1. (a) The permittee shall complete a feasibility study prior to seeking approval to conduct any landfill reclamation activities.

2. (b) The scope-of-work for the feasibility study shall include:

   1. (1) The reclamation project goals;

   2. (2) Provisions for a review of existing background information to include:

      1. a. Site inspections and personnel interviews;
      2. b. Operating history and waste receipt records;
      3. c. Analytical data and engineering records; and
      4. d. Permittee, facility owner, property owner, facility operator, host municipality, host solid waste district, and department records;

   3. (3) A proposed field investigation to include:

      1. a. A site plan showing the location of all proposed work areas;
      2. b. The proposed number and location of all test borings, trenches, and test pits, and their estimated depth and volume;
      3. c. A description of all excavation and materials handling operations;
      4. d. A description of all material quantification methods, laboratory analyses, test burns, and other tests or methods that will be used to characterize and estimate the quantities of recyclable materials, soils, combustibles, and other reclaimed materials;
      5. e. A plan for the repair of any disturbance or damage to the landfill and associated infrastructure, including the capping system and groundwater monitoring wells; and
      6. f. A plan for the protection of all existing landfill components including liners, leachate collection systems, active or passive decomposition gas collection and control systems, stormwater management systems, and other landfill infrastructure;
   4. (4) A proposed work schedule that includes the intended starting date of the field investigation and the discrete field activities to be performed; and
   5. (5) A contingency plan as described in Env-Sw 808.05.

3. (c) No later than 90-days following completion of the field investigation, the permittee shall submit a report to the department documenting the results of the feasibility study which shall include the following:

   1. (1) A summary of existing background information;

   2. (2) The results of the field investigation, including:

      1. a. The results of all sampling and analyses performed on excavated materials;
      2. b. The logs of all excavations, including test pits and test borings, and a site plan showing the locations and identification of each such excavation; and
      3. c. The composition and relative quantities of excavated materials, including recyclable materials, combustibles, soils, and other materials such as asbestos waste;
   3. (3) An evaluation of the suitability of the excavated materials for reuse or recycling, the need for further processing and the expected final disposition of all materials reclaimed from the landfill as well as the final disposition of any waste materials not reclaimed;
   4. (4) An assessment of potential landfill reclamation costs and if applicable following reclamation activities, the revised landfill closure costs estimated in accordance with Env-Sw 1400;
   5. (5) Identification and assessment of the potential impacts associated with landfill reclamation, including potential pathways for nuisance conditions and off-site contamination, and methods for mitigating impacts associated with landfill reclamation; and
   6. (6) An evaluation of the reclamation project goals and a determination if landfill reclamation is feasible at the subject facility.

Source. #5172, eff 7-1-91; amd by #5297, eff 12-24-91; ss by #6535, INTERIM, eff 7-1-97, EXPIRES: 10-29-97; ss by #6619-B, eff 10-29-97; (See Revision Note at chapter heading for Env-Sw 800); ss by #8459, eff 10-28-05 (formerly Env-Wm 2508.03); ss by #10597, eff 7-1-14; ss by #14156, eff 12-21-24