North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 33.1 - Department of Environmental Quality › Article 33.1-20 - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AND LAND PROTECTION › Chapter 33.1-20-04.1 - General Performance Standards › Section 33.1-20-04.1-03 - Plan of operation

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
All solid waste management facilities, except those permitted
				  by rule, shall meet the requirements of this section.
1. The owner or operator of a solid waste
				management unit or facility shall prepare and implement a plan of operation
				approved by the department as part of the permit. The plan must describe the
				facility's operation to operating personnel and the facility must be operated
				in accordance with the plan. The plan of operation must be available for
				inspection at the request of the department. Each plan of operation must
				include, where applicable:
a. A description
				of waste acceptance procedures, including categories of solid waste to be
				accepted and waste rejection procedures as required by subsection 2 of section
				33.1-20-05.1-02 or subsection 8 of section 33.1-20-06.1-02 or subsection 2 of
				section 33.1-20-07.1-01 or subsection 4 of section 33.1-20-10-03;
b. A description of waste handling
				procedures;
c. A description of
				facility inspection activities required by subsection 2, including
				frequency;
d. A description of
				contingency actions for the following:
(1)
				Fire or explosion;
(2)
				Leaks;
(3) Ground water
				contamination;
(4) Other releases
				(for example, dust, debris, leachate, failure of run-on diversion or runoff
				containment systems); and
(5) Any
				other issues pertinent to the facility.
e. Leachate removal system operation and
				maintenance procedures;
f. Safety
				procedures;
g. For landfills,
				implementation of sequential partial closure;
h. A description of industrial waste or
				special waste management procedures, which include:
(1) A procedure for notifying solid waste
				generators and haulers of the facility operating requirements and
				restrictions;
(2) A procedure for
				evaluating waste characteristics, liquid content, the specific analyses that
				may be required for specific wastes, and the criteria used to determine when
				analyses are necessary, the frequency of testing, and the analytical methods to
				be used;
(3) A procedure for
				inspecting and for identifying any special management requirements, and the
				rationale for accepting or rejecting a waste based on its volume and
				characteristics;
(4) Procedures for
				managing the following solid waste, as appropriate:
(a) Bulk chemical containers which contain
				free product or residue;
(b)
				Asbestos;
(c) Waste containing
				polychlorinated biphenyls at a concentration less than fifty parts per
				million;
(d) Radioactive
				waste;
(e) Rendering and
				slaughterhouse waste;
(f) Wastes
				that could spontaneously combust or that could ignite other waste because of
				high temperatures;
(g) Foundry
				waste;
(h) Ash from incinerators,
				resource recovery facilities, and power plants;
(i) Paint residues, paint filters, and paint
				dust;
(j) Sludges, including ink
				sludges, lime sludge, wood sludge, and paper sludge;
(k) Fiberglass, urethane, polyurethane, and
				epoxy resin waste;
(l) Spent
				activated carbon filters;
(m) Oil
				and gas exploration and production waste;
(n) Wastes containing free liquids;
(o) Contaminated soil waste from cleanup of
				spilled products or wastes; and
(p)
				Any other solid waste that the owner or operator plans to handle.
(5) The owner or operator must
				describe any solid waste that will not be accepted at the facility;
				and
i. The owner or
				operator must amend the plan whenever operating procedures, contingency
				actions, waste management procedures, or wastes have changed. The owner or
				operator shall submit the amended plan to the department for approval or
				disapproval.