous waste was disposed of or had <br /> otherwise come to be located. This investigation was undertaken <br /> at the Corral Hollow Sanitary Landfill due to the fact that the <br /> landfill was identified as a site on the EPA inventory of such <br /> sites. The investigation was performed, under contract with EPA, <br /> by Ecology and Environment, Inc. , from San Francisco. Appendix J <br /> contains correspondence regarding initiation of the <br /> investigation. The findings of the investigation are not known. <br /> The last event of the investigation was indefinite cancellation <br /> of a site visit by Ecology and Environmental, Inc. . <br /> State of California: <br /> The four principle state agencies involve <br /> P q d in solid waste <br /> management are the CWMB, the Department of Health Services, <br /> the California Air Resources Board, and the State Water <br /> Resources Control Board - through the RWQCB. These agencies <br /> regulate landfill operations, minimum health standards and <br /> monitoring and mitigation of environmental effects of landfills. <br /> Local Agencies: <br /> Public health standards developed by the state are enforced b <br /> � Y <br /> local agencies through state approved LEA's. The San Joaquin <br /> Local Health District is the LEA for the Corral Hollow Sanitary <br /> Landfill. <br /> 25 <br />