Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) An application for a permit modification
for a residual waste landfill or residual waste disposal impoundment shall be
considered an application for a major permit modification under §§
287.151-287.153 (relating to public notice
by applicant; public notice by Department; and public comments) if the
application involves one or more of the following:
(1) A change in site volume or waste
capacity.
(2) A change in the
average or maximum daily waste volume.
(3) A change in excavation contours or final
contours, including final elevations and slopes, if the change results in
increased disposal or storage capacity or impacts groundwater isolation
distances or groundwater quality.
(4) A change in permitted acreage.
(5) A change in the approved groundwater
monitoring plan, except for the addition or replacement of wells or parameters,
or a change in the groundwater monitoring plan for a facility permitted prior
to the effective date of these regulations to comply with the requirements of
this article.
(6) A change in
approved leachate collection and treatment method.
(7) A change in gas monitoring or management
plan, or both, except where installation of additional wells or improvements to
the collection systems are proposed.
(8) A change in the approved closure
plan.
(9) The acceptance for
disposal of types of waste not approved in the permit.
(10) A change in approved design under §
287.231 (relating to equivalency
review procedure) if the design has not been previously approved through an
equivalency review.
(11) The
submission of an abatement plan.
(12) Change in ownership, unless the owner is
the permittee, in which case permit reissuance is required under §
287.221 (relating to permit
reissuance).
(13) Change in
operator, unless the operator is the permittee, in which case permit reissuance
is required under § 287.221.
(14) The disposal of waste in areas that have
reached final permitted elevations.
(15) Submission of a radiation protection
action plan.
(b) An
application for a permit modification for a residual waste processing facility
shall be considered an application for a major permit modification under
§§
287.151-287.153 if the application
involves one or more of the following:
(1) A
change in specifications or dimensions of waste storage or residue storage
areas if the change results in an increase in processing or storage
capacity.
(2) A change in the
approved groundwater monitoring plan, except for the addition or replacement of
wells or parameters.
(3) A change
in an approved closure plan.
(4)
The acceptance for processing of types of waste not approved in the
permit.
(5) A change in residue
disposal area, if applicable.
(6) A
change in approved design under §
287.231 if the design has not been
previously approved through an equivalency review.
(7) Change in ownership, unless the owner is
the permittee, in which case permit reissuance is required under §
287.221.
(8) Change in operator,
unless the operator is the permittee, in which case permit reissuance is
required under § 287.221.
(9)
Change in the maximum daily waste volume.
(10) Submission of a radiation protection
action plan.
(c) An
application for a permit modification for the land application of residual
waste shall be considered an application for a major permit modification under
§§
287.151-287.153 if the application
involves one or more of the following:
(1) A
change in the approved maximum application rates.
(2) The acceptance of residual waste from
generators not approved in the permit.
(3) A change in the approved groundwater
monitoring plan, if groundwater monitoring is required, except for the addition
of wells or parameters.
(4) Change
in ownership, unless the owner is the permittee, in which case permit
reissuance is required under § 287.221.
(5) Change in operator, unless the operator
is the permittee, in which case permit reissuance is required under §
287.221.
(d) The
Department may require public notice or public hearings for an application for
permit modification not described in this section that the Department believes
should be subject to public notice or public hearings.
(e) If the Department modifies a permit under
section 503(e) of the act (35 P. S. §
6018.503(e)) without first
receiving a permit application, it will subsequently publish notice of the
permit modification in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
This section cited in 25 Pa. Code §
287.126 (relating to requirement
for environmental assessment); 25 Pa. Code §
287.141 (relating to permit
application fee); and 25 Pa. Code §
287.212 (relating to conditions of
permits-general and right of entry).
