Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3745 - Ohio Environmental Protection Agency › Chapter 3745-76 - Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Emissions › Section 3745-76-01 - Definitions

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
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(A)
			 Terms used but not defined in this chapter have the meaning given them in the
			 Clean Air Act and in rule
			 3745-15-01 of the
			 Administrative Code.
(B) The
			 following definitions shall apply exclusively to this chapter.
(1) "Active collection system" means a gas
			 collection system that uses gas mover equipment.
(2) "Active landfill" means a licensed and
			 permitted landfill in which solid waste is being placed or a landfill that is
			 planned to accept waste in the future.
(3) "Btu" means British thermal
			 unit
(4) "Closed landfill" means a
			 landfill in which solid waste is no longer being placed, and in which no
			 additional solid wastes will be placed without first filing a notification of
			 modification in accordance with
			 40 CFR
			 60.7(a)(4). Once a
			 notification of modification has been filed, and additional solid waste is
			 placed in the landfill, the landfill is no longer closed. .
(5) "Closure" means that point in time when a
			 landfill becomes a closed landfill.
(6) "Commercial solid waste" means all types
			 of solid waste generated by stores, offices, restaurants, ware-houses, and
			 other non-manufacturing activities, excluding residential and industrial
			 wastes.
(7) "Controlled landfill"
			 means any landfill at which collection and control systems are required under
			 this chapter as a result of the nonmethane organic compounds emission rate. The
			 landfill is considered controlled at the time a collection and control system
			 design plan is submitted in compliance with paragraph (B)(2)(a) of rule
			 3745-76-07
			 of the Administrative Code.
(8)
			 "Design capacity" means the maximum amount of solid waste a landfill can
			 accept, as indicated in terms of volume or mass in the most recent permit
			 issued by the agency responsible for regulating the landfill, plus any in-place
			 waste not accounted for in the most recent permit. If the owner or operator
			 chooses to convert the design capacity from volume to mass or from mass to
			 volume to demonstrate its design capacity is less than 2.5 million megagrams or
			 2.5 million cubic meters, the calculation must include a site specific density,
			 which must be recalculated annually.
(9) "Disposal facility" means any contiguous
			 land and structures, other appurtenances, and improvements on the land used for
			 the disposal of solid waste.
(10)
			 "Emission rate cutoff" means the threshold annual emission rate to which a
			 landfill compares its estimated emission rate to determine if control under the
			 regulation is required.
(11)
			 "Enclosed combustor" means an enclosed firebox which maintains a relatively
			 constant limited peak temperature generally using a limited supply of
			 combustion air. An enclosed flare is considered an enclosed
			 combustor.
(12) "Flare" means an
			 open combustor without enclosure or shroud.
(13) "Gas mover equipment" means the
			 equipment (i.e., fan, blower, compressor) used to transport landfill gas
			 through the header system.
(14)
			 "Household waste" means any solid waste (including garbage, trash, and sanitary
			 waste in septic tanks) derived from households (including, but not limited to,
			 single and multiple residences, hotels and motels, bunkhouses, ranger stations,
			 crew quarters, campgrounds, picnic grounds, and day-use recreation
			 areas).
(15) "Industrial solid
			 waste" means solid waste generated by manufacturing or industrial processes
			 that is not a hazardous waste regulated under Subtitle C of the Resource
			 Conservation and Recovery Act, 40 CFR Part 264 and 40 CFR Part 265. Such waste
			 may include, but is not limited to, waste resulting from the following
			 manufacturing processes: electric power generation; fertilizer/agricultural
			 chemicals; food and related products/by-products; inorganic chemicals; iron and
			 steel manufacturing; leather and leather products; non-ferrous metals
			 manufacturing/foundries; organic chemicals; plastics and resins manufacturing;
			 pulp and paper industry; rubber and miscellaneous plastic products; stone,
			 glass, clay, and concrete products; textile manufacturing; transportation
			 equipment; and water treatment. This definition does not include mining waste
			 or oil and gas waste.
(16)
			 "Interior well" means any well or similar collection component located inside
			 the perimeter of the landfill waste. A perimeter well located outside the
			 landfilled waste is not an interior well.
(17) "Landfill" means an area of land or an
			 excavation in which wastes are placed for permanent disposal, and that is not a
			 land application unit, surface impoundment, injection well, or waste pile as
