Alaska Administrative Code
Title 18 - Environmental Conservation
Chapter 60 - Solid Waste Management
Article 3 - Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
18 AAC 60.300 - Purpose, scope, and applicability; classes of MSWLF
Current through February 27, 2024
(a) The purpose of 18 AAC 60.300 - 18 AAC 60.397 is to establish minimum standards for owners and operators of municipal solid waste landfills (MSWLF). Location standards are established in 18 AAC 60.305 - 18 AAC 60.320. Design standards are established in 18 AAC 60.330. Operating standards, which must be applied in conjunction with 18 AAC 60.220 - 18 AAC 60.240, are established in 18 AAC 60.335 - 18 AAC 60.380. Closure standards, which must be applied in conjunction with 18 AAC 60.245, are established in 18 AAC 60.385 - 18 AAC 60.397.
(b) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this chapter, the standards described in (a) of this section apply to the owner or operator of a new or existing MSWLF or a lateral expansion.
(c) A Class I, Class II, and Class III MSWLF shall meet the specific requirements of 18 AAC 60.305 - 18 AAC 60.397. For purposes of this chapter, classifications are as follows:
(d) Under a schedule approved by the department, but no more than two years after a
(e) In addition to receiving household waste, a MSWLF may also receive other types of waste regulated under 42 U.S.C. 6941 - 6949 a (RCRA, Subtitle D), such as commercial solid waste, nonhazardous sludge, and industrial solid waste; a MSWLF may be publicly or privately owned.
(f) The owner or operator must provide written notification to the department within seven days after the owner or operator learns that a MSWLF has polluted, or may have polluted, an aquifer.
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