Wyoming Administrative Code
Agency 020 - Environmental Quality, Dept. of
Sub-Agency 0011 - Water Quality
Chapter 15 - USE OF SURFACE DISPOSAL OF BIOSOLIDS, APP. A-C
Part C - SURFACE DISPOSAL
Section 22 - General requirements

Universal Citation: WY Code of Rules 22

Current through September 21, 2024

(a) No person shall place biosolids on an active biosolids unit unless the requirements in this part are met.

(b) An active biosolids unit located within 60 meters of a fault that has displacement in Holocene time; located in an unstable area; or located in a wetland, except as provided in a permit issued pursuant to Sections 402 or 404 of the CWA, shall close within one year after the adoption of this chapter, unless, in the case of an active biosolids unit located within 60 meters of a fault that has displacement in Holocene time, approval is obtained from the permitting authority.

(c) The owner/operator of an active biosolids unit shall submit a written closure and post closure plan to the permitting authority 180 days prior to the date that the active biosolids unit closes. The plan shall describe how the biosolids unit will be closed and, at a minimum, shall include:

(i) A discussion of how the leachate collection system will be operated and maintained for three years after the biosolids unit closes if the biosolids unit has a liner and leachate collection system;

(ii) A description of the system used to monitor for methane gas in the air in any structures within the surface disposal site and in the air at the property line of the surface disposal site, as required in Section 24(l); and

(iii) A discussion of how public access to the surface disposal site will be restricted for three years after the last biosolids unit in the surface disposal site closes.

(d) The owner of a surface disposal site shall provide written notification to the subsequent owner of the site that biosolids were placed on the land.

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