Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) An application for a permit modification
for municipal waste landfills or construction/demolition waste landfills shall
be considered an application for a major permit modification under §§
271.141-271.143 (relating to public notice
by applicant; public notice by Department; and public comments) if the
application involves the following:
(1)
Change in site volume-waste capacity.
(2) Change in the average or maximum daily
waste volume.
(3) Change in
excavation contours or final contours, including final elevations and slopes,
if the change results in increased disposal capacity or impacts the groundwater
isolation distance or groundwater quality.
(4) Change in permitted acreage.
(5) Change in the approved groundwater
monitoring plan, except for the addition or replacement of wells or
parameters.
(6) Change in approved
leachate collection and treatment method.
(7) Change in gas monitoring or management
plan, or both, except when installation of additional wells or improvements to
the collection systems are proposed.
(8) Change in the approved closure
plan.
(9) Acceptance for disposal
of types of waste not approved in the permit.
(10) Change in ownership, unless the owner is
the permittee, in which case permit reissuance is required under §
271.221 (relating to permit
reissuance).
(11) Change in
approved design under §
271.231 (relating to equivalency
review procedure) if the design has not been previously approved through an
equivalency review.
(12) The
submission of an abatement plan.
(13) The disposal of waste in areas that have
reached final permitted elevations.
(14) Change in operator, unless the operator
is the permittee, in which case permit reissuance is required under §
271.221.
(15) Submission of a
radiation protection action plan.
(b) An application for a permit modification
for a municipal waste processing facility shall be considered an application
for a major permit modification under §§
271.141-271.143, if the application
involves the following:
(1) Changes in
specifications or dimensions of waste storage or residue storage areas if the
change results in increased processing or storage capacity.
(2) Change in the approved groundwater
monitoring plan, except for the addition or replacement of wells or
parameters.
(3) Change in approved
closure plan.
(4) Acceptance for
processing of types of waste not approved in the permit.
(5) Change in residue disposal area, if
applicable.
(6) Change in approved
design under §
271.231 if the design has not been
previously approved through an equivalency review.
(7) Change in the maximum daily waste
volume.
(8) Change in ownership,
unless the owner is the permittee, in which case permit reissuance is required
under § 271.221.
(9) Change in
operator, unless the operator is the permittee, in which case permit reissuance
is required under § 271.221.
(10) Submission of a radiation protection
action plan.
(c) 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.
(d) 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 §
271.126 (relating to requirement
for environmental assessment); 25 Pa. Code §
271.128 (relating to permit
application fee); 25 Pa. Code §
271.212 (relating to conditions of
permits); and 25 Pa. Code §
273.322 (relating to
closure).
