North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 13 - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT › Subchapter B - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT › Section .0400 - TRANSFER STATIONS › Section 13B .0402 - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) The owner or
				  operator of a transfer station (site) shall comply with the conditions of the
				  permit issued by the Division. In the event of noncompliance with the permit,
				  the owner or operator shall minimize the release of waste, leachate, or
				  contaminants to the environment, and shall prevent adverse impacts to human
				  health or the environment.
(b) The
				  owner or operator shall submit to the Division upon written request any
				  information or records required to be kept under the conditions of the permit
				  or the rules of this Section.
(c)
				  In an enforcement action, necessity to halt or reduce the permitted activity to
				  maintain compliance with the conditions of the permit shall not be a defense.
				  Notification of anticipated noncompliance does not stay any existing permit
				  condition.
(d) The owner or
				  operator may submit an application for a permit amendment or modification in
				  accordance with
				  G.S.
				  130A-294(a3). The filing of
				  an application for a permit modification or amendment, or a notification of a
				  significant change in accordance with
				  G.S.
				  130A-295.2(g), does not stay
				  any existing permit condition.
(e)
				  The Division shall deny an application for a permit for the reasons provided in
				  G.S.
				  130A-294(a)(4)c. The
				  Division may suspend or revoke a permit in accordance with
				  G.S.
				  130A-23. If the Division denies a permit
				  application or revokes or suspends a permit, the Division shall notify the
				  owner or operator in writing of the reasons for the permit action.
(f) If construction is not commenced within
				  18 months following the issuance date of the permit approval to construct, or
				  an amendment to the permit approval to construct, then the permit shall
				  expire.
(g) The owner or operator
				  shall operate and maintain all sites and related appurtenances that are
				  installed or used by the owner or operator to achieve compliance with the
				  conditions of the permit, the plans incorporated in the permit in accordance
				  with Rule .0404(d) of this Section, and any documents referenced in the permit
				  and the rules of this Section.
(h)
				  The site shall only conduct the solid waste management activities that the site
				  is permitted to conduct. Construction and operation of additional solid waste
				  management activities at the site shall not impede site operations.
(i) Site permits issued by the Division in
				  accordance with this Section shall be valid for the life-of-site operations in
				  accordance with Rule .0207 of this Subchapter, not to exceed 60 years from the
				  date of the first permit issued for the site.
(j) Sites permitted under the rules of this
				  Section shall be subject to the permit fees set forth in
				  G.S.
				  130A-295.8.
(k) The owner or operator shall report to the
				  Division verbally or in writing within 24 hours from the time the owner or
				  operator becomes aware of the circumstances of any release or discharge of
				  leachate or contaminants outside the leachate collection system or other
				  containment component at the site.
Authority
					 G.S.
					 130A-294;
Eff. April 1,
					 1982;
Readopted Eff. January 1,
					 2021.