North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 02 - Environmental Management › Subchapter D - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL REQUIREMENTS › Section .1700 - MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS › Section 02D .1707 - MONITORING PROVISIONS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) The owner or
				  operator of a MSW landfill who is required to comply with
				  15A NCAC
				  02D .1703(b) for an active
				  gas collection system shall perform the monitoring requirements as outlined in
				  40 CFR
				  60.37f(a).
(b) The owner or operator of an MSW landfill
				  seeking to comply with the provisions of
				  15A NCAC
				  02D .1703(c) using an
				  enclosed combustor shall perform the monitoring requirements as outlined in
				  40 CFR
				  60.37f(b).
(c) The owner or operator of an MSW landfill
				  seeking to comply with the provisions of
				  15A NCAC
				  02D .1703(c) using a
				  non-enclosed flare shall perform the monitoring requirements as outlined in
				  40 CFR
				  60.37f(c).
(d) The owner or operator of an MSW landfill
				  seeking to comply with the provisions of
				  15A NCAC
				  02D .1703(c) using a device
				  other than a non-enclosed flare, an enclosed combustor, or treatment system
				  shall comply with the provisions of
				  40 CFR
				  60.37f(d).
(e) The owner or operator of an MSW landfill
				  seeking to comply with the provisions of
				  15A NCAC
				  02D .1703(b) by installing a
				  collection system that does not meet the specifications of
				  40 CFR
				  60.40f, or seeking to monitor alternative
				  parameters to those required by
				  15A NCAC
				  02D .1704 through
				  02D .1707 shall comply with the
				  provisions of 40 CFR
				  60.37f(e).
(f) The owner or operator of an MSW landfill
				  seeking to comply with the provisions of
				  15A NCAC
				  02D .1705(4) for
				  demonstrating compliance with the 500 parts per million surface methane
				  operational standard shall do so in accordance with
				  40 CFR
				  60.37(f).
(g) The owner or operator of an MSW landfill
				  seeking to comply with the provisions of
				  15A NCAC
				  02D .1703(c) shall do so in
				  accordance with the provisions of
				  40 CFR
				  60. 37f(g).
(h) The monitoring requirements of Paragraphs
				  (b), (c), (d), and (g) of this Rule apply at all times the affected source is
				  operating, except for periods of monitoring system malfunctions, repairs
				  associated with the monitoring system malfunctions, and required monitoring
				  system quality assurance or quality control activities. A "monitoring system
				  malfunction" is defined in 60.37f(h). Monitoring system failures that are
				  caused in part by poor maintenance or careless operation are not malfunctions.
				  Monitoring system repairs to return the monitoring system to operation in
				  response to malfunctions shall be completed in accordance with
				  60.37f(h).
(i) The owner or
				  operator may choose to comply with the provisions of
				  40 CFR
				  63.19561 in lieu of Paragraphs (a) through
				  (h) of this Rule. Once the owner or operator begins to comply with the
				  provisions of 40 CFR
				  63.1961, the owner or operator shall continue
				  to operate the collection and control device according to those provisions and
				  shall not return to the provisions of this Rule.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 143-215.3(a)(1);
					 143-215.66;
					 143-215.107(a)(5);
					 143-215.107(a)(10);
Eff. July 1, 1998;
Readopted Eff. October 1, 2020;
Amended Eff. July 1, 2021.