Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Environmental Quality
Title R315 - Waste Management and Radiation Control, Waste Management
Rule R315-304 - Industrial Solid Waste Landfill Requirements
Section R315-304-5 - Industrial Landfill Requirements
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 315-304-5
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) Each Class III Landfill shall meet the following applicable requirements, as determined by the Director:
(a) the plan of operation requirements of
Subsections
R315-302-2(2)(a),
(b), (c), (d), (g), (i), (j), (k), (l), (m), (n), and
(o);
(b) the recordkeeping requirements of
Subsections
R315-302-2(3)(a),
(b)(i), (iii), (iv), and (vi);
(c) the reporting requirements of Subsection
R315-302-2(4);
and
(d) the inspection requirements
of Subsection
R315-302-2(5).
(2) Each Class III Landfill shall meet the applicable general requirements for closure and post- closure care of Subsections R315-302-2(6); R315-302-3(2); (3); (4)(a), and (b); (5); (6)(a)(iv) through (vi), (6)(b), and (c); and (7)(a) as determined by the Director.
(a) Each Class
IIIa Landfill shall meet the closure requirements of Subsection
R315-303-3(4).
(b) Each Class IIIb Landfill shall meet the
closure requirements of Subsection
R315-305-5(5)(b).
(c) If a Class III Landfill is already
subject to the closure and post-closure requirements of another Federal or
state agency which are as stringent as specified in Subsections
R315-304-5(2)(a) or (b), the landfill may be exempt, upon approval of the
Director, from the closure requirements of Subsections R315-304-5(2)(a) or
(b).
(3) Standards for Design.
(a) The owner or operator of a Class
III Landfill shall design the landfill to minimize the acceptance of liquids
and control storm water run-on/run-off as specified in Subsections
R315-303-3(1)(b), (c), and
(d).
(b) The owner or operator of a Class III
Landfill shall design the landfill to meet the requirements of Subsections
R315-303-3(7)(a), (c), (e),
(f), (g), (h), and (i) as determined by the
Director.
(4) Ground Water Monitoring.
(a) The owner or operator
of a Class IIIa Landfill shall monitor the ground water beneath the landfill as
specified in Rule R315-308.
(b)
Subject to the performance standard of Subsection
R315-303-2(1),
if the owner or operator of a Class IIIa Landfill is monitoring the ground
water beneath the landfill and otherwise meeting the requirements of a
discharge permit as issued by the Utah Division of Water Quality, the landfill
may be exempt, upon approval of the Director, from the ground water monitoring
requirements of Rule R315-308.
(c)
A Class IIIb Landfill is exempt from the ground water monitoring requirements
of Rule R315- 308.
(5) Standards for Operation.
(a) Each Class IIIa
Landfill shall meet the standards of Section
R315-303-4
except:
(i) for the requirements of
Subsections
R315-303-4(2)(f)
and
R315-303-4(6);
and
(ii) may be exempt from the
daily cover requirements of Subsection
R315-303-4(4)
upon the demonstration that an alternate schedule for the covering of waste at
the landfill will not present a threat to human health or the
environment.
(b) Each
Class IIIb Landfill shall meet the requirements for operation in Subsections
R315-305-4(7)
and
R315-305-5(2) through
(4) as determined by the Director.
(6) Financial Assurance.
(a) The owner or operator of each Class III
Landfill shall establish financial assurance as required by Rule
R315-309.
(b) If the owner or
operator of a Class III Landfill has financial assurance, in effect and active,
that covers the costs of closure and post-closure care of the landfill as
required by another Federal or state agency which is as stringent as the
requirements of Rule R315-309, the landfill may be exempt, upon approval of the
Director, from the financial assurance requirements of Rule R315-309.
(7) Permit Requirements.
Each Class III Landfill shall apply for and obtain a permit to operate by meeting the applicable requirements of Rule R315-310.
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