Indiana Administrative Code
Title 329 - SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DIVISION
Article 10 - SOLID WASTE LAND DISPOSAL FACILITIES
Rule 21 - Municipal Solid Waste Landfills; Ground Water Monitoring Programs and Corrective Action Program Requirements
Section 21-9 - Demonstration that a statistically significant increase or contamination is not attributable to a municipal solid waste land disposal facility unit
Current through March 20, 2024
Authority: IC 13-14-8-7; IC 13-15; IC 13-19-3
Affected: IC 13-20; IC 36-9-30
Sec. 9.
(a) If a verified statistically significant increase in a constituent concentration has occurred, the owner, operator, or permittee may demonstrate that the verified statistically significant increase was caused by:
(b) If the owner, operator, or permittee intends to make a demonstration under this section, the owner, operator, or permittee shall submit, within fourteen (14) days of verifying a statistically significant increase, a plan that describes:
(c) If a demonstration is approved by the commissioner, the owner, operator, or permittee may continue detection ground water monitoring or assessment ground water monitoring, whichever is applicable.
(d) If a demonstration is not approved based on items listed in subsection (a), or the demonstration is not submitted within the time frame specified in subsection (b)(2), then the owner, operator, or permittee shall initiate either an assessment ground water monitoring program or a corrective action program, whichever program is applicable. The owner, operator, or permittee may continue the demonstration process while implementing an assessment ground water monitoring program or a corrective action program, whichever is applicable. If, subsequently, the extended demonstration process proves that the MSWLF unit is not the source of the verified statistically significant increase, the MSWLF unit may return to detection monitoring or assessment monitoring provided there have been no other verified statistically significant increases.
(e) The detection monitoring program or the assessment monitoring program, whichever is applicable, must be continued throughout the demonstration period identified in subsection (b)(2).
(f) The commissioner shall consider that a statistically significant increase is attributable to the MSWLF unit if the owner, operator, or permittee chooses not to demonstrate pursuant to this section.
