Index to the Docket: Financial Assurance Mechanisms for Corporate Owners and Operators of Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Facilities; Final Rule S0001 Copy of the Federal Register Notice S0002 Copy of the Federal Register Notice noting changes made by EPA after submission to OMB S0003 Table of Contents and Index of Commenters S0004 List of Commenters and Comment Identification Numbers for Financial Assurance Mechanisms for Corporate Owners and Operators of Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Facilities and Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage, and Disposal Facilities Proposed Rule (59 FR 51523, September 27, 1996) S0005 Comment Response Document for Financial Test and Corporate Guarantee for Private Owners or Operators of Municipal Solid waste Landfill Facilities, October 12, 1994 Proposed Rule S0006 Description of Data Used in the Analysis of Subtitles C and D Financial Tests S0007 Analysis of Subtitle D Financial Tests in Response to Public Comments S0008 Memorandum entitled: Bond Ratings and Investment Grade Status S0009 Memorandum entitled: Updated Closure and Post Closure Cost Estimates for Subtitle C S0010 Issue paper: Relevant Factors to Consider in a Financial Test S0011 Issue paper: Recent Consolidation and Acquisitions within the Solid Waste Industry S0012 Issue paper: Issues Relating to the Bond Rating Alternative of the Corporate Financial Test S0013 Issue paper: Accounting Issues Affecting the Corporate Financial Test S0014 Issue paper: Domestic Assets Requirements S0015 Issue paper: Reporting Timeframes S0016 Issue paper: Effects of the Financial Test on the Surety Industry S0017 Issue paper: Market Effects of the Financial Test S0018 Issue paper: Assessment of Financial Assurance Risk of Subtitles C and D Corporate Financial Test and Third-Party Financial Assurance Mechanisms S0019 Issue paper: Performance of the Financial Test as a Predictor of Bankruptcy S0020 Issue paper: Assessment of First Party Trust Funds S0021 Issue paper: Assessment of Trust Fund/Surety Combination S0022 "Standard & Poor's Ratings Performance 1996, Stability & Transition," Standard & Poor's, February 1997 S0023 "Moody's Rating Migration and Credit Quality Correlation, 1920-1996," Moody's Investors Service, July 1997 S0024 Letter re: Unit cost estimates for Texas TSD facilities, from Rob Norris, Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission, May 30, 1996 S0025 "USA Waste Agrees to Buy Sanifill in Stock Deal," Wall Street Journal, June 25, 1996 S0026 "Waste Management Stock Falls 20% as CEO Quits," Wall Street Journal, October 31, 1997 S0027 Exposure Draft, Proposed Statement of Financial Accounting Standards, Accounting for Certain Liabilities Related to Closure or Removal of Long-Lived Assets, No. 158-B, Financial Accounting Standards Board, February 7, 1996 S0028 Analysis of Assurance Provided by Current and Proposed Financial Assurance Mechanisms, Draft Report by ICF Incorporated for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, November 1992 S0029 "Evaluation of U.S. Asset Requirement of the Financial Test," Memorandum to Ed Coe and Barbara Foster, OSW from Vijetha Dasappa, Rick Nevin, and Robin Rodensky, ICF Incorpoprated, March 4, 1992. S0030 Subtitle D Ultimate Parents S0031 A Dozen Q & A' s on the Draft Final Financial Test Rule S0032 Issues Related to the Bond Rating Alternative of the Financial Test by Robert E. Burt