Authority: IC 13-14-8-7; IC 13-15; IC 13-19-3

Affected: IC 13-18; IC 13-20; IC 36-9-30

Sec. 15. (a) This section applies to cover storage sites and borrow pits located within real property boundaries of the MSWLF.

(b) The owner, operator, or permittee shall grade cover storage sites and borrow pits to:

1. (1) minimize erosion;
2. (2) minimize sedimentation off of the property boundaries;
3. (3) promote surface water drainage;
4. (4) minimize the ponding of water, unless ponding in a borrow pit is done for sedimentation purposes or planned construction of a lake; and
5. (5) minimize blowing soil.

(c) Vegetation must be cleared only as necessary.

(d) Roads at the cover storage sites and borrow pits must be constructed and maintained in such a way as to minimize the tracking of mud or soil material from the site onto access roads. The owner, operator, or permittee shall provide and maintain equipment to remove any such mud or soil material that is tracked onto access roads. Mud or soil material tracked onto access roads must either be collected and returned on-site or removed.

(e) The use of water to control dust or remove mud or soil material from an on-site road surface or an access road must not result in the discharge of sediment directly to surface water. Dust must be controlled by effective means so that it does not constitute or contribute to a nuisance, a health hazard, or a safety hazard.

(f) Topsoil must be removed in a separate layer prior to preparation of an area for disposal or other surface disturbances. If the topsoil is not promptly redistributed as cover, it must be stockpiled and temporarily vegetated as soon as weather conditions permit or otherwise protected from:

1. (1) wind and water erosion;
2. (2) unnecessary compaction; and
3. (3) contaminants;

that lessen the capability of materials to support vegetation when redistributed on the site.

(g) When the owner, operator, or permittee is finished with a cover storage site or borrow pits, the slope must not be greater than thirty-three percent (33%).

(Solid Waste Management Division; 329 IAC 10-20-15; filed Mar 14, 1996, 5:00 p.m.: 19 IR 1849; filed Mar 19, 1998, 11:07 a.m.: 21 IR 2787; filed Aug 2, 1999, 11:50 a.m.: 22 IR 3830; readopted filed Jan 10, 2001, 3:25 p.m.: 24 IR 1535; readopted filed Oct 16, 2024, 11:58 a.m.: 20241113-IR-329230812RFA)