ON NOVEMBER 24,2 004, THE EPA EXECUTED A CONSENT AGREEMENT AND FINAL ORDER TO GO ALONG WITH AN ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER BY CONSENT ( AOC ) SETTLING TWO NOTICES OF NONCOMPLIANCE AND REQUESTS TO SHOW CAUSE ( NON ) ISSUED TO KING GEORGE LANDFILL, INC. AND WASTE MANAGEMENT OF VIRGINIA, INC.'S MAPLEWOOD LANDFILL. BOTH LANDFILLS ARE LOCATED IN VIRGINIA. THE NONS ALLEGED THAT BOTH LANDFILLS HAD VIOLATED THE STANDARDS OF PERFORMANCE FOR NEW STATIONARY SOURCES ( NSPS ) FOR MUNICIPAL WASTE LANDFILLS, 40 C.F.R. PART 60, SUBPART WWW BY FAILING TO PROPERLY MONITOR CERTAIN COMPONENTS OF THE LANDFILL LEACHATE COLLECTION SYSTEMS FOR METHANE GAS EMISSIONS. WHILE BOTH LANDFILLS, WHICH ARE PART OF THE WASTE MANAGEMENT FAMILY, HAE DENIED ANY WRONG DOING, THEY, AND 20 OTHER WASTE MANAGEMENT LANDFILLS IN VIRGINIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AND MARYLAND, HAVE AGREED IN THE AOC OVER THE NEXT YEAR TO MODIFY THEIR OPERATING PERMITS TO INCLUDE SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO MONITOR LEACHATE COLLECTION SYSTEM COMPONENTS FOR METHANE GAS EMISSIONS, AND PARY A TOTAL FINE OF $11,500.00