Code of Maryland Regulations › Title 26 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT › Part 2 - SUBTITLES 08-12 › Subtitle 11 - AIR QUALITY › Chapter 26.11.42 - Control of Methane Emissions from Municipal Solid Waste Landfills › Section 26.11.42.10 - Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 14, July 12, 2024
A. The owner or
				  operator of a MSW landfill that meets the applicability or designated facility
				  requirements in 40 CFR §
											60.31f,
				  40 CFR §
											60.760, or
				  40 CFR §
											63.1935 shall comply with the electronic
				  reporting requirements of 40
				  CFR §
											60.38f(j),
				  40 CFR §
											60.767(i), or CFR
				  §63.1981(i), as applicable.
A-1.
				  Whenever a provision in this chapter requires submission or reporting of test
				  results, reports, or other information to the Department, unless otherwise
				  specified, the information shall be submitted to:
Program Manager
Air Quality Compliance Program
Maryland Department of the Environment
1800 Washington Boulevard, Suite 715
Baltimore, Maryland 21230
410-537-4225
Or electronically to:
MDEAIR.OTHERCOMPLIANCE@maryland.gov
B. Recordkeeping Requirements.
(1) An owner or operator of a MSW landfill
				  shall maintain the following records for at least 5 years:
(a) All gas collection system downtime
				  exceeding 5 days, including dates of downtime, individual well shutdown and
				  disconnection times, the reason for the downtime, and any corrective actions
				  conducted in response to the downtime;
(b) All gas control system downtime in excess
				  of 1 hour, the reason for the downtime, and the length of time the gas control
				  system was shut down, and any corrective actions conducted in response to the
				  downtime;
(c) All instantaneous
				  surface readings of 100 ppmv methane or greater and all exceedances of the
				  limits in Regulation .04B(3)(b) and Regulation .07, including:
(i) The location of the leak (or affected
				  grid);
(ii) The leak concentration
				  of methane (in ppmv);
(iii) The
				  date and time of measurement;
(iv)
				  The action(s) taken to repair the leak and the date(s) of repair;
(v) Any required re-monitoring and the
				  re-monitored concentration of methane (in ppmv);
(vi) Wind speed during surface sampling;
				  and
(vii) The installation date and
				  location of each well installed as part of a gas collection system
				  expansion.
(d) Any
				  positive wellhead gauge pressure measurements, the date of the measurements,
				  the well identification number, and the corrective action taken;
(e) Each wellhead temperature monitoring
				  value of 62.8°C (145°F) or above, each wellhead nitrogen level at or above 20
				  percent, and each wellhead oxygen level at or above 5 percent;
(f) The monthly solid waste acceptance rate
				  for active MSW landfills or MSW landfills that have accepted waste within the
				  last 5 years;
(g) The current
				  amount of waste-in-place including waste composition;
(h) The nature, location, amount, and date of
				  deposition of non-decomposable waste for any landfill areas excluded from the
				  collection system;
(i) Results of
				  any performance tests conducted in accordance with the provisions in Regulation
				  .05B(7) of this chapter;
(j) A
				  description of mitigation measures taken to prevent the release of methane or
				  other emissions into the atmosphere, including:
(i) When solid waste was brought to the
				  surface during the installation or preparation of wells, piping, or other
				  equipment;
(ii) During repairs or
				  the temporary shutdown of gas collection system components; or
(iii) When solid waste was excavated and
				  moved.
(k) Records of any
				  construction activities in accordance with Regulation .07C of this chapter.
				  Records shall contain the following information:
(i) A description of the actions being taken,
				  the areas of the landfill that will be affected by these actions, the reason
				  the actions are required, and any landfill gas collection system components
				  that will be affected by these actions;
(ii) Construction start and finish dates,
				  projected equipment installation dates, and projected shut down times for
				  individual gas collection system components; and
(iii) A description of the mitigation
				  measures taken to minimize methane emissions and other potential air quality
				  impacts.
(l) For any root
				  cause analysis for which corrective actions are required, the following
				  information:
(i) Records of the root cause
				  analysis conducted;
(ii) The
				  corrective action analysis;
(iii)
				  The date for corrective action(s) already completed following the positive
				  pressure reading or high temperature reading;
(iv) For action(s) not already completed, a
				  schedule for implementation, including proposed commencement and completion
				  dates; and
(v) A copy of any
				  comments or final approval on the corrective action analysis or schedule from
				  the Department.
