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-6- 19. For processing facilities, proposed MPCA rules have containment and closure re- quirements which are essentiallly identical to the EPA regulations. 20. Existing MPCA rules provide -that: 1. No'person shall establish, construct,, or operate. & hazardous,wastecfaeiar in -'wetland, in'a floodplain or within shorelandt 2. No'person shall establish, construct or: operate -A-hazardous•wasto facility in a location where the topography; geology_jj-:hydrojogy,, ,:AAilxjs unsuitable for the protection of the groundwater:;andtthe.nunface�-Waten. 3. No.person shall establish;"consthilct b' ',opera'i;ei",. aza`F. o-Mga3W facility: in a location:where'such:activity;;would re§ult i114ettfi?;ft0di eir'66ntaminants causing violation of•the'aro6ienii"aii±"qualiiy'sfznda'�9 established:in-Minn. Reg. APC 1 (6 MCAR 5 4.001). 6 MCAR 4.9004B. 21. A`wetland is defined as "a natural marsh where water stands near, at or above the soil surface during a significant portion of most years, and which is eligible for classification as an inland"fresh water""wetland typ`e73 "4 or'& under U.S.' De- partment of Interior classifications." 6 MCAR § 4.9001B.44. 22. ShoreiaW is defined as "land located within the following distances from the ordinary high water elevation of public waters: (1) 1a"n"wlthi`r'1, D fee the;norinah high'.;water. mark :of.a.]ake pondor flowage;' andlan'ithin� Wfeet, of a river or'ste6am...." Minn. Stat. § 105.485 (1980). See 6 MCAR 's 4.9001B.38. 23. A floodplain is defined as "the'areas''aAjoining a WStercourse which-hE911feeit or hereaftffmay'be covered by the"'regional°'flood." The regional flood is a flood which is representative of large floods known to have occurred generally in Minnesota and reasonably characteristic of what can be expected to occur on an average frequency in the magnitude of the 100 recurrence interval. Minn. Stat. § 104.02 (1980). See also 6 MCAR 5 4.9001B.I:.