Indiana Administrative Code
Title 329 - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DIVISION
Article 10 - SOLID WASTE LAND DISPOSAL FACILITIES
Rule 20 - Municipal Solid Waste Landfills; Operational Requirements
Section 20-19 - Liner leak detection program
Universal Citation: 329 IN Admin Code 20-19
Current through September 18, 2024
Authority: IC 13-14-8-7; IC 13-15; IC 13-19-3
Affected: IC 13-18; IC 13-20; IC 36-9-30
Sec. 19.
(a) The owner, operator, or permittee must implement a program as specified in 329 IAC 10-15-1(14) and in accordance with 329 IAC 10-15-10 to detect and assess liquids that have leaked through the liner system into the leak detection zone.
(b) If the flow rate into the leak detection zone exceeds the action leakage rate for any sump, the owner, operator, or permittee must:
(1) notify the commissioner in
writing of the exceedance within seven (7) days of the determination;
(2) obtain and analyze samples from the leak
detection zone and arrange for analyses of the samples in accordance with the
leak detection plan as specified in
329 IAC
10-15-10(3);
(3) submit a written assessment to the
commissioner within fourteen (14) days of the determination that includes:
(A) the magnitude of the leakage;
(B) the likely source of the
liquids;
(C) the possible location,
size, and cause of the leak; and
(D) short term response measures that have
been taken and that are planned;
(4) determine any additional short term or
longer term response measures that will be taken; and
(5) within sixty (60) days of the
notification that the action leakage rate was exceeded, submit to the
commissioner:
(A) the results of the chemical
analyses of the samples specified in subdivision (2); and
(B) an assessment of the potential for
additional leakage and the potential for release of the liquids into the
environment.
(c) Records of liquid quantities and liquid characteristics monitored by the leak detection program must be:
(1) maintained through the active life,
closure, and post-closure periods; and
(2) made available to the commissioner upon
request.
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