			 those terms are defined under
			 40
			 CFR 257.2.
(18) "Lateral expansion" means a horizontal
			 expansion of the waste boundaries of an existing MSW landfill. A lateral
			 expansion is not a modification unless it results in an increase in the design
			 capacity of the landfill.
(19)
			 "Modification" means an increase in the permitted volume design capacity of the
			 landfill by either horizontal or vertical expansion based on its permitted
			 design capacity as of May 30, 1991. Modification does not occur until the owner
			 or operator commences construction on the horizontal or vertical
			 expansion.
(20) "Municipal solid
			 waste" is a type of solid waste generated from community, commercial and
			 agricultural operations, including but not limited to the following:
(a) Solid waste generated by community
			 operations (including single and multiple-household residences, hotels, motels,
			 bunkhouses, ranger stations, crew quarters, campgrouds, and day-use recreation
			 areas;
(b) Solid waste generated by
			 commercial operations (including stores, offices, restaurants, warehouses, and
			 other non-manufacturing activities);
(c) Solid waste generated from agricultural
			 operations (including single-family and commercial farms, greenhouses, and
			 nurseries);
(d) Sludge from
			 municipal, commercial, or industrial waste water treatment plants, water
			 treatment plants, and air pollution control facilities that is co-disposed with
			 other municipal solid waste in a sanitary landfill facility; and
(e) Fly ash and bottom ash generated from the
			 incineration of municipal solid waste, provided the fly ash and bottom ash is
			 not regulated as a hazardous waste.
(21) "Municipal solid waste landfill" or "MSW
			 landfill" means an entire disposal facility in a contiguous geographical space
			 where household waste is placed in or on land. An MSW landfill may also receive
			 other types of RCRA subtitle D wastes (
			 40
			 CFR 257.2 ) such as commercial solid waste,
			 nonhazardous sludge, conditionally exempt small quantity generator waste, and
			 industrial solid waste. Portions of an MSW landfill may be separated by access
			 roads. An MSW landfill may be publicly or privately owned. An MSW landfill may
			 be a new MSW landfill, an existing MSW landfill, or a lateral
			 expansion.
(22) "Municipal solid
			 waste landfill emissions" or "MSW landfill emissions" means gas generated by
			 the decomposition of organic waste deposited in an MSW landfill or derived from
			 the evolution of organic compounds in the waste.
(23) "NMOC" means nonmethane organic
			 compounds, as measured according to the provisions of rule
			 3745-76-09
			 of the Administrative Code.
(24)
			 "Nondegradable waste" means any waste that does not decompose through chemical
			 breakdown or microbiological activity. Examples are, but are not limited to,
			 concrete, municipal waste combustor ash, and metals.
(25) "Passive collection system" means a gas
			 collection system that solely uses positive pressure within the landfill to
			 move the gas rather than using gas mover equipment.
(26) "PSD" means prevention of significant
			 deterioration, as defined in
			 40 CFR
			 52.21, prevention of significant
			 deterioration of air quality.
(27)
			 "Sludge" means any solid, semisolid, or liquid waste generated from a municipal
			 , commercial, or industrial waste-water treatment plant, water supply treatment
			 plant, or air pollution control facility, exclusive of the treated effluent
			 from a wastewater treatment plant.
(28) "Solid waste" means any garbage, sludge
			 from a wastewater treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air
			 pollution control facility and other discarded material, included solid,
			 liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial,
			 commercial, mining, and agricultural operations, and from community activities,
			 but does not include solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage, or solid
			 or dissolved materials in irrigation return flows or industrial discharges that
			 are point sources subject to permits under the national pollutant discharge
			 elimination system or the United States nuclear regulatory
			 commission.
(29) "Sufficient
			 density" means any number, spacing, and combination of collection system
			 components, including vertical wells, horizontal collectors, and surface
			 collectors, necessary to maintain emission and migration control as determined
			 by measures of performance set forth in this chapter.
(30) "Sufficient extraction rate" means a
			 rate sufficient to maintain a negative pressure at all wellheads in the
			 collection system without causing air infiltration, including any wellheads
			 connected to the system as a result of expansion or excess surface emissions,
			 for the life of the blower.
(31)
									Referenced materials. This chapter includes references
			 to certain matter or materials. The text of the referenced materials is not included in the
			 
