Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Natural Resources › NR 500-599 - Environmental Protection - Solid Waste Management › Chapter NR 506 - Landfill Operational Criteria › Section NR 506.07 - Operational requirements for landfills

Current through June 24, 2024
No person may operate or maintain a new or existing landfill
				  except in conformance with any approved plan of operation and the following
				  minimum requirements:
(1) GENERAL.
(a) Daily disposal of solid waste shall be
				confined to as small an area as practical.
(b) Provisions shall be made to confine
				windblown material within the active disposal area.
(c) At the conclusion of each day of
				operation, all windblown material shall be collected and properly disposed of
				in the active area in accordance with the provisions of this section unless the
				operator establishes, to the satisfaction of the department, that all windblown
				material cannot be collected using reasonable efforts because of conditions
				beyond the control of the operator, and windblown material which can be
				collected using a reasonable effort has been collected and properly disposed
				and nuisance conditions do not exist.
(d) Putrescible materials such as spoiled
				foods and animal carcasses shall be immediately compacted and
				covered.
(e) Access to the landfill
				shall be restricted through the use of fencing, natural barriers or other
				methods approved in writing by the department.
(f) Effective means shall be taken to limit
				access to the active disposal area to minimize exposure of the public to
				hazards.
(g) Effective means shall
				be taken to control birds, flies, rodents, deer and other animals.
(h) Equipment shall be provided to control
				accidental fires and arrangements shall be made with the local fire protection
				agency to acquire its services when needed.
(i) As required in s.
				NR
				524.05, a trained operator or certified facility
				manager shall be present at the landfill during all hours of operation, and a
				list of names of trained operators and certified facility managers shall be
				maintained at the landfill.
(j) A
				gate shall be provided at the entrance to the operation and it shall be kept
				locked when an attendant is not on duty.
(k) The gate area shall be policed at the
				beginning of each day of operation to remove any solid waste which has been
				indiscriminately dumped during periods when the landfill was closed.
(l) A sign, acceptable to the department,
				shall be posted at the entrance of any landfill operated for public use which
				indicates the landfill name, license number, the hours of operation, waste
				types accepted, penalty for unauthorized use, necessary safety precautions and
				any other pertinent information.
(m) The landfill shall be surrounded with
				rapidly growing trees, shrubbery, fencing, berms or other appropriate means to
				screen it from the surrounding area and to provide a wind break.
(n) Fugitive dust shall be controlled in
				accordance with s.
				NR
				415.04 from all areas of the landfill.
(o) Scavenging within the active disposal
				area is prohibited.
(p) Provisions
				shall be made for back-up equipment in the event of operating equipment
				breakdown.
(q) A minimum separation
				distance of 20 feet shall be maintained between the limits of filling and
				adjacent property or the perimeter of the licensed acreage, whichever is closer
				at nonapproved facilities as defined in s.
				289.01(24),
				Stats. At all other facilities, a minimum separation distance of 100 feet shall
				be maintained between the limits of solid waste filling and the property
				boundary or the perimeter of the licensed acreage, whichever is closer. The
				department may require additional separation distance if necessary to provide
				for vehicle access, drainage, monitoring, gas migration control, separation to
				adjacent homes or other landfill development factors.
(r) All topsoil within the landfill
				construction limits shall be salvaged and stored within the property boundaries
				for use in landfill closure. All stockpiled soil material which is not
				anticipated to be used within 6 months shall be seeded.
(s) All access roads to the active area of
				the operation shall be of all-weather construction and shall be maintained in
				good condition.
(t) All access
				roads for the use of solid waste hauling trucks shall be constructed with a
				maximum grade no greater than 10%. The intersection of the access road with an
				existing highway shall be constructed to provide sufficient sight distance and
				minimize interference with traffic on existing highways.