North Dakota Administrative Code
Title 33.1 - Department of Environmental Quality
Article 33.1-20 - Solid Waste Management and Land Protection
Chapter 33.1-20-06.1 - Municipal Waste Landfills
Section 33.1-20-06.1-03 - Closure criteria

Universal Citation: ND Admin Code ยง 33.1-20-06.1-03

Current through Supplement No. 394, October, 2024

In addition to sections 33.1-20-04.1-05 and 33.1-20-04.1-09, at closure, an owner or operator shall cover an existing unit with a layer of compacted soil material having a thickness of eighteen inches [45.7 centimeters] or more and a hydraulic conductivity of 1 x 10 -7 centimeters per second or less. The compacted layer must be free from cracks and extrusions of solid waste. A second layer of twelve inches [30.5 centimeters] or more of clay-rich soil material suitable for serving as a plant root zone must be placed over the compacted layer. At least six inches [15.2 centimeters] of suitable plant growth material must be placed over the covered landfill and the facility planted with adapted grasses. The total depth of final cover must be three feet [91.4 centimeters] or more, as required to achieve subsection 3 of section 33.1-20-06.1-02. The requirements of this section may be modified by the department if the permit applicant demonstrates that an alternative design will appropriately limit percolation of liquid into the waste.

1. If the permit applicant wishes to pursue an alternative cover design, one of the following methods shall be used to demonstrate that the alternative cover design will appropriately limit the amount of percolation that may enter the waste:

a. Hydrologic modeling;

b. Lysimetry or instrumentation using a field-scale test section;

c. Comparison of the soil and climatic conditions at the site with the soil and climatic conditions at a site where the department has previously approved the same alternative cover design; or

d. Other method approved by the department.

2. To demonstrate that an alternative cover design will appropriately limit percolation of liquid into the waste, the alternative cover design must be shown to limit the average rate of percolation of liquid into wastes to an equal or lower value than the final cover design described in this section, or to an average long-term percolation rate less than 0.2 inches [5.0 millimeters] per year.

General Authority: NDCC 23.1-08-03; S.L.2017, ch.199, § 1

Law Implemented: NDCC 23.1-08-03; S.L.2017, ch. 199, § 23

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