Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-30 - Residual Solid Waste Disposal › Section 3745-30-10 - Post-closure care of an industrial landfill or residual landfill facility

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1,
			 2024
(A)
								
								The
			 post-closure care period begins when the certification required by paragraph
			 (H) of rule
			 3745-30-09
			 of the Administrative Code has been submitted for the industrial landfill or
			 residual landfill facility. The owneror operator shall conduct post-closure care activities at the
			 industrial landfill or residual
			  landfill facility for
			 a minimum of fifteen years. If putrescible waste was
			 accepted for disposal, the owner or operator shall conduct post-closure care
			 activities for a minimum of thirty years.
(B) Post-closure care
			 activities for the industrial landfill or residual
			  landfill facility
			 shall include, but are not limited to the following:
(1) Continuing operation and maintenance of
			  the surface
			 water management system, any explosive gas extraction
			 or
			 control system, any explosive gas monitoring system, and the ground water
			 monitoring system.
(2) Maintaining
			 the integrity and effectiveness of the access
			 road, cap system, and stability of the industrial
			 landfill or residual landfill facility including making repairs to the
			 cap system as necessary to correct the effects of slope
			 failure, settling, 
			 subsidence, ponding, erosion, or other events, and preventing run-on and runoff
			 from eroding or otherwise damaging the access road
			 or cap system. If vegetation covers less than
			 seventy-five per cent of the cap system, the owner or operator shall reseed and
			 if appropriate, amend the soil.
(3)
									Maintaining the
			 sign stating that the industrial landfill or residual landfill facility no
			 longer accepts IMW for two years after final closure activities have been
			 completed.
(4)
									Continuing operation and maintenance of the leachate
			 management system. In addition, the owner or operator shall do the
			 following:
(a)
										Replace or repair the lift station pump within twenty-four
			 hours of discontinued operation.
(b)
										If leachate
			 generation suddenly decreases, visually or physically inspect the collection
			 pipe network of the leachate management system to ensure that clogging has not
			 occurred.
(c)
										Not store leachate within the limits of waste placement
			 unless authorized in writing by the director.
(d)
										If a substantial
			 threat of water pollution exists from leachate entering surface waters, monitor
			 the surface water upon orders from the director or health
			 commissioner.
(5) Repairing any
			 leachate outbreaks detected at the industrial landfill
			 or residual  landfill facility
			 by doing the following:
(a)
										Containing and properly managing the
			 leachate at the industrial landfill or residual
			  landfill facility.
(b)
										Collecting, treating, and
			 disposing of the leachate including following the contingency plan for leachate storage and
			 disposal prepared pursuant to rule
			 3745-30-14
			 of the Administrative Code, as
			 necessary.
(c)
										Taking
			 action to minimize, control, or eliminate the conditions
			 that
			 contribute to the production of leachate.
(6)
			 Quarterly inspection of the industrial landfill
			 or residual  landfill facility
			 during each year of the post-closure care period and submittal of a written
			 summary to the appropriate Ohio EPA district office and
			 approved board of health not later than fifteen days after the inspection
			 date detailing the results of the inspection and a schedule of any actions to
			 be taken to maintain compliance with paragraphs (B)(1) to (B)(5) of this rule.
(7) Fulfilling all monitoring and reporting
			 requirements in accordance with rule
			 3745-30-08
			 of the Administrative Code for ground water, with any applicable explosive gas
			 requirements contained in rule
			 3745-27-12
			 of the Administrative Code , and with any monitoring required by any orders or authorizing
			 documents. The post-closure care period may be shortened for explosive gas
			 monitoring in
			 accordance with rule
			 3745-27-12
			 of the Administrative Code.
(8) Submitting a
			 report to the appropriate Ohio EPA district office and approved health
			 department not later than the first day of April of each year, which contains
			 the following:
(a) A summary of the quantity
			 of leachate collected for treatment and disposal on a monthly basis during the
			 year, and the location of leachate treatment or
			 disposal.
(b) Results of analytical
			 testing of an annual grab sample of leachate for the parameters specified in
			 paragraph (A) of rule
			 3745-30-03
			 of the Administrative Code. The grab sample shall be obtained from the leachate
			 management system at a location before the leachate
			 exits the limits of waste placement.
(c)
										 A summary of the
			 condition and operation of the leachate management system, ground water
			 monitoring system, explosive gas monitoring system, and any other monitoring
			 and control system installed at the industrial landfill or residual landfill
			 facility.
(d) The most recent updated post-closure
			 care cost estimate in
			 accordance with rule
			 3745-27-16
			 of the Administrative Code.
(e)
										 A statement that, to the best of the knowledge of the
			 owner or operator, the information contained in the annual report is true and
			 accurate.
(9)
									Retaining of
			 records and reports generated by paragraphs (B)(6) to
			 (B)(8)
			 of this rule  for the
			 duration of the post-closure care period at a location where the records and
			 reports are available for inspection by Ohio EPA or the approved
			 board of health or their
			 authorized representative during normal working hours.
(10)
									 Maintaining
			 financial assurance for post-closure care activities, in accordance with rule
			 3745-27-16
			 of the Administrative Code.