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Municipal Solid Waste Landfills: Proposed and Final Air Regulation Fact Sheets

This page contains a March 1996 fact sheet for the final New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills. This page contains a December 1997 fact sheet with information regarding the new final amendments to the rule for the NSPS. Lastly, this page has a July 2016 fact sheet with the final updates to the new source performance standards and emission guidelines. These documents provide a summary of the information for these rules.

For more information on the rule, visit the regulation page for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills: New Source Performance Standards (NSPS), Emission Guidelines (EG) and Compliance Times.

  • Final Updates to Performance Standards for New, Modified and Reconstructed Landfills, and Updates to Emission Guidelines for Existing Landfills Fact Sheet (pdf) (480.56 KB, July 14, 2016)
  • Fact Sheet: Final Air Regulations for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (pdf) (12.64 KB, March 1, 1996)
  • Fact Sheet: Amendments to the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) and Emission Guidelines for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills (pdf) (13.94 KB, December 12, 1997)

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