(1)
General. Landfills conducting gas recovery operations
shall conduct such operations and monitoring in accordance with 310 CMR 19.121
and the approved design, operation and maintenance plans and in a manner to
prevent interference with on-going site activities or other control
measures.
(2)
Submittal
of Landfill Gas Recovery Plans. All persons proposing to construct
a landfill gas recovery facility shall submit an application for a permit to
construct and operate that facility pursuant to 310 CMR 19.121. An application
shall consist of:
(a) a site plan containing
the information and documentation required at
310 CMR 19.104(2)(a)
through (c) and (i);
(b) a design plan consisting of:
1. a description of all machinery, equipment,
and materials used at the facility, including the equipment's make, model,
manufacturer, design capacity, and performance data;
2. plan views and cross-sectional views of
the location and grades of all landfill gas collection lines showing all
critical elevations of the collection pipe inverts, clean outs, and valves;
layout of the facility structure including equipment locations and sampling
locations; on-site drainage structures; and extraction well locations, depth of
placement and construction materials;
3. a description of how construction of the
facility's gas recovery extraction wells, piping and other appurtenances will
ensure the integrity of the final cover system is maintained; and
4. a description of the facility's landfill
gas condensate collection, storage, and treatment systems. The design capacity
for these systems must be based on the engineering report's estimate of the
amount of landfill gas condensate produced.
(c) an operation and maintenance plan
consisting of the information and documentation required at
310 CMR 19.104(5)(b)
through (d) and (f); and
(d) an engineering report consisting of:
1. a description of the operation of the
facility and how the recovered gas will be used;
2. an estimate of the quantities of
condensate currently generated or expected to be generated and a description of
how the condensate will be disposed;
3. an estimate of the cost to properly close
the gas recovery operation at the end of its useful life;
4. a description of how the landfill gas
recovery system relates to the landfill's overall gas venting and control
system;
5. a description of the
procedures for taking, analyzing, and reporting data from condensate sampling;
and
6. a contingency plan that
discusses an organized and planned method of responding to unexpected events
during the construction and during the operation of a gas recovery
operation.
(3)
Permit Criteria.
A permit to construct a landfill gas recovery facility shall be reviewed and
granted pursuant to the review procedures specified under
310 CMR 19.001 through
19.099. In addition, all gas recovery facilities that use combustion of any
type shall be permitted, designed and operated in accordance with all
applicable requirements of the Air Pollution Control regulations,
310 CMR 6.00: Ambient
Air Quality Standards for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts through
8.00: Prevention and/or Abatement of Air Pollution Incident
Emergencies.
(4)
Landfill Gas Recovery Facility Operation and Maintenance
Requirements. Landfill gas recovery facilities shall conform to
the operational requirements established in 310 CMR 19.121, including:
(a) condensate generation shall be kept to a
minimum and condensate recirculation, if proposed, shall be done in accordance
with the permit;
(b) condensate
shall be sampled and results reported in accordance with the permit;
(c) gas monitoring shall occur in accordance
with
310 CMR
19.132(4); and
(d) an annual report on the operation of the
landfill gas recovery facility shall be submitted to the Department as
specified in the permit. This report shall contain the following information,
compiled on a monthly basis:
1. quantity of
landfill gas recovered;
2. quantity
of condensate generated and recirculated or treated;
3. quantity of steam generated, electricity
generated, or low Btu or pipeline quality gas produced, as applicable;
and
4. summary of sampling
data.
