8 CAR § 41-1608 – Standards of performance

(a) Requirement to install, maintain, and operate a gas collection and control system. The owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill subject to this subpart shall install, maintain, and operate a collection and control system meeting the requirements specified in 40 C.F.R. § 60.33f(b)(1) – (3) and 40 C.F.R. § 60.33f(c)(1) – (4), except as provided in 40 C.F.R. § 60.24, within thirty (30) months after:
1. (1) The first NMOC emission rate report for a landfill in which the NMOC emission rate equals or exceeds thirty-four (34) megagrams per year, unless Tier 2 or Tier 3 sampling demonstrates that the NMOC emission rate is less than thirty-four (34) megagrams per year;
2. (2) The first NMOC emission rate report in the closed landfill subcategory in which the NMOC emission rate equals or exceeds fifty (50) megagrams per year, unless Tier 2 or Tier 3 sampling demonstrates that the NMOC emission rate is less than fifty (50) megagrams per year; or
3. (3) The most recent NMOC emission rate report in which the NMOC emission rate equals or exceeds thirty-four megagrams per year based on Tier 2, if the Tier 4 surface emission monitoring shows a surface methane emission concentration of five hundred parts per million (500 ppm) methane or greater.
(b) Collection system standards. The owner or operator shall ensure that each collection system installed to comply with this subpart shall meet the requirements specified in:
1. (1) 40 C.F.R. § 60.33f(b)(2) and 40 C.F.R. § 60.40f(a) – (c) for active collection systems; or
2. (2) 40 C.F.R. § 60.33f(b)(3) for passive collection systems.
(c) Control system standards. The owner or operator shall ensure that each control system installed to comply with this subpart shall meet the requirements specified in 40 C.F.R. § 60.33f(c)(1) – (4) except as provided in 40 C.F.R. § 60.24.
(d) Collection and control system removal requirements. A collection and control system required under this subpart may be capped, removed, or decommissioned if the criteria specified in 40 C.F.R. § 60.33f(f)(1) – (4) are met.