Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of
Sub-Agency 0009 - Solid Waste Management
Chapter 2 - MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILL REGULATIONS
Section 2-6 - Site Specific Geology
Current through September 21, 2024
The application shall provide site specific data describing the underlying soils, geology and groundwater, including:
(a) Soil types: A description of the soil types according to the Unified Soil Classification System, and the estimated thickness of the unconsolidated soil materials;
(b) Geologic Conditions: Information on the geologic conditions, including structure, bedrock types, estimated thickness and attitude, and fracture patterns;
(c) Unstable areas: Identification of unstable areas caused by natural features or man-made features or events, and which may result in geologic hazards including, but not limited to, slope failures, landslides, rockfalls, differential and excessive settling or severe erosion;
(d) Groundwater information: Groundwater information including the depth to the uppermost groundwater, aquifer thickness and hydrologic properties such as the groundwater flow direction and rate, and the potentiometric surface, the existing quality of background groundwater and groundwater beneath the facility;
(e) Supporting documentation: Supporting documentation such as well completion logs, geologic cross-sections, soil boring lithologic logs, potentiometric surface maps and soil or groundwater testing data shall be supplied as an appendix.
