Pennsylvania Code
Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part I - Department of Environmental Protection
Subpart D - Environmental Health and Safety
Article VIII - Municipal Waste
Chapter 271 - MUNICIPAL WASTE MANAGEMENT-GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subchapter C - PERMIT REVIEW PROCEDURES AND STANDARDS
PERMIT REISSUANCE, MODIFICATION AND RENEWAL
Section 271.222 - Permit modification

Universal Citation: 25 PA Code § 271.222

Current through Register Vol. 55, No. 13, March 29, 2025

(a) A permittee shall file with the Department an application for permit modification:

(1) Prior to making a change in the design or operational plans in the application upon which the permit is issued.

(2) Prior to making a change that would affect the terms or conditions of the existing permit.

(3) Prior to conducting solid waste processing or disposal activities that are not approved in the permit.

(4) If otherwise required by the Department.

(b) An application for permit modification shall be complete and contain the following information:

(1) The permittee's name, address and permit number.

(2) A description of the proposed modifications, including appropriate maps, plans and applications to demonstrate that the proposed modification complies with the act, the environmental protection acts and this title.

(c) The Department may issue onsite, in writing, a conditional approval of a minor modification for the construction of liner systems or of erosion and sedimentation control devices if impracticable to comply with subsections (a) and (b) and the modification will improve the permitted design. Approval is conditioned upon timely submission of the information and fee required in subsection (d).

(d) Within 5 working days of obtaining written onsite Department conditional approval of a minor modification under subsection (c), the permittee shall file with the Department documentation to modify its permit application in accordance with the conditional approval issued under subsection (c). The permit modification documentation shall be accompanied by the fee required in § 271.128(c) (relating to permit application fee).

This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 271.128 (relating to permit application fee); 25 Pa. Code § 273.163 (relating to modifications of leachate treatment plan); 25 Pa. Code § 273.255 (relating to leachate detection zone); 25 Pa. Code § 273.286 (relating to groundwater assessment plan); 25 Pa. Code § 273.313 (relating to annual operation report); 25 Pa. Code § 273.322 (relating to closure); 25 Pa. Code § 277.163 (relating to modifications in leachate treatment plan); 25 Pa. Code § 277.254 (relating to leachate detection zone); 25 Pa. Code § 277.286 (relating to groundwater assessment plan); 25 Pa. Code § 277.312 (relating to annual operation report); 25 Pa. Code § 277.322 (relating to closure); 25 Pa. Code § 285.117 (relating to emergency storage); and 25 Pa. Code § 299.117 (relating to emergency storage).

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