(A) Not later than eighteen months after this article is effective, the department shall promulgate, in addition to regulations generally applicable to all solid waste management facilities, regulations governing the siting, design, construction, operation, closure, and postclosure activities of facilities which receive solid waste for processing. The department may, by regulation, exempt certain facilities from all or part of the requirements of this section.
(B) All new processing facilities must comply with the requirements of this section. The department shall establish a schedule for existing facilities to come into compliance with the requirements of this section.
(C) The regulations governing solid waste processing facilities shall, at a minimum, contain the following requirements:
(1) the submission by the permit applicant of the following documents:
(a) an engineering report which must, at a minimum, contain a description of the facility, the process and equipment to be used, the proposed service area, the types and quantities of waste to be processed, and a description of existing site conditions;
(b) complete construction plans and specifications;
(c) a design report;
(d) a personnel training program;
(e) an identification of possible air releases and groundwater and surface water discharges;
(f) a waste control plan describing the manner in which waste from the processing activities will be managed. The plan must, at a minimum, identify the facilities to be approved by the department that will receive the waste and a certification that such facilities have adequate capacity to manage the waste;
(g) a quality assurance and quality control report;
(h) a contingency plan describing the action to be taken in response to contingencies which could occur during operation of the facility;
(i) an operation plan describing how the facility will meet all applicable regulatory requirements;
(j) a draft operation and maintenance manual;
(k) a closure plan; and
(l) a description of the restrictions, if any, that the facility places on the materials it receives for processing and a statement explaining the need for such restrictions;
(2) locational criteria; provided, however, that the department shall grant exemptions from such criteria upon a demonstration by the permit applicant of circumstances which warrant an exemption;
(3) facility design and operational requirements including, but not limited to, access controls, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, receipt and handling of solid waste, process changes, emergency preparedness, and guidelines for identifying items or materials that may not be accepted for processing;
(4) monitoring requirements including, at a minimum, air quality monitoring and analysis, groundwater and surface water quality monitoring and analysis, and product quality testing and analysis;