Texas Administrative Code › Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY › Chapter 335 - INDUSTRIAL SOLID WASTE AND MUNICIPAL HAZARDOUS WASTE › Subchapter T - PERMITTING STANDARDS FOR OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL NONHAZARDOUS WASTE LANDFILL FACILITIES › Section 335.590 - Operational and Design Standards

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
The following requirements, including those applicable to
					 municipal solid waste facilities, apply to owners and operators of facilities
					 subject to this subchapter:
(1)
										§
										330.121 of
				  this title (relating to General);
(2)
										§
										330.123 of
				  this title (relating to Pre-operation Notice);
(3)
										§
										330.125
				  of this title (relating to Recordkeeping Requirements), except that the
				  requirements under §
										330.125(b)(3)
				  of this title concerning recordkeeping for gas monitoring and remediation plans
				  relating to explosive and other gases do not apply, except as determined
				  necessary by the executive director;
(4)
										§
										330.127 of
				  this title (relating to Site Operating Plan);
(5)
										§
										330.129 of this
				  title (relating to Fire Protection);
(6)
										§
										330.131
				  of this title (relating to Access Control);
(7)
										§330.133(a) - (c) of this title
				  (relating to Unloading of Waste);
(8)
										§
										330.137 of
				  this title (relating to Site Sign);
(9)
										§
										330.139
				  of this title (relating to Control of Windblown Waste and Litter);
(10)
										§
										330.141
				  of this title (relating to Easements and Buffer Zones);
(11)
										§
										330.143(a)
				  of this title (relating to Landfill Markers and Benchmark);
(12)
										§
										330.149 of
				  this title (relating to Odor Management Plan);
(13)
										§
										330.153 of this
				  title (relating to Site Access Roads);
(14)
										§
										330.155
				  of this title (relating to Salvaging and Scavenging);
(15)
										§
										330.157
				  of this title (relating to Endangered Species Protection);
(16)
										§
										330.159 of
				  this title (relating to Landfill Gas Control) as determined necessary by the
				  executive director;
(17)
										§
										330.161
				  of this title (relating to Oil, Gas, and Water Wells);
(18)
										§
										330.163 of
				  this title (relating to Compaction);
(19)
										§
										330.165
				  of this title (relating to Landfill Cover);
(20)
										§
										330.167
				  of this title (relating to Ponded Water);
(21)
										§
										330.175
				  of this title (relating to Visual Screening of Deposited Waste);
(22)
										§
										330.207
				  of this title (relating to Contaminated Water Management);
(23) the owner or operator shall have and
				  follow procedures for the suppression and control of dust; and
(24) the owner or operator shall ensure that
				  each commercial industrial nonhazardous waste landfill unit meets the
				  requirements of subparagraphs (A) - (F) of this paragraph.
(A) Design criteria.
(i) Landfill cells shall be designed and
				  constructed in accordance with subclause (I) or (II) of this clause, and shall
				  also be constructed in accordance with subclause (III) of this clause.
(I) a design that ensures that the
				  concentration values for constituents listed in §
													330.419(a)
				  of this title (relating to Constituents for Detection Monitoring) will not be
				  exceeded in the uppermost aquifer at the point of compliance, as specified by
				  the executive director under clause (iv) of this subparagraph; or
(II) a composite liner, as defined in clause
				  (ii) of this subparagraph, and a leachate collection system that is designed
				  and constructed in accordance with subparagraph (B) of this paragraph;
				  and
(III) unless the executive
				  director approves an engineered design that the applicant has demonstrated will
				  provide equal or greater protection to human health and the environment, a
				  landfill cell must be constructed where the base of the containment structure,
				  which includes the sides and bottom of the containment structure, is at least
				  five feet above the uppermost saturated soil unit having a Unified Soil
				  Classification of GW (well-graded gravel), GP (poorly-graded gravel), GM (silty
				  gravel), GC (clayey gravel), SW (well-graded sand), SP (poorly-graded sand), or
				  SM (silty sand), or a hydraulic conductivity greater than 1 x
				  10-5 cm/sec, unless such saturated soil unit is not
				  sufficiently thick and laterally continuous to provide a significant pathway
				  for waste migration.