North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 13 - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT › Subchapter B - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT › Section .0500 - DISPOSAL SITES › Section 13B .0566 - OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR LCIDLFS

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
The owner or operator of a land clearing and inert debris
					 landfill (site) shall comply with the permit conditions, the plans incorporated
					 into the permit in accordance with Rule .0565(d) of this Section, and the
					 following operational requirements:
(1) The site shall only accept those solid
				  wastes that it is permitted to receive.
(2) Solid waste in the landfill shall be
				  compacted. Slopes shall not exceed a ratio of three horizontal to one vertical
				  at any time.
(3) All waste shall be
				  covered with no less than six inches of soil monthly, or when the working face
				  reaches one acre in size, whichever occurs first. Any soils used for cover at
				  the site shall meet unrestricted use standards for soils as defined in
				  G.S.
				  130A-310.65.
(4) Areas that will not have additional
				  wastes placed on them for three months or more, but where final termination of
				  disposal operations has not occurred, shall be covered with no less than one
				  foot of soil cover sloped to direct the flow of surface water from the
				  landfill, and stabilized with vegetative ground cover or other stabilizing
				  material. The Division may require further action to correct any condition that
				  the Division determines may be injurious to the public health, or a nuisance to
				  the community.
(5) erosion control
				  measures, structures, or devices shall be utilized to prevent silt from leaving
				  the site and to prevent on-site erosion, and shall comply with
				  15A NCAC
				  04.
(6) The site shall be secured by barriers
				  such as gates, chains, berms, and fences to prevent unauthorized access. An
				  operator shall be on duty at all times while the site is open for public use to
				  assure compliance with operational requirements and to prevent acceptance of
				  unauthorized wastes.
(7) Access
				  roads shall be of all-weather construction and shall be maintained to allow
				  access by vehicles transporting waste, Department staff, and fire-fighting
				  vehicles.
(8) Surface water shall
				  be diverted from the working face and shall not be impounded over
				  waste.
(9) Solid waste shall not be
				  disposed of in water.
(10) Fire
				  Protection and Control.
(a) Open burning of
				  solid waste is prohibited, unless approval has been obtained from the Division,
				  the local government, and the Division of Air Quality in accordance with
				  15A NCAC
				  02D .1900 prior to any burning
				  activity.
(b) Hot ashes, cinders,
				  and waste that is smoldering, smoking, or burning shall not be disposed of in
				  the landfill. The waste screening procedures described in the operations plan
				  in accordance with this Rule shall address identification and rejection of this
				  waste.
(c) The owner or operator
				  shall provide equipment on-site to control fires and make arrangements with a
				  local fire protection agency to provide fire-fighting services.
(d) The owner or operator shall provide
				  verbal notification to the Division of fires that occur at the site within 24
				  hours of the fire and shall submit written notification to the Division within
				  15 days of the fire. The notification shall include the site name and permit
				  number; the date and time of the fire; actions taken by the owner or operator
				  in response to the fire; the cause of the fire; the location and size of the
				  fire; the type and amount of waste that caught fire; a plan of action to
				  prevent fires in the future; the name and title of the person submitting this
				  information; and the date the information is submitted.