									rules contained in this chapter.
			 
									Information on
			 the availability of the referenced materials as well as the date of, or the
			 particular edition or version of the material is included in this rule.
			 For materials subject to change, only the specific version specified in
			 
									this rule are referenced. Material is
			 
									referenced as it exists on the effective date of this
			 rule. Except for subsequent annual publication of existing (unmodified) Code of
			 Federal Regulation compilations, any amendment or revision to a referenced
			 document is not 
									applicable unless and until this rule has been
			 amended to specify the new dates.
(a)
			 Availability. The referenced materials
			  are available as
			 follows:
(i) Clean Air Act. Information and
			 copies may be obtained by writing to: "Superintendent of Documents, Attn: New
			 Orders, P.O. Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954." The full text of the Act
			 as amended in 1990 is also available in electronic format at
			 www.epa.gov/oar/caa/. A copy of the Act is also available for inspection and
			 copying at most public libraries and "The State Library of Ohio."
(ii) Code of Federal Regulations (CFR).
			 Information and copies may be obtained by writing to: "Superintendent of
			 Documents, Attn: New Orders, PO Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA 15250-7954." The
			 full text of the CFR is also available in electronic format at
http://www.ecfr.gov
. The CFR
			 compilations are also available for inspection and copying at most public
			 libraries and "The State Library of Ohio."
(iii) Compilation of Air Pollutant Emission
			 Factors, AP-42. Information and copies may be obtained by writing to:
			 "Superintendent of Documents, Attn: New Orders, PO Box 371954, Pittsburgh, PA
			 15250-7954." The full text of the compilation of air pollutant emission
			 factors, AP-42, is also available in electronic format at
			 http://www.epa.gov/ttn/chief/ap42/. The compilation of air pollutant emission
			 factors, AP-42, are also available for inspection and copying at most public
			 libraries and "The State Library of Ohio."
(b)
										Referenced materials:
(i) ASTM D1946-90; "Standard Practice for
			 Analysis of Reformed Gas by Gas Chromatography;" 2000.
(ii) ASTM D4809-00; "Standard Test Method for
			 Heat of Combustion of Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuels by Bomb Calorimeter (Precision
			 Method);" 2005.
(iii) Method 2;
			 "Determination of stack gas velocity and volumetric flow rate (type 'S' pitot
			 tube);" 40 CFR Part 60, Appendix A-1, as published in the July 1, 2005 Code of
			 Federal Regulations.
(iv) Method
			 2A; "Direct measurement of gas volume through pipes and small ducts;" 40 CFR.
			 Part 60, Appendix A-1, as published in the July 1, 2005 Code of Federal
			 Regulations.
(v) Method 2C;
			 "Determination of gas velocity and volumetric flow rate in small stacks or
			 ducts (standard pitot tube);" 40 ... Part 60, Appendix A-1, as published in the
			 July 1, 2005 Code of Federal Regulations.
(vi) Method 2D; "Measurement of gas volume
			 flow rates in small pipes and ducts;" 40 CFR. Part 60, Appendix A-1, as
			 published in the July 1, 2005 Code of Federal Regulations.
(vii) Method 2E; "Determination of landfill
			 gas production flow rate;" 40 CF. Part 60, Appendix A-1, as published in the
			 July 1, 2005 Code of Federal Regulations.
(viii) Method 3A; "Determination of oxygen
			 and carbon dioxide concentrations in emissions from stationary sources
			 (instrumental analyzer procedure);" 40CFR. Part 60, Appendix A-2, as published
			 in the July 1, 2005 Code of Federal Regulations.
(ix) Method 3C; "Determination of carbon
			 dioxide, methane, nitrogen, and oxygen from stationary sources;" 40CFR. Part
			 60, Appendix A-2, as published in the July 1, 2005 Code of Federal
			 Regulations.
(x) Method 18;
			 "Measurement of gaseous organic compound emissions by gas chromatography;"
			 40CFR. Part 60, Appendix A-6, as published in the July 1, 2005 Code of Federal
			 Regulations.
(xi) Method 21;
			 "Determination of volatile organic compound leaks;" 40CFR. Part 60, Appendix
			 A-7, as published in the July 1, 2005 Code of Federal Regulations.
(xii) Method 25; "Determination of total
			 gaseous nonmethane organic emissions as carbon;" 40CFR. Part 60, Appendix A-7,
			 as published in the July 1, 2005 Code of Federal Regulations.
(xiii) Method 25A; "Determination of total
			 gaseous organic concentration using a flame ionization analyzer;" 40CFR. Part
			 60, Appendix A-7, as published in the July 1, 2005 Code of Federal
			 Regulations.
(xiv) Method 25C;
			 "Determination of nonmethane organic compounds (NMOC) in MSW landfill gases;"
			 40 ..R. Part 60, Appendix A-7, as published in the July 1, 2005 Code of Federal
			 Regulations.
(xv)40 CFR Part 60,
			 Subpart Cc, "Emission Guidelines and Compliance Times for Municipal Solid Waste
			 Landfills;" 61 FR 9919, March 12, 1996, as amended at 63 FR 32750, June 16,
			 1998.
(xvi)
											
