Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-27 - Solid Waste and Infectious Waste Regulations › Section 3745-27-14 - Post-closure care of sanitary landfill facilities

Current through
			 all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A) Following completion of final closure
			 activities in accordance with rule
			 3745-27-11
			 of the Administrative Code or following closure activities in accordance with
			 paragraph (C) of rule
			 3745-27-10
			 of the Administrative Code, as effective July 29, 1976 and completed on or after the date three years
			 prior March 1, 1990, the owner, operator, or permittee shall conduct
			 post-closure care activities at the sanitary landfill facility for a minimum of
			 thirty years in accordance with the final
			 closure/post-closure care plan and this rule. The post-closure care
			 period begins when the certification pursuant to paragraph
			 (J) of rule
			 3745-27-11
			 of the Administrative Code has been submitted for all units of a
			 sanitary landfill facility. Post-closure care activities for a sanitary
			 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 orcontrol system, any explosive gas monitoring system, and the ground
			 water monitoring system.
(2)
			 Maintaining the integrity and effectiveness of the access road and blocking of entrances, the cap system,
			 and stability of the landfill, including making
			 repairs to the cap system as necessary to correct the effects of
			 slope failure, settling,
			  subsidence, ponding,
			 erosion, leachate outbreaks, or other events, and preventing run-on and runoff
			 from eroding or otherwise damaging the access road
			 or cap system. If vegetative cover is established
			 on less than seventy-five per cent of the cap system, the owner or operator
			 shall reseed and if appropriate, amend the soil.
(3)
									Maintaining signs
			 stating that the sanitary landfill facility no longer accepts solid waste for
			 two years after final closure activities have been completed.
(4)
									Continuing
			 operation and maintenance of the leachate management system including the
			 following:
(a)
										Replacing or repairing the lift station pump within
			 twenty-four hours of discontinued operation.
(b)
										If leachate
			 generation suddenly decreases, visually or physically inspecting the collection
			 pipe network of the leachate management system to ensure that clogging has not
			 occurred.
(c)
										For a sump serving a leachate collection system across
			 the bottom of the landfill, maintaining leachate no more than one foot above
			 the top elevation of the sump. Leachate may be stored within the limits of
			 waste placement if authorized in writing by the director.
(5) Repairing any
			 leachate outbreaks detected at the sanitary landfill facility
			 through
			 completion of the following:
(a)
										Containing and properly managing the
			 leachate at the sanitary landfill facility.
(b) If necessary, collecting,
			 treating, and disposing of
			 the leachate including following the contingency plan for
			 leachate storage and disposal prepared pursuant to rule
			 3745-27-19
			 of the Administrative Code.
(c)
										Taking
			 action to minimize, control, or eliminate the conditions
			 that
			 contribute to the production of leachate.
(6) Quarterly
			 inspection of the sanitary 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 (A)(1) to (A)(5) of this rule.
			 At a minimum, the quarterly inspection shall assess the
			 condition and operation of the following:
(a)
										The surface water
			 management system.
(b)
										The gas management system.
(c)
										The access road
			 and access controls.
(d)
										For the initial three years of post-closure care,
			 signage.
(e)
										The cap system and vegetative cover including any
			 occurrences of settling, subsidence or other effects of slope failure, ponding,
			 erosion, or leachate outbreaks.
(f)
										The leachate
			 management system including leachate depth in the sump.
(7) Fulfilling
			 the
			 monitoring and reporting requirements in accordance with rule
			 3745-27-10
			 of the Administrative Code for ground water,  rule
			 3745-27-12
			 of the Administrative Code for explosive gas,  Chapter 3745-76 of the Administrative Code for
			 landfill emissions, and  any monitoring
			 and
			 reporting requirements in accordance with any orders or authorizing
			 documents. The frequency of ground water detection monitoring sampling and
			 analysis may be changed in accordance with paragraph (D)(6) of rule
			 3745-27-10
			 of the Administrative Code.
(8)
									If a substantial threat of water pollution exists from
			 leachate entering surface waters, monitoring of the surface water as required
			 by the director or health commissioner.
(9) Submitting a
			 report to the appropriate Ohio EPA district office and approved
			 board of health  and placing a copy into the operating
			 record not later than the first day of April of each year. At a
			 minimum, the report shall contain the following:
(a) If a leachate collection system exists, a
			 summary of the quantity of leachate collected for treatment and disposal on a
			 monthly basis during the year,  the
			 location of leachate treatment or disposal, and copies of all
			 testing results performed for disposal.
(b) If a leachate collection system exists,
			 results of analytical testing of an annual grab sample of leachate for the
			 parameters specified in appendix I to rule
			 3745-27-10
			 of the Administrative Code. The grab sample shall be obtained from the leachate
			 management system.
(c)
										A summary of the conditions 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
			 sanitary landfill facility.
(d) The most recent
			 updated post-closure care cost estimate adjusted
			 for inflation and for any change in the post-closure cost estimate
			 pursuant
			 to rule
			 3745-27-16
			 of the Administrative Code.
(e)
										 The occurrence of any of the following:
(i)
											Construction of
			 occupied structures within one thousand feet of the limits of waste
			 placement.
(ii)
											Installation of water wells within one thousand feet of
			 the limits of waste placement.
(iii)
											Surface mining
			 within three hundred feet of the limits of waste placement.
(f)
										A
			 statement that, to the best of the knowledge of the owner, operator, or
			 permittee, the information contained in the annual report is true and
			 accurate.
(10)
									Maintaining
			 records and reports generated by paragraphs (A)(6), (A)(7),
			 and (A)(9) of this rule that shall be kept 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. If the owner or
			 operator has established an operating record, the records and reports shall be
			 kept in the operating record in accordance with rule
			 3745-27-09
			 of the Administrative Code.