Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 401 - ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT CABINET - DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION › Chapter 47 - Solid Waste Facilities › Section 401 KAR 47:190 - Contents of the technical application for solid waste landfills

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS 224.01, 224.10, 224.40, 224.43, 224.99
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS Chapter 224 requires
				the cabinet to adopt rules and administrative regulations for the management,
				processing or disposal of wastes.
				KRS
				224.40-305 requires that persons engaging in
				the management, processing or disposal of waste obtain a permit. This chapter
				establishes the permitting standards for solid waste sites or facilities, the
				standards applicable to all solid waste sites or facilities, and the standards
				for certification of operators. An overview of the permit program is found in
				Section 1 of
				401 KAR
				47:080. This administrative regulation sets forth the
				general content requirements for a technical application for a solid waste
				landfill.
Section 1. Objective and
			 General Requirements. The objectives of the technical application are to
			 specify technical standards. The technical application contains the facility
			 design and narrative. The cabinet shall evaluate the application for compliance
			 with the environmental performance standards in
			 401 KAR
			 47:030 and other applicable administrative
			 regulations. The applicant shall submit the technical application in a format
			 approved by the cabinet and signed in accordance with Section 6 of
			 401 KAR
			 47:160. Engineering drawings, specifications and
			 studies shall be signed and sealed by a professional engineer registered in
			 Kentucky. The contents of the technical application contains information that
			 is part of a complete application as required by
			 KRS
			 224.40-310. The contents of the technical
			 application shall be accurate and complete at the time the cabinet makes its
			 preliminary determination to issue a solid waste permit.
Section 2. Design Plans.
(1) An applicant for a solid waste landfill
			 permit shall submit engineering plans showing the design of the site. The
			 engineering plans shall meet the design requirements of
			 401
			 KAR 48:060 for construction/demolition debris
			 landfills,
			 401 KAR
			 48:070 and
			 401
			 KAR 48:080 for contained landfills or
			 401 KAR
			 48:170 for residual landfills. The applicant shall
			 submit copies of the application including engineering drawings in accordance
			 with Section 1(4) of
			 401 KAR
			 47:160.
(2) At a minimum, each drawing set in the
			 application shall include the following drawings:
(a) A drawing of the entire site on one (1)
			 sheet showing:
1. Current site
			 conditions;
2. Site development
			 plan including buffer zones;
3.
			 Location of environmental monitoring points for surface water, groundwater and
			 methane; and
4.
			 Baselines.
(b) Site plans
			 drawn to a scale of one (1) inch equals 100 feet unless an alternative scale
			 has been approved showing:
1. Development
			 plan;
2. Location of environmental
			 monitoring points for surface water, groundwater and methane; and
3. Baseline or off-set
			 baseline;
(c)
			 Cross-sections at 100 foot intervals of each baseline at a scale of one (1)
			 inch equals ten (10) feet vertically and one (1) inch equals 100 feet
			 horizontally;
(d) Drawing of the
			 profile along each baseline; and
(e) Other drawings as needed to properly
			 depict the site's proposed development and details of construction design and
			 construction.
(3) The
			 applicant shall use the terminology of this subsection to name and label
			 elements of the solid waste landfills. The plans and reports shall be organized
			 and referenced using the following:
(a)
			 Facility shall be the total area under permit;
(b) Unit shall be the highest named element
			 within the facility;
(c) Phase
			 shall be a subdivision of a unit and shall be the smallest element designated
			 for the purpose of financial assurance as required by
			 KRS
			 224.40-650; and
(d) Working area shall be a subdivision of a
			 phase.
(4) Typical
			 details shall be included in the plans showing the features of cell, lifts,
			 liners, daily cover, interim cover, long-term cover and final cover.
(5) The plans shall show the working areas,
			 phases and units and the order that each shall be filled. The plan shall
			 include volume data for each phase and unit.