Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 20 - VIRGINIA WASTE MANAGEMENT BOARD › Chapter 81 - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS › Part III - Solid Waste Disposal Facility Standards for Sanitary Landfills, Construction/Demolition/Debris (CDD) Landfills, and Industrial Waste Landfills › Section 9VAC20-81-130 - Design and construction requirements

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The design and construction of all sanitary, CDD and
					 industrial landfills shall be governed by the standards set forth in this
					 section.
A. Both the landfill capacity
				  (in cubic yards) and the daily disposal limit shall be specified.
B. All facilities shall be surrounded on all
				  sides by natural barriers, fencing, or an equivalent means of controlling
				  vehicular and public access and preventing illegal disposal. All access will be
				  limited by gates, and such gates shall be securable and equipped with locks,
				  except, in the case of industrial disposal sites where the solid waste disposal
				  landfill is on site of the industrial facility where access is
				  limited.
C. All landfill access
				  roads shall be provided with a base capable of withstanding anticipated heavy
				  vehicle loads and shall be all-weather roads extending from the entrance of the
				  landfill to the working face.
D.
				  All facilities, except captive industrial, shall have an adequately lighted and
				  heated shelter where operating personnel can exercise site control and have
				  access to essential sanitation facilities. Lighting, heat, and sanitation
				  facilities may be provided by portable equipment as necessary.
E. Aesthetics shall be considered in the
				  design of a landfill or site. Use of artificial or natural screens shall be
				  incorporated into the design for site screening and noise attenuation. The
				  design shall reflect those requirements, if any, that are determined from the
				  long-range plan for the future use of the site. Noise attenuation shall be less
				  than 80 dBA at the facility boundary.
F. All landfills shall be equipped with
				  permanent or mobile telephone or radio communications except at industrial
				  landfills where other onsite resources are available.
G. Two survey benchmarks shall be established
				  and maintained on the landfill site, and their location identified or recorded
				  on drawings and maps of the landfill.
H. Surface water runoff. Facilities shall be
				  designed to provide and maintain:
1. A run-on
				  control system to prevent flow onto the active portion of the landfill during
				  the peak discharge from a 24-hour, 25-year storm;
2. A run-off control system from the active
				  portion of the landfill to collect and control at least the water volume
				  resulting from a 24-hour, 25-year storm. Run-off from the active portion of the
				  landfill unit shall be handled in a manner that will not cause the discharge
				  of:
a. Pollutants into waters of the United
				  States, including wetlands, that violates any requirements of the Clean Water
				  Act, including, but not limited to, the Virginia Pollutant Discharge
				  Elimination System (VPDES) requirements; and
b. A nonpoint source of pollution to waters
				  of the United States, including wetlands, that violates any requirement of an
				  areawide or statewide water quality management plan that has been approved
				  under § 208 or 319 of the Clean Water Act, as amended; and
3. Drainage structures shall be
				  installed and continuously maintained to prevent ponding and erosion, and to
				  minimize infiltration of water into solid waste cells.