Compilation of Rules and Regulations of the State of Georgia › Department 110 - RULES OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 110-4 - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT › Subject 110-4-3 - MINIMUM PLANNING STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES FOR SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT › Rule 110-4-3-.01 - Purpose

Current through Rules and Regulations filed through June 27, 2024
(1)
General:
The Standards and Procedures provided herein are for the implementation
				of the Georgia Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Act, O.C.G.A. §
									12-8-20
et seq.
,
				and are intended to provide a framework to facilitate and encourage integrated,
				comprehensive solid waste management planning at the local,
				multi-jurisdictional, and regional levels. As the Act also established an
				integral relationship between solid waste planning, reporting, and permitting,
				the Minimum Standards and Procedures are designed to promote and reinforce the
				link between solid waste plans, the Solid Waste Annual Survey and Full-Cost
				Report, and solid waste grants, loans, and facility permits.
(2)
Applicability:
The following
				Standards and Procedures, including the minimum standards and procedures that
				are adopted or promulgated from time to time by the Department pursuant to the
				Administrative Procedure Act, are applicable to all comprehensive solid waste
				management plans submitted to the Department for their review and approval.
(a) The rules shall also apply to all other
				facets of the solid waste management planning process as outlined in the Solid
				Waste Management Act, such as, but not limited to, provisions relating to
				conflict resolution and to the determination of eligible local governments, or
				permit consistency. An applicant's eligibility for solid waste grants, loans,
				and permits is contingent upon a local government having adopted its
				plan.
(b) The minimum standards and
				procedures authorized pursuant to O.C.G.A. §
										12-8-31.1, relating to solid waste
				management planning shall become effective on January 1, 2004 and replace the
				rules that were previously adopted for this purpose by the Board of Community
				Affairs which became effective on February 1, 1994.
(c) These minimum planning standards and
				procedures for solid waste management shall be used to guide the preparation,
				development, and review of all local government solid waste management plans or
				short term work program updates that are intended to meet local government
				requirement eligibility requirements on or after January 1, 2004.
(d) Those local governments with a Short-Term
				Work Program (STWP) due after January 1, 2004 and before December 31, 2007 are
				required to report on the plan accomplishments as listed in their approved
				plan, demonstrate 10 years of disposal capacity from the date of submission of
				the new STWP, and prepare an implementation strategy that addresses the
				planning elements in their existing, approved solid waste management plan. The
				updated implementation strategy will provide a schedule of proposed activities
				covering the years between the date of submission of the new STWP up to the due
				date for their next 10 year Solid Waste Management Plan.