Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
A.
Basic planning elements:
1. Objectives for
solid waste management within the planning unit;
2. A discussion as to how the plan will be
implemented and tracked, consisting of an integrated waste management strategy
to support and promote the hierarchy set forth at
9VAC20-130-30; and giving
preference to alternatives in the following order of priority: source
reduction, reuse, recycling, resource recovery, incineration, and
landfilling;
3. Definition of
incremental stages of progress toward the objectives and schedule for their
implementation, including, for compliance with
9VAC20-81-450,
specific solid waste management facility names, facility capacities, and life
based on 20-year need;
4. Strategy
for the provision of necessary funds and resources;
5. Descriptions of the funding and resources
necessary, including consideration of fees dedicated to future facility
development;
6. Strategy for public
education and information on source reduction, reuse, and recycling;
and
7. Consideration of public and
private sector partnerships and private sector participation in execution of
the plan. Existing private sector recycling operations should be incorporated
in the plan, and the expansion of such operations should be
encouraged.
B. A minimum
recycling rate as specified in §
10.1-1411
of the Code of Virginia for total municipal solid waste generated annually in
each solid waste planning unit shall be met and maintained.
1. The plan shall describe how the minimum
recycling rate shall be met or exceeded. The director may approve the solid
waste management plans of units that do not currently meet the minimum
recycling rate only if all other requirements of this chapter have been met and
the solid waste planning unit demonstrates its commitment to implementing a
strong and detailed action plan for recycling to meet the required
rate.
2. When a solid waste
planning unit's annual recycling rate falls below the minimum rate, it shall
constitute evidence of a significant deviation from the plan. The plan may be
subject to revocation by the department under
9VAC20-130-110
E unless the solid waste planning unit submits a recycling action plan
acceptable to the department per subsection I of this section.
C. The solid waste management plan
shall include data and analyses of the following type for each jurisdiction.
Each item listed in this subsection shall be in a separate section and labeled
as to content:
1. Population information and
projections for 20 years of population growth and development
patterns;
2. Urban concentrations,
geographic conditions, economic growth and development, markets for the reuse
and recycling of materials, transportation conditions, and related
factors;
3. Estimates of solid
waste generation from residential, commercial institutional, industrial,
construction, demolition, debris and other types of sources, including the
amounts reused, recycled, recovered as a resource, incinerated, and landfilled.
Entities engaged in the collection, processing, and marketing of recyclable
materials should provide data for incorporation into the recycling rate
calculation when requested by the planning unit.
4. A listing of existing and planned solid
waste collection, storage, treatment, transportation, disposal, and other
management facilities, their projected capacities, expected life, and systems
for their use;
5. All milestones in
the implementation of the solid waste management plan over the 20-year
projection and the parties responsible for each milestone;
6. A description of programs for solid waste
reduction, reuse, recycling, resource recovery, incineration, storage,
treatment, disposal, and litter control;
7. A description of outreach programs for
waste exchange, public education, and public participation;
8. The procedures for and results of
evaluating solid waste collection, including transfer stations; and
9. The assessment of all current and
predicted needs for solid waste management for a period of 20 years and a
description of the action to be taken to meet those needs.
D. All known solid waste disposal sites,
closed, inactive, and active, within the area of the solid waste management
plan shall be documented and recorded at a centralized archive authorized to
receive and record information and a copy shall be sent to the department. All
new sites shall be recorded at the same central data source.
E. A methodology shall be utilized to monitor
the amount of solid waste of each type produced within the area of the solid
waste management plan and to record the annual production by solid waste types
at a centralized archive and a copy shall be sent to the department.
F. The solid waste management plan shall
include, when developed locally, a copy of the local governing body's
resolution adopting the solid waste management plan.
G. When the solid waste management plan is
developed regionally, the solid waste management plan shall include a copy of
the resolution of the solid waste planning unit approving the plan adopted in
accordance with the Regional Cooperation Act, the Virginia Water and Waste
Authorities Act, the provisions of the Code of Virginia governing joint
exercise of powers by political subdivisions (§
15.2-1300
of the Code of Virginia), or other authority as applicable. The plan shall
specify the solid waste planning unit's legal authority to adopt the solid
waste management plan.
H. The solid
waste management plan shall clearly and explicitly demonstrate the manner in
which the goals of the planning requirements in this chapter shall be
accomplished and actions to take if these requirements are not met.
I. A planning unit that does not meet the
requirements of these regulations shall submit an action plan, by mail or
electronic mail, for approval by the department. Such action plans shall
include:
1. A description of the deficiency
that requires the development of the action plan.
2. A time schedule to resolve the deficiency
associated with the planning unit's failure to meet the requirements of the
approved solid waste management plan.
3. A reporting requirement to the department
of a minimum of once every six months, including activities or updates
documenting how the action plan requirements are being met.
4. Plans and all subsequent reports and
submittals shall be reviewed by the department within 30 days of receipt by the
department.
5. All the department's
requests for further information or responses shall be provided within 30 days
of receipt at the planning unit. The department may grant reasonable extensions
to these deadlines on a case-by-case basis.
Statutory Authority: §
10.1-1411
of the Code of Virginia;
42 USC §
6942(b) ; 40 CFR Parts 255
and 256.
