North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 15A - Environmental Quality › Chapter 13 - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT › Subchapter B - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT › Section .1600 - REQUIREMENTS FOR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILL FACILITIES (MSWLFS) › Section 13B .1603 - GENERAL APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS AND PROCESSING

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) An
				  owner or operator of a MSWLF unit or facility shall submit an application
				  document as detailed in Rule .1617 of this Section in accordance with the
				  following criteria and scheduling requirements:
(1) New permit. An applicant for a new permit
				  as defined by
				  G.S.
				  130A-294(a3)(1) shall submit
				  a site study and subsequently an application for a permit to construct as set
				  forth in Rule .1617(a) of this Section. The Division shall review all permit
				  applications in accordance with Rule .0203 of this Subchapter. An application
				  for a new permit is subject to the application fees set forth in
				  G.S.
				  130A-295.8(d2).
(2) Amendment to the permit. The owner or
				  operator shall submit an application to amend the permit to construct in
				  accordance with Rule .1617(c) of this Section for the following circumstances:
(A) A subsequent stage of landfill
				  development. A permit to construct issued in accordance with Paragraph (c) of
				  this Rule approves the life-of-site development of the MSWLF unit indicated in
				  the facility plan plus a set of plans, defined in Rule .1604(b)(1) of this
				  Section as the Division approved plans submitted by the applicant for either
				  the entire MSWLF unit or a portion of the MSWLF unit. For any subsequent stage
				  of landfill development that the applicant has not included in the plans
				  required by Rule .1604(b)(1) of this Section for any prior stage of landfill
				  development, the owner or operator shall submit the amended permit application
				  no less than 180 days prior to the date scheduled for commencing
				  construction.
(B) A change in
				  ownership or corporate structure of a permitted MSWLF facility in accordance
				  with G.S.
				  130A-294(a3)(2)b. The owner
				  or operator shall notify the Division in writing within 30 days of a change in
				  ownership or corporate structure in accordance with
				  G.S.
				  130A-295.2(g).
(3) Modifications to the permit.
				  An owner or operator proposing changes to the plans approved in the permit
				  shall request prior approval from the Division in accordance with Rule .1617(d)
				  of this Section.
(4) Permit for
				  Closure and Post-Closure Care. The owner or operator shall submit an
				  application for a closure and post-closure care permit to the Division when the
				  facility reaches its final permitted elevations and prior to initiating closure
				  activities for the final permitted MSWLF unit at the facility in accordance
				  with Rule .1617(e) of this Section. Owners or operators that closed all MSWLF
				  units at the facility prior to the readopted effective date of this Rule shall
				  not be required to submit a permit application for closure and post-closure.
				  The Division shall issue a permit for closure and post-closure for these
				  facilities based on the most recent permit application submittal, if a closure
				  and post-closure permit has not already been issued.