Alabama Administrative Code › Title 335 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT › LAND DIVISION - SOLID WASTE PROGRAM › Chapter 335-13-3 - PROCESSING AND RECYCLING › Section 335-13-3-.02 - Facility Registration

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) No
				person may receive, store, process or transfer recyclable material without
				being properly registered with the Department, except as described in Rule
				335-13-3-.02(3).
				Any person who operates a Materials Recovery Facility or a Recovered Materials
				Processing Facility, without having applied for registration with the
				Department shall be considered to be operating an unpermitted solid waste
				facility and shall be subject to enforcement action in accordance with this
				Division.
(2) The owner or operator
				of each facility in existence on the effective date of this Rule shall file an
				application for registration with ADEM not later than October 1, 2010. The
				owner or operator of each new Materials Recovery Facility or Recovered
				Materials Processing Facility desiring to begin operation after the effective
				date of this Chapter shall file an application for registration at least
				forty-five (45) days prior to receiving materials, or by October 1, 2010,
				whichever is later.
(a) Each owner or
				operator of a subject facility shall register with ADEM utilizing a form
				designated by the Department. In addition to the designated form, the following
				information shall be submitted:
1. An initial
				listing of the types of material or materials to be received, stored, processed
				or transferred by the facility in a manner to be specified by the
				Department.
2. A general
				description of the plans for end-market uses of all materials to be collected,
				stored and processed. Such plans are not required to include specific
				information on quantities to be shipped to specific facilities, names of
				facilities or other information that may be deemed business confidential by the
				registrant.
3. Statement that the
				siting of the facility is on property whose local zoning permits such use, if
				applicable.
4. Site access controls
				to be utilized at the facility.
5.
				A site plan map which identifies and plots the location of all equipment,
				buildings, activities and areas related to the receipt, storage, processing,
				and transferring of all unprocessed and processed recyclable
				materials.
6. A statement that the
				facility is in compliance with the applicable requirements of ADEM
				Administrative Code Division 335-6, including but not limited to, permitting
				and best management practices (BMP).
7. An operations plan which shall include, at
				a minimum, the following:
(i) Days and hours
				of operation of the facility and a description of when facility personnel will
				be on-site during hours of operation. If the facility is to include a drop-off
				point for after-hours operation or periods when facility will be unstaffed, a
				description of methods to prevent drop-off of non-acceptable or non-
				recoverable materials must be included.
(ii) A general listing of material types and
				anticipated tonnages to be received by the facility on a monthly basis and any
				size, weight or other restrictions placed on materials to be
				accepted.
(iii) A written narrative
				description of facility operation from receipt of recyclable materials to the
				point of transfer to end-users.
(iv) The maximum amount of each material to
				be stored or stockpiled at the facility. Owners/operators maintaining this
				information in volume shall convert and indicate the conversion methodology to
				weight.
(v) A description of major
				equipment to be utilized for the receipt, storage, processing or transfer of
				each material type.
(vi) Methods
				utilized to weigh or estimate weight of materials received.
(vii) A description of the storage areas
				utilized for recovered materials to include indoor or outdoor, surfaces of
				storage areas, and methods to segregate materials to facilitate
				end-use.
(viii) A statement
				indicating that the facility meets local fire codes, where
				applicable.
(ix) A description of
				methods used to control vectors of public health importance which shall
				include, but not be limited to, rodents, flies and mosquitoes, and dust and
				litter at the facility. Such control shall be consistent with the
				administrative rules of the Health Department and the Department.