Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of
Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management
Chapter 18 - DISPOSAL OF COAL COMBUSTION RESIDUALS IN LANDFILLS AND SURFACE IMPOUNDMENTS
Section 18-8 - Operating Criteria
Universal Citation: WY Code of Rules 18-8
Current through September 21, 2024
All facilities shall demonstrate compliance with the following applicable standards and criteria in the permit application:
(a) Air criteria: The criteria of 40 CFR 257.80 are incorporated by reference.
(b) Run-on and run-off controls for CCR landfills: The criteria of 40 CFR 257.81 are incorporated by reference.
(c) Hydrologic and hydraulic capacity requirements for CCR surface impoundments: The criteria of 40 CFR 257.82 are incorporated by reference.
(d) Inspection requirements for CCR surface impoundments: The criteria of 40 CFR 257.83 are incorporated by reference.
(e) Inspection requirements for CCR landfills: The criteria of 40 CFR 257.84 are incorporated by reference.
(f) Additional operating criteria:
(i) Qualified environmental manager:
Each facility shall be managed by a qualified environmental manager. In the
event that a qualified environmental manager terminates employment for any
reason, a new environmental manager shall be designated within three months of
such termination. For any facility that is constructed, operated, and monitored
in compliance, the environmental manager's qualifications shall be presumed to
be adequate. For any facility that is not being constructed, operated, or
monitored in compliance, the environmental manager may be required to complete
additional training and demonstrate his or her qualifications by written or
oral examination. A qualified environmental manager shall:
(A) Possess a complete working knowledge of
the facility construction, operating, and monitoring procedures, as specified
in the permit application and the permit letter issued by the
Director.
(B) Attend the classroom
or field training program described in the approved permit
application.
(C) Attend any
training course sponsored by the Department that the Administrator requires, to
provide training on changes to state or federal solid waste rules or
guidelines. For any such mandatory training course, the Administrator shall
provide each operator with a minimum of forty-five days notice prior to the
scheduled training course.
(ii) Copy of plan: The operator shall have a
copy of the operating plan available at the facility when personnel are
on-site.
(iii) Access restrictions:
Facilities shall be fenced and equipped with a gate that can be locked unless
the facility is located in a remote or industrial area that already has
adequate access control features in place to meet the intent of this
standard.
(iv) Burning: No open
burning of solid waste is allowed, with the exception of infrequent burning of
clean wood, tree trimmings, brush, agricultural wastes, silvicultural wastes,
land clearing debris, diseased trees, or debris from emergency cleanup
operations; this exception is valid only when the operator has obtained a
permit from the Air Quality Division.
(v) Fire protection and other emergency
protection measures: Facilities shall maintain, at a minimum, an unobstructed
ten foot fire lane around all active CCR units or within the perimeter
fence.
(vi) Hazardous waste: No CCR
landfill or surface impoundment may accept regulated quantities of hazardous
waste.
(vii) Waste screening:
Facilities shall provide a description of waste screening measures used to
prevent disposal of unauthorized wastes.
(viii) Waste analyses: Facilities shall
provide, as requested by the Administrator, waste analyses including:
(A) A description of the physical condition
of the waste;
(B) Chemical analyses
of the total concentrations of waste constituents specified by the
Administrator;
(C) Leachate
analyses from the extraction procedure specified by the Administrator;
and
(D) Analysis of hazardous waste
characteristics.
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