(a)
- (1) Landfill permits regulate active fill operations, closure, and post-closure phases of activities at a facility.
- (2) The active fill operations phase shall cease if the facility places waste beyond the permitted boundaries, or exceeds the permitted capacity, fill volume, or elevations.
- (3) The closure and post-closure phases include all required and approved activities contained in Subpart 13 of this part herein and the facility permit.
(b) Authorization to place fill in a permitted landfill or area of a permitted landfill shall cease if any of the following conditions occur:
(1)
- (A) The facility reaches the approved elevation in a fill location.
- (B) The permittee shall not place fill, daily cover, or intermediate cover above any permitted elevation; and
- (2) The facility places waste outside the permitted boundaries.
(c)
- (1) Any landfill permittee who places or disposes waste above permitted elevations or beyond the permitted landfill perimeter or in excess of the permitted capacity of the unit shall immediately cease fill operations in the area containing excess fill.
- (2) The permittee shall provide to the Division of Environmental Quality an overfill management plan in writing within seven (7) days of learning of the excess fill.
- (3) The permittee shall remove the excess fill, including waste, daily cover, or intermediate cover to bring the area into compliance within thirty (30) days of learning of the overfill.
- (d) All other types of facility permits shall expire according to the date contained in the individual permit or general permit, as appropriate.
(e)
- (1) For all permits, permits may be revoked for failure to maintain compliance with this part or failure to maintain permit fees.
- (2) Permit revocation under the described conditions will not relieve the permittee from the facility closure requirements and post-closure care as may be required by rule or permit.
- (f) All permittees shall be responsible for payment of all annual fees including permit fees until all required closure and post-closure activities have been certified by a professional engineer registered in the State of Arkansas and accepted by the division, and a notification submitted to the division by the permittee stating that permitted activities have ceased and requesting the specific permit be placed in void status.