South Carolina Code of Regulations
Chapter 61 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL
Subchapter 61-107 - Solid Waste Management
Subchapter 61-107.6 - Solid Waste Management: Solid Waste Processing Facilities
Section 61-107.6.D - Permit Application Requirements and Design Criteria

a. A completed permit application, on a form provided by the Department;

b. An engineering report which shall include the following:

c. Complete construction plans and specifications that at a minimum address the following:

d. All tipping areas shall be located within an enclosed building or covered area and all waste shall be contained in the tipping area.

e. A design report for the facility which shall provide the technical details and specifications necessary to support the design plans;

f. A complete description of the personnel training program;

g. An identification of possible air releases and groundwater and surface water discharges that may occur;

h. A waste control plan describing the manner in which waste from the processing activities will be managed. The plan shall, at a minimum, address the following:

i. A quality assurance and quality control report. The facility owner or operator shall institute a control program (including measures such as signs, monitoring, alternate collection programs, passage of local laws, etc.) to assure that only solid waste authorized by the Department is being processed at the facility;

j. A written contingency plan. This plan shall set forth operating procedures to be employed during periods of non-operation (e.g. equipment breakdown) which will require standby equipment, extension of operating hours, or diversion of solid waste to other facilities;

k. A narrative description of the general operating plan for the facility, including the origin, composition and weight or volume of solid waste that is to be processed at the facility, the process to be used at the facility, the daily operational methodology of the process, the loading rate, the proposed capacity of the facility and the expected life of the facility. The plan shall include a descriptive statement of any materials recycling or reclamation activities to be operated in conjunction with the facility on incoming solid waste. The plan shall describe how the facility will meet all applicable regulatory requirements;

l. An operation and maintenance manual describing how the facility shall be maintained and operated in accordance with the intended use of the facility. Equipment in use at the facility shall be maintained in good working order;

m. A detailed closure plan which shall identify the steps necessary to close the facility. The plan may be amended at any time during the active life of the facility with Department approval. The plan shall be amended whenever changes in operating plans or facility design affect the closure plan, or whenever there is a change in the expected year of closure;

n. A description and explanation of any restrictions the facility places on the materials it receives for processing; and,

o. A demonstration of financial responsibility. The owner or operator of each facility shall establish sufficient financial assurance to ensure satisfactory maintenance, closure, and post-closure of the facility; or to carry out any corrective action which may be required as a condition of a permit. Consideration shall be given to mechanisms which would provide flexibility to the owner or operator in meeting its financial obligations. The owner or operator shall be allowed to use combined financial responsibility mechanisms for a single facility and shall be allowed to use combined financial responsibility mechanisms for multiple facilities, utilizing actuarially sound risk-spreading techniques.

Local governments are exempt from this requirement until such time as federal regulations require local governments or regions to demonstrate financial responsibilities for such facilities and the Department promulgates regulations addressing this issue.