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Description of the Project and Its Purpose. This document contains the details of the Final Project Agreement (FPA) between USA Waste of Virginia, Inc., and King George Landfills, Inc., wholly owned subsidiaries of Waste Management, Inc. (WM) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) for implementing different bioreactor operations (involving the addition and/or recirculation of bulk liquids, including landfill leachate), at the Maplewood Recycling and Waste Disposal Facility in Xxxxxx County, Virginia and King Xxxxxx County Landfill and Recycling Center in King Xxxxxx County, Virginia. This document also contains details of the project and the expected benefits of the project. The general locations of the two facilities are shown on Figure 1. WM’s intent to pursue this project was initially communicated to Xx. Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx of the USEPA in a letter from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VADEQ) dated 15 February 2000. As part of the project WM is requesting that USEPA grant regulatory relief from certain requirements of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) that restrict application of bulk liquids in municipal solid waste landfills constructed with particular liner designs, as presented in Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations (40 CFR) Section 258.28. Under this project, bioreactor programs would be implemented at the Maplewood Recycling and Waste Disposal Facility (Maplewood Landfill) and the King Xxxxxx County Landfill and Recycling Facility (King Xxxxxx County Landfill). The purposes of implementing the bioreactor programs would be to increase the rate of biodegradation in the landfills and to facilitate the management of leachate and other liquid wastes. The primary goal of the project would be to evaluate the relative improvement in landfill performance between the two different bioreactors proposed. It is expected that operation of these landfills, as described in this proposal, would result in several environmental and cost-saving benefits. It is also anticipated that the information obtained will provide the USEPA and the waste disposal industry with data concerning the use of bioreactor techniques at municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill sites throughout the United States. In the remainder of this section, a description of the facilities is presented, contacts for the project are identified, and the organization of this Final Project Agreement (FPA) is described. In general, this FPA follows the organization provided in the

Description of the Project and Its Purpose. This document contains the details of the Final Project Agreement (FPA) between USA Waste of Virginia, Inc., and King George Landfills, Inc., wholly owned subsidiaries of Waste Management, Inc. (WM) and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) for implementing different bioreactor operations (involving the addition additions and/or recirculation of bulk liquids, including landfill leachate), at the Maplewood Recycling and Waste Disposal Facility in Xxxxxx County, Virginia and King Xxxxxx County Landfill and Recycling Center in King Xxxxxx County, Virginia. This document also contains details of the project and the expected benefits of the project. The general locations of the two facilities are shown on Figure 1. WM’s intent to pursue this project was initially communicated to Xx. Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx of the USEPA in a letter from the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VADEQ) dated 15 February 2000. As part of the project WM is requesting that USEPA grant regulatory relief from certain requirements of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) that restrict application of bulk liquids in municipal solid waste landfills constructed with particular liner designs, as presented in Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations (40 CFR) Section 258.28. Under this project, bioreactor programs would be implemented at the Maplewood Recycling and Waste Disposal Facility (Maplewood Landfill) and the King Xxxxxx County Landfill and Recycling Facility (King Xxxxxx County Landfill). The purposes of implementing the bioreactor programs would be to increase the rate of biodegradation in the landfills and to facilitate the management of leachate and other liquid wastes. The primary goal of the project would be to evaluate the relative improvement in landfill performance between the two different bioreactors proposed. It is expected that operation of these landfills, as described in this proposal, would result in several environmental and cost-saving benefits. It is also anticipated that the information obtained will provide the USEPA and the waste disposal industry with data concerning the use of bioreactor techniques at municipal solid waste (MSW) landfill sites throughout the United States. In the remainder of this section, a description of the facilities is presented, contacts for the project are identified, and the organization of this Final Project Agreement (FPA) is described. In general, this FPA follows the organization provided in the