Virginia Administrative Code
Title 9 - ENVIRONMENT
Agency 20 - VIRGINIA WASTE MANAGEMENT BOARD
Chapter 85 - COAL COMBUSTION BYPRODUCT REGULATIONS
Part III - Management Standards
Article 4 - Closure
Section 9VAC20-85-140 - Time allowed for closure

The owner or operator shall complete closure activities in accordance with the closure plan and within six months after receiving the final volume of fossil fuel combustion products. The department may approve a longer closure period if the owner or operator can demonstrate that the required or planned closure activities will, of necessity, take longer than six months to complete; and that he has taken all necessary steps to eliminate any significant threat to human health and the environment from the unclosed but inactive project.

Statutory Authority

§ 10.1-1402 of the Code of Virginia, 42 USC § 6941 and 40 CFR Part 257.