EPA Post Closure Pollution Abatement Notices

Post Closure Pollution Abatement Notices (PAN's) are formal legal enforceable Notices issued by EPA on former landfill sites.  The environmental risks posed by landfill sites continue for a significant period of time after waste acceptance has ceased. In order to ensure that the risks are appropriately quantified and managed, owners of closed landfill sites will be issued with pollution abatement notices that require the gathering of necessary information and data, the development of rehabilitation plans and aftercare management and monitoring programs. EPA has a particular focus on the rehabilitation and ongoing aftercare management of closed landfills.