Texas Administrative Code
Title 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Part 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Chapter 330 - MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE
Subchapter G - SURFACE WATER DRAINAGE
Section 330.305 - Additional Surface Water Drainage Requirements for Landfills

Universal Citation: 30 TX Admin Code § 330.305

Current through Reg. 50, No. 13; March 28, 2025

(a) Existing or permitted drainage patterns must not be adversely altered.

(b) The owner or operator shall design, construct, and maintain a run-on control system capable of preventing flow onto the active portion of the landfill during the peak discharge from at least a 25-year rainfall event.

(c) The owner or operator shall design, construct, and maintain a runoff management system from the active portion of the landfill to collect and control at least the water volume resulting from a 24-hour, 25-year storm.

(d) The landfill design must provide effective erosional stability to top dome surfaces and external embankment side slopes during all phases of landfill operation, closure, and post-closure care in accordance with the following.

(1) Estimated peak velocities for top surfaces and external embankment slopes should be less than the permissible non-erodible velocities under similar conditions.

(2) The top surfaces and external embankment slopes of municipal solid waste landfill units must be designed to minimize erosion and soil loss through the use of appropriate side slopes, vegetation, and other structural and nonstructural controls, as necessary. Soil erosion loss (tons/acre) for the top surfaces and external embankment slopes may be calculated using the Soil Conservation Service of the United States Department of Agriculture's Universal Soil Loss Equation, in which case the potential soil loss should not exceed the permissible soil loss for comparable soil-slope lengths and soil-cover conditions.

(e) Dikes, embankments, drainage structures, or diversion channels sized and graded to handle the design runoff must be provided. The slopes of the sides and toe will be graded in such a manner as to minimize the potential for erosion. The surface water protection and erosion control practices must maintain low non-erodible velocities, minimize soil erosion losses below permissible levels, and provide long-term, low maintenance geotechnical stability to the final cover.

(1) The owner or operator shall maintain the collection, drainage, and/or storage units as designed, and shall restore and repair the drainage system in the event of washout or failure; and

(2) The owner or operator shall control erosion and sedimentation, including having interim controls for phased development.

(f) The owner or operator shall assess the existing and proposed drainage characteristics of the facility using the following methods.

(1) Calculations for areas of 200 acres or less must follow the rational method and utilize appropriate surface runoff coefficients, as specified in the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Bridge Division Hydraulic Design Manual. Time of runoff concentration as defined within the manual generally will not be less than ten minutes for rainfall intensity determination purposes. The owner or operator may use equivalent or better methods approved by the executive director.

(2) Calculations for discharges from areas greater than 200 acres must be computed by using United States Geological Survey/Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration hydraulic equations compiled by the United States Geological Survey and the TxDOT (TxDOT Administrative Circular 36-86); the Hydrologic Engineering Center-Hydrologic Modeling System, Hydraulic Engineering Center-River Modeling System, or legacy computer programs developed through the Hydrologic Engineering Center of the United States Army Corps of Engineers; or equivalent or better methods approved by the executive director.

(g) The owner or operator shall handle, store, treat, and dispose of surface or groundwater that has become contaminated by contact with the working face of the landfill or with leachate in accordance with § 330.207 of this title (relating to Contaminated Water Management). Storage areas for this contaminated water must be designed with regard to size, locations, and methods.

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