(m)
				  Records of the gas control system equipment operating parameters specified to
				  be monitored under Regulation .09B of this chapter as well as records for
				  periods of operation during which the parameter boundaries established during
				  the most recent performance test are exceeded.
The records shall include the following information:
(i) For enclosed flares, all 3-hour periods
				  of operation during which the average temperature difference was more than 28°C
				  (50° F) below the average combustion temperature during the most recent
				  performance test at which compliance with Regulations .05B(2) and (3) of this
				  chapter was determined;
(ii) For a
				  boiler or process heater with a design heat input capacity of 44 megawatts (150
				  MMBtu/hr) or greater to comply with Regulation .05B(3) of this chapter, all
				  periods of operation of the boiler or process heater (e.g., steam use, fuel
				  use, or monitoring data collected pursuant to other federal, State, local, or
				  tribal regulatory requirements;
(iii) For open flares, continuous records of
				  the flame or flare pilot flame monitoring, and up-to-date, readily accessible
				  records of all periods of operation in which the flame or flare pilot flame is
				  absent; and
(iv) For the system,
				  the indication of flow to the control system and the indication of bypass flow
				  or records of monthly inspections of car-seals or lock-and-key configurations
				  used to seal bypass lines.
(n) All gas collection and control system
				  exceedances of the operational standards, the reading in the subsequent month
				  whether or not the second reading is an exceedance, and the location of each
				  exceedance;
(o) For the owner or
				  operator of a MSW landfill who converts waste-in-place from volume to mass,
				  records of the annual recalculation of site-specific density, design capacity,
				  and the supporting documentation;
(p) For the owner or operator of a MSW
				  landfill demonstrating that site-specific surface methane emissions are below
				  200 ppmv by conducting surface emissions monitoring in accordance with
				  Regulation .04B(3)(b) of this chapter, records of all surface emissions
				  monitoring and information related to monitoring instrument calibrations
				  conducted according to sections 8 and 10 of Method 21 of Appendix A of 40 CFR
				  Part 60, including all of the following items:
(i) Calibration records, including the date
				  of calibration and initials of operator performing the calibration, calibration
				  gas cylinder identification, certification date, and certified concentration,
				  the instrument scale used, description of any corrective action taken if the
				  meter readout could not be adjusted to correspond to the calibration gas value,
				  and, if an owner or operator makes their own calibration gas, a description of
				  the procedure(s) used;
(ii) Digital
				  photographs of the instrument setup, including the wind barrier. The
				  photographs shall be accurately time and date-stamped and taken at the first
				  sampling location prior to sampling and at the last sampling location after
				  sampling at the end of each sampling day;
(iii) Timestamp of each surface scan reading
				  which shall be detailed to the nearest second, based on when the sample
				  collection begins and log for the length of time each sample was taken using a
				  stopwatch (e.g., the time the probe was held over the area);
(iv) Location of each surface scan reading.
				  The owner or operator shall determine the coordinates using an instrument with
				  an accuracy of at least 4 meters and the coordinates shall be in decimal
				  degrees with at least five decimal places and the coordinates will become the
				  location identification label;
(v)
				  Monitored methane concentration (ppmv) of each reading;
(vi) Background methane concentration (ppmv)
				  after each instrument calibration test;
(vii) For readings taken at each surface
				  penetration, the unique identification location label matching the label
				  specified in Regulation .10B(1)(p)(iv) of this chapter; and,
(viii) Records of the operating hours of the
				  gas collection system for each destruction device.
(q) For the owner or operator reporting
				  leachate or other liquids addition under Regulation .10C(16) of this chapter,
				  records of any engineering calculations or company records used to estimate the
				  quantities of leachate or liquids added, the surface areas for which the
				  leachate or liquids were applied, and the estimates of annual waste acceptance
				  or total waste in place in the areas where leachate or liquids were
				  applied;
(r) The date of initial
				  placement of waste in newly constructed MSW landfill cells;
(s) Documentation of any component leaks of
				  methane equal to or greater than 250 ppmv detected in accordance with the
				  provisions in Regulation .09B(7) of this chapter and all repairs performed in
				  response to any component leaks equal to or greater than 500 ppmv;
				  and
(t) The maximum design capacity
				  of the MSW landfill.