TM 5-814-7, TECHNICAL MANUAL, HAZARDOUS WASTE LAND DISPOSAL/LAND TREATMENT FACILITIES (29 NOV 1984)

TM 5-814-7, TECHNICAL MANUAL, HAZARDOUS WASTE LAND DISPOSAL/LAND TREATMENT FACILITIES (29 NOV 1984)., The purpose of TM 5-814-7 is to establish Army design criteria that comply with the national goal of ground-water protection. On the Federal level, subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976 (42 United States Code [USC] 6901 et. seq.) promulgated standards for the management of hazardous wastes. Of particular interest to the design engineer in subtitle C of (RCRA) are design standards for land disposal/land treatment facilities presented in 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 264. This section of the law presents two sets of performance standards applicable to this technical manual-one for land disposal/land treatment facilities and the other for ground-water monitoring. The performance standards are directed toward (1) minimization of leachate generation in the waste management facilities and removal of leachate produced before it can enter the subsurface environment (subparts K through N), and (2) backup ground-water monitoring and response programs to remove any detected leachate from the ground water (subpart F).