Pennsylvania Code
Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part I - Department of Environmental Protection
Subpart D - Environmental Health and Safety
Article VII - Hazardous Waste Management
Chapter 264a - OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF HAZARDOUS WASTE TREATMENT, STORAGE AND DISPOSAL FACILITIES
Subchapter K - SURFACE IMPOUNDMENTS
Section 264a.221 - Design and operating requirements
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
In addition to the requirements incorporated by reference:
(1) For surface impoundments subject to 40 CFR 264.221(a) or (c) (relating to design and operating requirements), a minimum distance of 4 feet shall be maintained between the bottom of the liner and seasonal high water table without the use of artificial or manmade groundwater drainage or dewatering systems. Soil mottling may indicate the presence of a seasonal high groundwater table. The distance between the top of the subbase and the regional water table shall be a minimum of 8 feet.
(2) The Department may, upon written application from a person who is subject to this provision, grant a variance from this provision. An application for a variance shall identify the specific provision from which a variance is sought and demonstrate that suspension of the identified provision will result in a level of protection of the environment and public health equivalent to that which would have resulted from compliance with the suspended provision. A variance shall be at least as stringent as the requirements of section 3010 of RCRA (40 U.S.C.A. § 6930), and this article.
