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Hazardous Waste Landfill

"specially permitted, excavated or engineered area in which hazardous waste is deposited and covered. Proper protection of the environment from the materials to be deposited in such a landfill requires careful site selection, the cataloging of types of wa

Source: United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Compliance and Assurance

   
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