Current through August 26, 2024
No person may dispose of asbestos containing material at a
solid waste landfill except in conformance with the following minimum
requirements:
(1) LANDFILL CRITERIA.
Only facilities meeting the following criteria may accept asbestos for
disposal:
(a) Except as provided in par. (c),
only approved facilities as defined in s.
289.01(3),
Stats., may accept asbestos containing material for disposal.
(b) The following asbestos containing
materials may be accepted only at landfills engineered with a liner and
leachate collection system which are approved to accept asbestos. The
department may approve other landfills on a case by case basis.
1. Category I non-friable asbestos containing
material, which is not construction and demolition material,
2. Category II non-friable asbestos
containing material,
3. Friable
asbestos material.
(c)
Construction and demolition materials containing category I non-friable
asbestos may be disposed of at construction and demolition waste landfills
approved in accordance with ch. NR 503 and approved facilities as defined in s.
289.01(3),
Stats.
(2) GENERAL
REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Unless an alternative
handling procedure is approved by the department, category II nonfriable
asbestos containing material and friable asbestos material shall be disposed of
in a trench excavated into existing refuse and shall be covered with a minimum
of 3 feet of non-asbestos solid waste or soil prior to compaction.
(b) The location of category II nonfriable
asbestos containing material and friable asbestos material disposal within the
landfill shall be recorded by horizontal and vertical coordinates and
maintained in accordance with s.
NR 506.17.
(c) Category II nonfriable asbestos
containing material and friable asbestos material may not be placed in previous
asbestos disposal areas or areas proposed for future landfill construction,
including leachate headwells and gas collection wells.
All applicable safety measures required by chs.
NR
400 to
499, and EPA and OSHA,
specifically, those requirements dealing with the safety of personnel working
with the asbestos, shall be followed. U.S. EPA 40 CFR Part 61 "National
Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP)" contains additional
requirements for the disposal of asbestos containing materials.
