Virginia Administrative Code › Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT › Agency 20 - VIRGINIA WASTE MANAGEMENT BOARD › Chapter 81 - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS › Part IV - Other Solid Waste Management Facility Standards: Compost Facilities; Solid Waste Transfer Stations; Centralized Waste Treatment Facilities; Materials Recovery Facilities; Waste to Energy; Incineration Facilities; Surface Impoundments and Lagoons; Waste Piles; Remediation Waste Management Units; Landfill Mining; Miscellaneous Units; and Exempt Management Facilities › Section 9VAC20-81-340 - Operation requirements

Current through Register Vol. 40, No. 24, July 15, 2024
The operation of all compost facilities, solid waste
					 transfer stations, centralized waste treatment facilities, materials recovery
					 facilities, waste to energy and incineration facilities, and waste piles shall
					 be governed by the standards as set forth in this section. Operations for these
					 facilities 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, and an emergency contingency 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 facility's operations manual conflict, this chapter shall
					 take precedence.
A. Compost
				  facilities.
1. For facilities that will
				  compost only Category I wastes:
a.
				  Noncompostable or other undesirable solid waste shall be segregated from the
				  material to be composted. Solid waste that is not composted, salvaged, reused,
				  or sold must be disposed at a permitted solid waste management facility
				  authorized to accept the waste.
b.
				  The addition of any other solid waste including but not limited to hazardous
				  waste, regulated medical waste, construction waste, debris, demolition waste,
				  industrial waste, or other municipal solid waste to the Category I waste
				  received at the composting facility is prohibited, except that the materials
				  that are excluded under
				  9VAC20-81-95 may be combined with
				  Category I waste for the purpose of producing compost under the provisions of
				  this chapter.
c. Access to the
				  composting facility shall be permitted only when an attendant is on
				  duty.
d. Dust, odors, and vectors
				  shall be controlled so they do not constitute nuisances or hazards. 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 9VAC5-60.
e. The
				  owner or operator shall prepare, implement, and enforce a safety program and a
				  fire prevention and suppression program designed to minimize hazards.
f. Open burning shall be prohibited on the
				  facility property.
g. Leachate or
				  other runoff from the facility shall not be permitted to drain or discharge
				  directly into surface waters, unless authorized by a VPDES permit.
h. Designed buffer zones shall be
				  maintained.