Landfill Environmental Monitoring Publications/Guidance

The Waste and Materials Management Program staff have written publications regarding landfill environmental monitoring that provide guidance for landfill owners, consultants or laboratories. Listed below are examples of guidance documents and a link to the documents. These documents and additional publications may be found on our searchable Publications system. To locate a document, under the "Standard Search," enter a topic of interest such as "monitoring," "leachate" or "gas" in the "Description" field and press the "Find" button. The title of the publication and the publication number will be listed; to view the publication, click on the publication number. You can also use the "Keyword Search" and enter key words such as, "groundwater," "monitoring," "landfill" or "gas." Please contact Jack Connelly if you need assistance trying to find an environmental monitoring document.

• Guidance for Implementing Assessment Monitoring [PDF 65KB].
• Monitoring Water Supply Wells for VOCs Around Solid Waste Disposal Facilities [PDF 97KB].
• Guidance for Review of NR 140 Requirements at Landfill Expansions [PDF 63KB].
• Problems Associated With bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate Detections in Groundwater Monitoring Wells [PDF 72KB].
• Reducing or Terminating Groundwater Monitoring at Solid Waste Landfills [PDF 152KB].
• PAL/ACL Calculation Guidance for Solid Waste Facilities [PDF 570K]
• How to Calculate Preventive Action Limits (PALs) and Alternative Concentration Limits (ACLs) for Solid Waste Facilities [PDF 338KB].