Current through Rules and Regulations filed through September 23, 2024
(1) Reporting the quantities of solid waste managed:
(a) Persons holding a municipal solid waste disposal permit, including permits-by-rule, shall report to the Director the total amount, in tons, of solid waste disposed of quarterly. Reports shall be filed by the 30th day after the beginning of each calendar quarter, covering the reporting period for the preceding quarter.
(b) The reports shall contain, at a minimum, which cities and counties are served by the disposal facility and the total number of tons of solid waste received from each jurisdiction served during the reporting period. The required data shall be submitted on such forms as may be prescribed by the Director.
(2) Measurement Methods:
(a) Where disposal facilities do not have scales at the disposal facility, or through contractual or other arrangements, do not weigh all municipal solid waste destined for the facility, the owner and/or operator shall require each type of commercial vehicle utilizing the facility to be weighed with such frequency that an accurate conversion from cubic yards to tons can be made for each commercial vehicle type not weighed.
(b) Where such systems of estimating the weight are utilized, the owner or operator must prepare and submit to the Director for approval, a description of such systems for all existing sites. New disposal facilities must include this information as part of the permit application.
(3) Reporting remaining capacity of the site.
(a) On July 1 of each year, persons holding a municipal solid waste landfill permit shall report to the Director the remaining capacity of the facility.
(b) The remaining capacity shall be determined in cubic yards and the determinations hall be certified by the professional engineer, registered in the State of Georgia.
(c) The rate of filling shall be determined and provided a long with an estimated completion date for the facility.
(4) Waste Disposal Surcharge.
(a) Owners or operators of any solid waste disposal facility, other than an inert waste landfill as defined in these Rules or a private industry solid waste disposal facility, shall assess and collect, on behalf of the division from each disposer of waste, a surcharge per ton on solid waste disposed as required by O.C.G.A. §
12-8-39. Surcharges assessed and collected on behalf of the division shall be paid annually to the division on July 1 for the preceding calendar year.
(b) The surcharge required by subparagraph (4)(a) of this Rule, shall be calculated based on the reports required by paragraph (1) of this Rule and in accordance with actual weights received or other approved methods provided for in paragraph (2) of this Rule.
(5) For operating CCR units, the total volume of the CCR waste disposed in a CCR unit and the CCR removed, recovered, or diverted for beneficial use shall be reported to the Division on July 1 of each year after the first full year that the permit is in effect The required data shall be submitted on such forms as may be prescribed by the Director.
(6) The owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill shall notify the local governing authorities of any city and county in which such landfill is located of any release from the site of such landfill of a contaminant which is likely to pose a danger to human health. In addition, such owner or operator shall cause notice of such release to be published in the legal organ of the county in which such landfill is located. Compliance with the requirements of this Rule shall occur within 14 days of confirmation of such release by the Division.
O.C.G.A. §§
12-8-20 et seq., 12-8-23.