												40 CFR
			 52.21, "Prevention of significant
			 deterioration of air quality;" as published in the July 1, 2015 Code of Federal
			 Regulations.
(xvii)40 CFR Part 60, Subpart WWW, "Standards of
			 Performance for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills;" 61 FR 9919, March 12, 1996,
			 as amended at 63 FR 32753, June 16, 1998; 64 FR 9262, February 24, 1999; 65 FR
			 18909, April 10, 2000.
(xviii)40 CFR Part
			 264, "Standards for Owners and Operators of Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage,
			 and Disposal Facilities;" as published in the July 1, 2005 Code of Federal
			 Regulations.
(xix)40 CFR Part 265,_"Interim Status Standards for
			 Owners and Operators of Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage, and Disposal
			 Facilities;" as published in the July 1, 2005 Code of Federal
			 Regulations.
(xx)40 CFR Part 258, "Criteria for Municipal Solid
			 Waste Landfills;" 56 FR 51016, October 9, 1991, as amended at 58 FR 51546,
			 October 1, 1993; 60 FR 52342, October 6, 1995; 61 FR 50413, September 25,
			 1996.
(xxi)
											
												40 CFR Part
			 60.7, "Notification and Recordkeeping;" 36 FR
			 24877, Dec. 28, 1971, as amended at 40 FR 46254, Oct. 6, 1975; 40 FR 58418,
			 Dec. 16, 1975; 45 FR 5617, Jan. 23, 1980; 48 FR 48335, Oct. 18, 1983; 50 FR
			 53113, Dec. 27, 1985; 52 FR 9781, Mar. 26, 1987; 55 FR 51382, Dec. 13, 1990; 59
			 FR 12428, Mar. 16, 1994; 59 FR 47265, Sep. 15, 1994; 64 FR 7463, Feb. 12,
			 1999.
(xxii)
											
												40
			 CFR 257.2, "Definitions;" 44 FR 53460, Sept.
			 13, 1979; 44 FR 58910, Oct. 12, 1979; 56 FR 51016, Oct. 9, 1991; 58 FR 9385,
			 Feb. 19, 1993; 68 FR 36495, June 18, 2003.
(xxiii) 40 FR 258.40
			 _"Design Criteria for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills;", as published in the
			 July 1, 2005 Code of Federal Regulations.