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 9VAC20-81-140 - Operation requirements

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
A. The
				  operation of all sanitary, CDD, and industrial landfills shall be governed by
				  the standards set forth in this section. Landfill operations will be detailed
				  in an operations manual that shall be maintained in the operating record in
				  accordance with
				  9VAC20-81-485. This operations
				  manual will include an operations plan, an inspection plan, a health and safety
				  plan, an unauthorized waste control plan, an emergency contingency plan, and a
				  landscaping plan meeting the requirements of this section and
				  9VAC20-81-485. This manual shall be
				  made available to the department when requested. If the applicable standards of
				  this chapter and the landfill's Operations Manual conflict, this chapter shall
				  take precedence.
B. Landfill
				  operational performance standards.
1. Safety
				  hazards to operating personnel shall be controlled through an active safety
				  program consistent with the requirements of 29 CFR Part 1910, as
				  amended.
2. A groundwater
				  monitoring program meeting the requirements of
				  9VAC20-81-250 shall be implemented,
				  as applicable.
3. A corrective
				  action program meeting the requirements of
				  9VAC20-81-260 is required whenever
				  the groundwater protection standard is exceeded at statistically significant
				  levels.
4. Open burning at active
				  landfills.
a. Owners or operators shall
				  ensure that the units do not violate any applicable requirements developed by
				  the State Air Pollution Control Board or promulgated by the EPA administrator
				  pursuant to § 110 of the Clean Air Act, as amended (42 USC §§
													7401 to
				  7671q).
b. Open burning of solid waste, except for
				  infrequent burning of agricultural wastes, silvicultural wastes, land-clearing
				  debris, diseased trees, or debris from emergency cleanup operations is
				  prohibited. There shall be no open burning permitted on areas where solid waste
				  has been disposed of or is being used for active disposal.
c. The owner or operator shall be responsible
				  for extinguishing any fires that may occur at the facility. A fire control plan
				  will be developed that outlines the response of facility personnel to fires.
				  The fire control plan will be provided as an attachment to the emergency
				  contingency plan required under the provisions of
				  9VAC20-81-485. The fire control
				  plan will be available for review upon request by the public. There shall be no
				  open burning permitted on areas where solid waste has been disposed or is being
				  used for active disposal.
5. Except as provided in
				  9VAC20-81-130 K, owners or
				  operators shall implement a gas management plan in accordance with
				  9VAC20-81-200 to control landfill
				  gas such that:
a. The concentration of
				  methane gas generated by the landfill does not exceed 25% of the lower
				  explosive limit for methane in landfill structures (excluding gas control or
				  recovery system components); and
b.
				  The concentration of methane gas does not exceed the lower explosive limit for
				  methane at the facility boundary.
6. Landfills shall not:
a. Allow leachate from the landfill to drain
				  or discharge into surface waters except when treated onsite and discharged into
				  surface water as authorized under a VPDES Permit (9VAC25-31).
b. Cause a discharge of pollutants into
				  waters of the United States, including wetlands, that violates any requirements
				  of the Clean Water Act (33
				  USC §
													1251 et seq.), including, but not
				  limited to, the VPDES requirements and Virginia Water Quality Standards
				  (9VAC25-260).
c. Cause the
				  discharge of 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 (33 USC
				  §
													1251 et seq.), as amended or violates
				  any requirement of the Virginia Water Quality Standards (9VAC25-260).
d. Allow solid waste to be deposited in or to
				  enter any surface waters or groundwaters.
7. Owners or operators shall maintain the
				  run-on/runoff control systems designed and constructed in accordance with
				  9VAC20-81-130 H.
8. Access to sanitary, CDD, or noncaptive
				  industrial landfills shall be permitted only when an attendant is on duty and
				  only during daylight hours, unless otherwise specified in the landfill
				  permit.
9. Fencing or other
				  suitable control means shall be used to control litter migration. All litter
				  blown from the landfill operations shall be collected on a weekly
				  basis.
10. Odors and vectors shall
				  be effectively controlled so they do not constitute nuisances or hazards. Odor
				  hazard or nuisances shall be controlled in accordance with
				  9VAC20-81-200 D. Disease vectors
				  shall be controlled using techniques for the protection of human health and the
				  environment.
11. If salvaging is
				  allowed by a landfill, it shall not interfere with operation of the landfill
				  and shall not create hazards or nuisances.
12. Fugitive dust and mud deposits on main
				  offsite roads and access roads shall be minimized at all times to limit
				  nuisances. Dust shall be controlled to meet the requirements of Article 1
				  (9VAC5-40-60 et seq.) of Part II of
				  9VAC5-40.
13. Internal roads in the
				  landfill shall be maintained to be passable in all weather by ordinary
				  vehicles. All operation areas and units shall be accessible.
14. All landfill appurtenances listed in
				  9VAC20-81-130 shall be properly
				  maintained and operated as designed and approved in the facility's
				  permit.
15. Adequate numbers and
				  types of properly maintained equipment shall be available to a landfill for
				  operation. Provision shall be made for substitute equipment to be available or
				  alternate means implemented to achieve compliance with subdivision C 1, D 1, or
				  E 1 of this section, as applicable, within 24 hours should the former become
				  inoperable or unavailable. Operators with training appropriate to the tasks
				  they are expected to perform and in sufficient numbers for the complexity of
				  the site shall be on the site whenever it is in operation.
16. Self-Inspection. Each landfill shall
				  implement an inspection routine including a schedule for inspecting all
				  applicable major aspects of facility operations necessary to ensure compliance
				  with the requirements of this chapter. Records of these inspections must be
				  maintained in the operating record and available for review. At a minimum, the
				  following aspects of the facility shall be inspected on a monthly basis:
				  erosion and sediment controls, storm water conveyance system, leachate
				  collection system, safety and emergency equipment, internal roads, and
				  operating equipment. The groundwater monitoring system and gas management
				  system shall be inspected at a rate consistent with the system's monitoring
				  frequency.
17. Records to include,
				  at a minimum, date of receipt, quantity by weight or volume, and origin shall
				  be maintained on solid waste received and processed to fulfill the applicable
				  requirements of the Solid Waste Information and Assessment Program under
				  9VAC20-81-80 and the Control
				  Program for Unauthorized Waste under
				  9VAC20-81-100 E. Such records shall
				  be made available to the department for examination or use when
				  requested.