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The Idaho Legislature addressed the issue of land disposal of hazardous wastes by adopting the Hazardous Waste Facility Siting Act in 1985. This Act established a committee charged with developing the Idaho Hazardous Waste Management Plan. The plan was formulated and passed the State Legislature in 1987. Hazardous waste facility siting criteria, included in the plan, were developed for siting future land disposal hazardous waste management facilities in Idaho. The siting criteria address depth to water, depth to fractured rock, thickness of unconsolidated fine-grained sediments beneath the proposed site, minimum distance to water supply wells, distance to surface water and location outside of a 500-year recurrence interval floodplain. Two standardized methods for comparing and ranking the hydrogeology at a waste management facility were reviewed. The standard methods of DRASTIC and Harry E. LeGrand were analyzed to determine their effectiveness of siting new facilities within Idaho. Hydrogeologic siting criteria from the States of New Jersey, New York, Arizona, and California were evaluated and compared to the Idaho criteria. New Jersey, California, and Idaho addressed the most comprehensive range of hydrogeologic issues; however, Idaho's criteria are the most stringent. A preliminary application of the Idaho hydrogeologic siting criteria using existing available public information is presented for a portion of southwestern Idaho. The depth to fractured rock and depth to water criteria are the most restrictive in limiting potential sites.

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Title:
Evaluation of hydrogeologic siting criteria for siting hazardous waste management facilities in Idaho, Research technical completion report
Authors:
Ralston, Dale R.; Hill, Bradley M.
Date Created (ISO Standard):
1989-05
Description:
The Idaho Legislature addressed the issue of land disposal of hazardous wastes by adopting the Hazardous Waste Facility Siting Act in 1985. This Act established a committee charged with developing the Idaho Hazardous Waste Management Plan. The plan was formulated and passed the State Legislature in 1987. Hazardous waste facility siting criteria, included in the plan, were developed for siting future land disposal hazardous waste management facilities in Idaho. The siting criteria address depth to water, depth to fractured rock, thickness of unconsolidated fine-grained sediments beneath the proposed site, minimum distance to water supply wells, distance to surface water and location outside of a 500-year recurrence interval floodplain. Two standardized methods for comparing and ranking the hydrogeology at a waste management facility were reviewed. The standard methods of DRASTIC and Harry E. LeGrand were analyzed to determine their effectiveness of siting new facilities within Idaho. Hydrogeologic siting criteria from the States of New Jersey, New York, Arizona, and California were evaluated and compared to the Idaho criteria. New Jersey, California, and Idaho addressed the most comprehensive range of hydrogeologic issues; however, Idaho's criteria are the most stringent. A preliminary application of the Idaho hydrogeologic siting criteria using existing available public information is presented for a portion of southwestern Idaho. The depth to fractured rock and depth to water criteria are the most restrictive in limiting potential sites.
Subjects:
Hazardous materials Waste management Waste disposal Hydrogeology Groundwater pollution
Location:
Southern Idaho
Collection:
IWRRI
Series:
Water for Idaho
IWRRI number:
198903
Rights:
Rights to the digital resource are held by the University of Idaho. http://www.uidaho.edu/
Publisher:
Idaho Water Resources Research Institute; University of Idaho
Contributing Institution:
University of Idaho
Type:
Text
Format:
application/pdf
Cataloger:
KIT
Date Digitized:
2017-09-11

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"Evaluation of hydrogeologic siting criteria for siting hazardous waste management facilities in Idaho, Research technical completion report", Idaho Waters Digital Library, University of Idaho Library Digital Collections, https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/digital/iwdl/items/iwdl-198903.html
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Rights to the digital resource are held by the University of Idaho. http://www.uidaho.edu/
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