North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 13 - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT › Subchapter B - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT › Section .1600 - REQUIREMENTS FOR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILL FACILITIES (MSWLFS) › Section 13B .1626 - OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR MSWLF FACILITIES

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
The owner or operator of any MSWLF unit shall maintain and
					 operate the facility in accordance with the requirements set forth in this Rule
					 and the operation plan as described in Rule .1625 of this Section.
(1) Waste Acceptance and Disposal
				  Requirements.
(a) A MSWLF shall accept only
				  those solid wastes that it is permitted to receive. The landfill owner or
				  operator shall notify the Division within 24 hours of attempted disposal of any
				  waste the MSWLF is not permitted to receive, including waste from outside the
				  area the MSWLF is permitted to serve.
(b) The following wastes are prohibited from
				  disposal at a MSWLF unit:
(i) hazardous waste,
				  including hazardous waste from very small quantity generators as defined by
				  40 CFR
				  260.10, incorporated by reference at
				  15A NCAC
				  13A .0102(b);
(ii) polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) wastes as
				  defined in 40 CFR
				  761.3; and
(iii) liquid wastes unless they are managed
				  in accordance with Item (9) of this Rule.
(c) Spoiled foods, animal carcasses, abattoir
				  waste, hatchery waste, and other animal waste delivered to the disposal site
				  shall be covered upon receipt.
(d)
				  Asbestos waste shall be managed in accordance with
				  40 CFR
				  61(M). Asbestos waste shall
				  be covered upon receipt, with soil or compacted waste to prevent airborne
				  conditions. Asbestos waste shall be disposed of using methods that prevent
				  unintended exposure of asbestos by future land-disturbing activities, such as
				  disposal in a marked area separate and apart from other solid wastes, or
				  recording the latitude and longitude coordinates of the asbestos area within
				  the existing landfill footprint. The disposal methods shall be described in the
				  operations plan required by Rule .1625 of this Section.
(e) Wastewater treatment sludges may only be
				  accepted for disposal in accordance with the following conditions:
(i) if it is used as a soil conditioner and
				  incorporated into or applied onto the vegetative growth layer at no more than
				  six inches in depth; or
(ii) if it
				  is being co-disposed if the facility meets all design requirements contained
				  within Rule .1624 of this Section, and approved within the permit, or has been
				  previously approved as a permit condition.
(f) Owners or operators of MSWLF units shall
				  develop and implement a waste screening plan as required by
				  G.S.
				  130A-295.6(g) in accordance
				  with the effective date and applicability requirements of S.L. 2007-550, s.
				  9.(b). The plan shall comply with
				  40 CFR
				  258.20 and shall include screening for the
				  wastes prohibited by Sub-Item (1)(b) of this Rule. Owners and operators of
				  MSWLF units that are not subject to
				  G.S.
				  130A-295.6(g) shall develop
				  and implement a waste screening plan that shall comply with
				  40 CFR
				  258.20 and shall include screening and a
				  contingency plan for the wastes prohibited by Sub-Item (1)(b) of this
				  Rule.
(g) Waste placement at MSWLF
				  units shall be within the areal limits of the base liner system and in
				  compliance with the effective permit.