8 CAR § 60-510 – General operating requirements

(a) Conformance with permit documents. All operations at the landfill shall be in accordance with the requirements of this subpart, the permit, and the approved plans and operating plan and narrative.
(b) Operator licensing requirements. All operations shall be performed by licensed on-site operators at all times who are certified in accordance with Licensing of Operators of Solid Waste Management Facilities and Training and Certification Requirements for Environmental Officers, 8 CAR pt. 62, of the rules of the Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission.
(c) Working face size.
1. (1) Unloading shall be supervised and dumping shall be confined to the smallest practical area.
2. (2) Multiple working faces shall not be allowed unless specifically approved in the facility operating plan.
(d) Waste spreading and compaction. As rapidly as solid waste is unloaded for disposal, it shall be spread and compacted in accordance with the approved operating plan and covered in accordance with the requirements of 8 CAR § 60-512.
(e) Salvage operations. A salvage operation may be approved by the Division of Environmental Quality under the following conditions:
1. (1) An area has been designated by the permittee for the recovery of salvageable material;
2. (2) The operations shall not interfere with or otherwise delay the activities of the work face;
3. (3) The recovery of salvageable material must be conducted in an orderly manner; and
4. (4) All salvaged materials shall be removed from the landfill site daily, or properly stored so that they will not create a nuisance or unsightly appearance.
(f) Prohibited activities. The following activities shall be prohibited in conjunction with or upon the site of the landfill:
1. (1) Any scavenging of materials as defined herein;
2. (2) Any feeding of farm or domestic animals;
3. (3) Depositing waste in standing water; and
4. (4) Open burning as defined herein.
(g) Litter control.
1. (1) Litter control provisions shall be maintained at all times.
2. (2) If daily or more frequent cover does not control on and off-site litter, other methods may be required, such as, but not limited to, litter fences and litter crews.
(h) Additional surface water controls and best management practices. In conjunction with and in addition to the requirements of 8 CAR §§ 60-517, 60-518, 60-527, and 60-530, the owner or operator shall:
1. (1) Contour the surface of the working portion of the landfill to minimize surface water run-on or flow into or through the working face; and
2. (2)
  1. (A) Install, construct, repair, and maintain controls to prevent off-site sediment accumulation at all landfill, soil stockpile, and borrow site areas.
  2. (B) Temporary and permanent seeding, grading, diking, terracing, diversion ditches, silt fencing, silt traps, vegetation filter strips, mulching, erosion control blankets and matting, gravel filter berms, check dams, riprap, sediment ponds, and other best management practices for erosion and sediment control shall be provided as necessary.
  3. (C) Best management practices for the site shall be in accordance with any stormwater permit issued for the site, shall be described in the operating narrative, and shall be included in the permit plans as appropriate;
3. (3) Final and interim slope stabilization must conform with 8 CAR § 60-427(f).
(i) Final cover vegetation maintenance.
1. (1) After permitted final grades have been attained and a final cover system installed, a cover of suitable perennial vegetation shall be established to prevent erosion of cover soils.
2. (2) The vegetative cover shall be mowed at least annually or as needed to:
  1. (A) Control the growth of undesirable annual weeds and woody vegetation; and
  2. (B) Allow for inspection of the integrity of the cover system.
(j) Equipment requirements.
1. (1) The owner or operator shall have provisions for the routine maintenance of equipment at the landfill.
2. (2) Adequate backup equipment shall be available within twenty-four (24) hours in the event of breakdowns.
(k) Communications and emergency response. The owner or operator shall have an adequate telephone communication system in the event of fire or other emergency situations that may arise at the landfill and a written emergency response plan shall be maintained at the site.
(l) Employee facilities. Except where the landfill is located at an industrial site where employee facilities are readily available, the owner or operator shall have an on-site building/office with a potable water supply and sanitary facilities for site personnel.
(m) Nuisance avoidance.
1. (1) The owner or operator shall operate the landfill in a manner to avoid creating a public nuisance or public health hazard.
2. (2) The division may require any additional information or action deemed necessary to assure an environmentally safe operation of the facility.
(n) Maintenance of cover systems.
1. (1) The owner or operator shall be responsible for maintaining the cover system integrity and shall promptly repair erosion, washout, tracking, or other defects that result in exposed refuse in daily or intermediate cover or in the exposure of the infiltration barrier layer of the final cover system.
2. (2) Areas of leachate seepage or areas exhibiting evidence of leachate seepage such as staining and discoloration of the cover system shall also be promptly repaired.
(o) Wet weather repairs.
1. (1) Due care shall be exercised in performing repairs during wet weather conditions to prevent the creation of additional cover defects.
2. (2) Prompt temporary measures shall be implemented in such cases until permanent repairs and remedies can be implemented.