Alabama Administrative Code › Title 420 - ALABAMA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH › Chapter 420-3-5 - SOLID WASTE COLLECTION AND TRANSPORTATION › Section 420-3-5-.11 - Transfer Stations

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
For applications submitted after the effective date of these
				rules and before making application to the LHD, the applicant shall obtain
				approval from the local governing body pursuant to
Code of Ala.
				1975
, Section
				22-27-48.1. Transfer stations
				shall meet all the requirements of these rules and shall be subject to
				inspection by the Board or LHD, at least semi-annually, to include inspections
				performed at the time a permit is issued or renewed. More frequent inspections
				may be performed if deemed necessary by the LHD. For purposes of this section,
				applicant means any persons, except public agencies applying for a permit to
				operate, construct, or modify a transfer station.
(1)
Permitting.
No person shall
			 construct, operate, or materially alter or modify, excluding normal
			 maintenance, a transfer station facility until he has applied for and received
			 a Transfer Station Permit from the LHD, renewable annually on October 1.
(a) The application for a permit to
			 establish, materially alter, or operate a transfer station shall be made on
			 forms provided by the Board, which shall be submitted to the LHD with the
			 following information attached:
1. Legal
			 description of property or deed with any easements or Covenants Running with
			 the Land attached.
2. A letter from
			 each solid waste disposal facility that has agreed to accept waste from the
			 transfer station and a listing of any conditions, including, but not limited
			 to, the types of waste to be received, the types of waste that are prohibited,
			 and the hours that waste will be received.
3. A letter from each solid waste handling or
			 disposal facility that has agreed to accept waste should an emergency diversion
			 become necessary and a listing of any conditions, including, but not limited
			 to, the types of waste to be received, the types of waste that are prohibited,
			 and the hours that waste will be received.
4. A site plan of the structures and
			 utilities on a scale of sufficient detail to include features up to 500 feet
			 beyond the facility boundaries. The site plan shall include:
(i) Lot dimensions/size, with property lines
			 identified.
(ii) Property
			 boundaries and fences.
(iii) The
			 location of existing or proposed structures that will be used in the solid
			 waste handling process to include scales, transfer building and foundation,
			 compactor unit, transfer trailer bay, and storage containers (drawn to
			 scale).
(iv) Surface
			 waters.
(v) The location of
			 sanitary sewer or onsite wastewater treatment system. Attach a letter from the
			 local sanitary sewer authority authorizing discharge of wastewater to their
			 wastewater treatment facility, or a copy of the permit to install an onsite
			 sewage disposal system. If a holding tank will be used to capture and contain
			 leachate, then also attach a copy of the contract with a company who will pump
			 the tank.
5. A scaled,
			 1-mile radius area map showing the proposed site buildings and any residences,
			 schools, recreational facilities, wells, caves, sinkholes, and any railroads
			 and state and county maintained streets and roads.
6. A site plan of the facility to include,
			 but not be limited to, the details of the scales, transfer building and
			 foundation, compactor unit, floors and drains, curbing, plumbing, sewer lines
			 and connections, water supply lines, traffic flow, offices, sanitary
			 facilities, fences, roads, parking lots, onsite sewage disposal system, and
			 storage containers.
7. A U.S.
			 Geological Survey topographical map of the area, showing the transfer station
			 boundaries, property boundaries, surface waters, natural and artificial
			 drainage features, wells, base flood plains, protected natural resources, and
			 natural geographic features located within 500 feet of the facility
			 boundaries.
8. A statement that
			 addresses the setback distances from the transfer station buildings to the
			 nearest surface water, well, sinkholes, and caves and the impact that the
			 construction and operating of the transfer station will have on each
			 feature.
9. A statement from the
			 Army Corps of Engineers stating that the construction and operation of the
			 transfer station will not adversely impact a federally protected
			 wetland.
10. Source of water
			 supply.
11. Documents verifying
			 that the control and disposal of wastewater, washdown water, and leachate
			 directly into a public or private sewer system via connection, or indirectly by
			 pumping and hauling, and the control and disposal of stormwater, have been
			 approved by the Department or the LHD, as appropriate; or documents verifying
			 that such approval is not required.
12. An Operation Manual, prepared in
			 accordance with subparagraph (4) of this rule.