Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 209 - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-209-4 - Permits for solid waste facilities

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Permit
			 required.
Any person, municipal authority or regional authority that
			 builds, establishes or alters a solid waste facility after July 1, 1971, must
			 obtain a permit pursuant to Section
			 22a-208
			 of the General Statutes unless excluded by Section
			 22a-209-3 of these
			 regulations. This permit shall consist of two parts: the permit to construct
			 and the permit to operate.
(b)
Permit to construct.
The information required to be in an
			 application for a permit to construct shall depend upon the type of solid waste
			 facility proposed. Such information shall be outlined in these regulations and
			 further detailed in guidelines prepared by the Department. The information in
			 the application must be sufficient to demonstrate the ability of the facility
			 to comply with the requirements of these regulations. An application will not
			 be deemed complete until all information required by statutes or regulations or
			 otherwise requested by the Commissioner have been submitted in proper form.
(1) Application for each solid waste facility
			 permit to construct shall be made by the owner or operator of the facility on
			 forms furnished by the Commissioner and signed by the owner and, if the
			 applicant is the operator, the operator, and shall include but not be limited
			 to the following as the Commissioner deems necessary:
Information required by the Rules of Practice of the
				Department; name and address of the operator, owner, and, if the operator or
				owner is a business entity, the names and addresses of all parent and
				subsidiary corporations, partners, corporate officers and directors,
				stockholders holding more than fifty percent of the stock of the corporation; a
				list of all solid waste facilities which each of the above persons are or have
				been associated with and their positions and responsibilities; name and address
				of the agent for service; facility location; type of facility; type of proposal
				(e.g. new facility, expansion or other alteration); a list of other permits
				required for the facility; an explanation of how the proposal relates to the
				State Solid Waste Management Plan; information as to the financial stability of
				the applicant; a commitment to post the proper surety if required by these
				regulations; a copy of any lease, deed or other agreement regarding the
				ownership, control or use of the facility; a list of any outstanding
				administrative orders against the facility; a list of supporting materials
				submitted with the application; and any other information which the
				Commissioner deems necessary.
(2) A facility plan, including engineering
			 studies and proposals, shall accompany the application and be prepared by an
			 engineer licensed to practice in the State of Connecticut; shall contain
			 sufficient information to demonstrate an ability to comply with these
			 regulations; and shall include but not be limited to the following information
			 and supporting materials as the Commissioner deems necessary and as further
			 detailed in engineering guidelines provided by the Commissioner:
(A) For solid and special waste disposal
			 areas:
(i) a detailed area map at a scale and
			 contour interval approved by the Commissioner which shall depict the site and
			 surroundings within one-half mile, noting natural and artificial features and
			 land use; including but not limited to all structures and overhead and
			 underground utilities and a statement by each affected utility that the
			 proposed activity adequately protects these utilities in compliance with
			 applicable standards;
(ii) detailed
			 site maps at a scale and contour interval approved by the Commissioner
			 depicting all items specified in (A) (i) above and existing, site preparation,
			 and final grades, property boundaries, existing and proposed fill limits
			 including location of fill limit markers, soil boring and monitoring locations,
			 proposed structures on site, access and site roads, fencing, buffer zones and
			 screening;
(iii) cross sections
			 through the site, at a minimum of one parallel and one perpendicular to ground
			 water flow, depicting existing, site preparation and final grades and elevation
			 and flow direction of ground water, type and structure of bedrock and type and
			 location of soils;
(iv)
			 supplemental maps and plans not prepared as part of the engineering study but
			 used as reference materials for engineering and operational
			 interpretations;
(v) hydrogeologic
			 and geologic information including predictions of movement of and impact on
			 surface and ground water, including water supply wells, from existing and
			 proposed site activities, and the names and addresses of all landowners within
			 the area of potentially impacted ground waters, detailed soil boring logs;
			 details of monitor well construction and development, the method of testing and
			 testing results;
(vi) operational
			 plans suitable for field use by the operator including but not limited to
			 details of construction, sequence of fill, a list of the type and amount of
			 equipment and the number and responsibilities of staff, daily operations,
			 traffic flow, controls necessary to protect the public health, safety and
			 welfare, emergency procedures, communications equipment, regular maintenance
			 schedules, information to be recorded and recording procedures, and methods of
			 measuring waste, and monitoring parameters and schedule;
(vii) a discussion of expected site life and
			 post-closure use; and
(viii) any
			 other information which the Commissioner deems necessary.
(B) For transfer stations, resources recovery
			 facilities or other volume reduction plants, and biomedical waste treatment
			 facilities:
(i) all applicable information
			 required under Section
			 22a-209-4(b)
			 (2) (A) of these regulations;
(ii)
			 detailed drawings and specifications of site structures, all fixed and
			 transport equipment, methods of volume reduction and storage, and a discussion
			 of utility provision;
(iii)
			 approximate volume of each waste type to be handled, a list of types of
			 facility users and municipalities served, associated facilities for the
			 ultimate disposal of the wastes, residues, and recycled materials, and
			 contingency plans for periods of shut down or breakdown;
(iv) a copy of all facility operation and
			 maintenance manuals, and a discussion of: OSHA requirements and how these
			 requirements will be met, materials and energy balance as appropriate, proposed
			 performance tests, system reliability and redundancy/backup system, operation
			 and maintenance budget; and
(v) any
			 other information which the Commissioner deems necessary.
(3) The Commissioner, at least
			 thirty days before approving or denying a permit application, shall, at the
			 applicant's expense, publish once in a newspaper having a substantial
			 circulation in the affected area notice of the application which shall include
			 but need not be limited to:
(1) the name of
			 the applicant,
(2) the location and
			 nature of the facility; and
(3) the
			 location where a copy of the application may be inspected. There shall be a
			 thirty day comment period following the public notice during which period
			 interested persons may submit written comments on the application. After the
			 comment period, the Commissioner may hold a public hearing prior to approving
			 or denying any application if in his or her discretion the public interest will
			 be best served thereby, and shall hold a hearing upon receipt of a petition
			 signed by at least twenty-five persons.
(4) The Commissioner shall consider all
			 evidence offered at any public hearing, any reports from local, state, and
			 federal agencies, all relevant facts and circumstances including but not
			 limited to whether the proposed facility is consistent with the State Solid
			 Waste Management Plan, the Connecticut Solid and Hazardous Waste Land Disposal
			 Siting Policy and the Connecticut Water Quality Standards, and any additional
			 requested information in making his or her determination on an application for
			 a permit to construct. The Commissioner shall, at the applicant's expense,
			 publish notice of a decision approving or denying the permit in a newspaper
			 having general circulation in the municipality or municipalities where the
			 facility is or was to be located.
(5) Conditional approvals. The Commissioner
			 may impose any reasonable conditions upon a permit to construct.