Owners or operators of all MSWLF units shall:
(1)  Implement a program for detecting and preventing disposal of regulated hazardous wastes as provided in 40 C.F.R. § 258.20;
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Terms Used In Idaho Code 39-7412

  • Active portion: means that part of a facility or unit that has received or is receiving wastes and that has not been closed in accordance with 40 C. See Idaho Code 39-7403
  • Board: means the Idaho board of environmental quality. See Idaho Code 39-7403
  • Landfill: means an area of land or an excavation in which wastes are placed for permanent disposal, and that is not a land application unit, surface impoundment, injection well or waste pile. See Idaho Code 39-7403
  • Plan of operation: means the written plan developed by an owner or operator of a MSWLF unit detailing how the facility is to be operated during its active life, during closure, and throughout the post closure period. See Idaho Code 39-7403
  • Run-off: means any rainwater, leachate, or other liquid that drains over land from any part of a facility. See Idaho Code 39-7403
  • Run-on: means any rainwater, leachate, or other liquid that drains over land onto any part of a facility. See Idaho Code 39-7403
  • Solid waste: means any garbage or refuse, sludge from a waste water treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or air pollution control facility and other discarded material including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous material resulting from industrial, commercial, mining, and agricultural operations and from community activities, but does not include solid or dissolved materials in domestic sewage, or solid or dissolved materials in irrigation return flows or industrial discharges that are point sources subject to permit under 33 U. See Idaho Code 39-7403
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories; and the words "United States" may include the District of Columbia and territories. See Idaho Code 73-114
(2)  Provide for daily cover as provided in 40 C.F.R. § 258.21. Alternative materials or cover frequency other than daily cover may be used only as specified by the MSWLF plan of operation;
(3)  Provide disease vector control as provided in 40 C.F.R. § 258.22;
(4)  Implement a program of routine methane monitoring and control as provided in 40 C.F.R. § 258.23;
(5)  Ensure that MSWLF units do not violate any ambient air quality standard or emission standard from any emission of landfill gases, combustion or any other emission associated with a MSWLF unit as provided in 40 C.F.R. § 258.24;
(6)  Provide and control access as provided in 40 C.F.R. § 258.25;
(7)  Design, construct and maintain a run-on/run-off control system as provided in 40 C.F.R. § 258.26 to:
(a)  Prevent all the run-on of surface waters and other liquids resulting from a maximum flow of a twenty-five (25) year storm, or snowmelt into the active portion of the MSWLF unit;
(b)  Control the collection of the run-off of surface waters and other liquids resulting from a twenty-four (24) hour, twenty-five (25) year storm, or snowmelt, whichever is greater, from the active portion and the closed portions of a MSWLF unit; and
(c)  Prevent the discharge of pollutants into waters of the United States and the state of Idaho as defined in 40 C.F.R. § 258.27;
(8)  Prohibit the disposal of noncontainerized liquids or sludges containing free liquids in MSWLF units except as provided in 40 C.F.R. § 258.28;
(9)  Establish an operating and recordkeeping procedure as provided in 40 C.F.R. § 258.29; and
(10)  Comply with operating procedures established by the board for implementation by the districts which are intended to assure operations which protect the public health and maintain the integrity of the landfill design.
(11)  MSWLF units that dispose of greater than twenty (20) tons per day of municipal solid waste based on an annual average shall:
(a)  Monitor daily climatic conditions. Monitoring shall include precipitation including snow, evaporation, evaporative water temperature, air temperature, wind speed and direction; and
(b)  Weigh all incoming waste or provide an equivalent method of measuring waste tonnage capable of estimating total annual solid waste tonnage.