Pennsylvania Code
Title 25 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Part I - Department of Environmental Protection
Subpart D - Environmental Health and Safety
Article VIII - Municipal Waste
Chapter 277 - CONSTRUCTION/DEMOLITION WASTE LANDFILLS
Subchapter C - OPERATING REQUIREMENTS
LINER SYSTEM
Section 277.251 - Scope and requirements

Universal Citation: 25 PA Code § 277.251

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024

(a) A person or municipality operating a construction/demolition waste landfill, other than a construction/demolition waste landfill constructed with attenuating soil and permitted prior to December 23, 2000, or for an expansion of a landfill under § 277.122 (relating to modification to expand existing landfill), shall design, construct, operate and maintain a liner system for disposal areas of the facility or components thereof under this section and §§ 277.252-277.260.

(b) The liner system shall consist of the following elements:

(1) Subbase, which is the prepared layer of soil or earthen material upon which the remainder of the liner system is constructed.

(2) Leachate detection zone, which is the prepared layer placed on top of the subbase and upon which the liner is placed, and in which a leachate detection system is located.

(3) Liner, which is a continuous layer of remolded clay or synthetic material placed on the leachate detection zone.

(4) Protective cover and leachate collection zone, which is a prepared layer placed over the liner in which a leachate collection system is located.

This section cited in 25 Pa. Code § 277.161 (relating to liner system and leachate control plan); 25 Pa. Code § 277.164 (relating to application requirements for noncoal mine disposal); 25 Pa. Code § 277.246 (relating to attenuating soil base); and 25 Pa. Code § 277.282 (relating to number, location and depth of monitoring points).

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