Annual Engineering Inspection Reports
Arkansas Code § 8-6-207; Arkansas Code § 8-6-602; Arkansas Code § 8-6-610
- (a) Applicability. This section applies to all Class 4 permitted landfills.
(b) Report requirements.
(1) A professional engineer registered in the State of Arkansas shall inspect the landfill site at least annually and prepare an annual report addressing operational compliance with:
- (A) Permit conditions;
- (B) Permit plans;
- (C) Specifications; and
- (D) The narrative and all applicable rules.
- (2) The Annual Engineering Inspection Report shall address the twelve-month period from January through December and shall be submitted to the Division of Environmental Quality by June 30 of the following year.
(c) The Annual Engineering Inspection Report shall contain at a minimum:
- (1) The volumetric capacity remaining in the current landfill cell or area and the projected date for opening new cells or areas;
- (2) The estimated remaining volumetric capacity of all permitted Class 1 landfill units, the landfill capacity (total air space) utilized during the past one-year period, and the estimated remaining site life (in years) based upon the utilization rate during the previous one-year period;
- (3) Documentation of compliance of facility fill progression with the approved permit plans, specifications, and operating plan and narrative;
- (4) Documentation of compliance with the operating requirements of this part, permit conditions, the approved operating plan, and any other applicable rules;
(5) An updated contour map that depicts:
- (A) The horizontal and vertical extent of the active and inactive fill areas;
- (B) The status of each permitted landfill unit or cell (future unit, active unit, inactive, under construction, under interim cover, undergoing closure, closed, post-closure, etc.);
- (C) The survey grid system required by 8 CAR § 60-426;
- (D) The location of any other visible surface features or improvements such as roads, fences, buildings, gas control systems, surface water control systems, etcetera; and
- (E)
(i) The person responsible for gathering survey data and the date or dates that survey data was taken to prepare the map.
- (ii) For purposes of annual reports, survey data may be collected by any person familiar with survey techniques, however, a professional land surveyor registered in the State of Arkansas shall perform the initial survey of new units required under 8 CAR § 60-428(h) and final survey of closed units required under 8 CAR § 60-1301(i);
- (6) Quantity, location, and characteristics of leachate collected, recirculated, and disposed;
- (7) Maintenance of stormwater controls and other best management practices for erosion control;
- (8) Status of capping and closure of completed areas;
- (9) Status of remedial or corrective actions taken;
- (10) Updated financial assurance documentation as required in Subpart 14 of this part, Financial Assurance Criteria;
- (11) Revised or updated facility closure plan in accordance with the requirements contained in Subpart 13 of this part, Closure and Post-Closure Care; and
- (12) Any other items that affect compliance at the landfill.