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PUBLIC LAW 98-000—MMMM. DD, 1984

PUBLIC LAW 98-616—NOV. 8, 1984

98 STAT. 3241

PERMIT LIFE

SEC. 212. Section 3005(c) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended by adding the following new paragraph after paragraph (2): "(3) Any permit under this section shall be for a fixed term, not to exceed 10 years in the case of any land disposal facility, storage facility, or incinerator or other treatment facility. Each permit for a land disposal facility shall be reviewed five years after date of issuance or reissuance and shall be modified as necessary to assure that the facility continues to comply with the currently applicable requirements of this section and section 3004. Nothing in this subsection shall preclude the Administrator from reviewing and modifying a permit at any time during its term. Review of any application for a permit renewal shall consider improvements in the state of control and measurement technology as well as changes in applicable regulations. Each permit issued under this section shall contain such terms and conditions as the Administrator (or the State) determines necessary to protect human health and the environment.".

Post, p. 3242.

42 USC 6924.

INTERIM STATUS

SEC. 213. (a) Section 3005(e) of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended by— (1) inserting "(1)" after "Interim Status.—", (2) redesignating existing paragraphs (1) through (3) as subparagraphs (A) through (C), (3) adding the following at the end thereof: "This paragraph shall not apply to any facility which has been previously denied a permit under this section or if authority to operate the facility under this section has been previously terminated. "(2) In the case of each land disposal facility which has been granted interim status under this subsection before the date of enactment of the Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments of 1984, interim status shall terminate on the date twelve months after the date of the enactment of such Amendments unless the owner or operator of such facility— "(A) applies for a final determination regarding the issuance of a permit under subsection (c) for such facility before the date twelve months after the date of the enactment of such Amendments; and "(B) certifies that such facility is in compliance with all applicable groundwater monitoring and financial responsibility requirements. "(3) In the case of each land disposal facility which is in existence on the effective date of statutory or regulatory changes under this Act that render the facility subject to the requirement to have a permit under this section and which is granted interim status under this subsection, interim status shall terminate on the date twelve months after the date on which the facility first becomes subject to such permit requirement unless the owner or operator of such facility— "(A) applies for a final determination regarding the issuance of a permit under subsection (c) for such facility before the date

42 USC 6925.