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TITLE 30ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
PART 1TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
CHAPTER 330MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE
SUBCHAPTER BPERMIT AND REGISTRATION APPLICATION PROCEDURES
RULE §330.63Contents of Part III of the Application

    (B) documentation that the small MSW landfill facility receives for disposal an annual average of less than 20 tons per day of authorized types of waste in a Type IAE landfill unit and/or less than 20 tons per day of authorized types of waste in a Type IVAE landfill unit for a total waste acceptance rate less than 40 tons per day for the facility, based upon the most recent four reporting quarters or a certification that programs have been put in place, or will be implemented, to reduce the annual average to less than 20 tons per day based on an annual average for each landfill unit type within one year;

    (C) documentation that there are no practicable waste management alternatives available. The documentation shall demonstrate one of the following:

      (i) additional costs of available alternatives are estimated to exceed 1.0% of the owner's or operating community's budget for all public services;

      (ii) haul distances to alternative sites are unreasonably long; or

      (iii) all other alternatives are not feasible to implement, given the community location and economic condition; and

    (D) documentation that the small MSW landfill unit receives less than or equal to 25 inches of average annual precipitation as determined from precipitation data for the nearest official precipitation recording station for the most recent 30-year reporting period.

  (6) Type V mobile liquid waste processing units. The owner or operator shall provide the following:

    (A) documentation of affirmative local government approval or acceptance of the mobile unit operation, including conformity with local ordinances, local rules, or requirements set forth by the treatment facility for the discharge, including local limits, zoning restrictions, permits, licenses, authorizations, etc. These regulations do not grant authorization for operation of mobile liquid waste processing units in noncompliance with local government ordinances and regulations or without the express approval of the local wastewater authority. Discharge from a mobile liquid waste processing unit is allowed only at selected disposal points selected by the local treatment facility permitted under Texas Water Code, Chapter 26, so that they can be monitored by the local treatment facility; and

    (B) written approval from the receiving treatment facility permitted under Texas Water Code, Chapter 26.

  (7) Type IX energy, material, gas recovery for beneficial use, or landfill mining waste processing units. The owner or operator shall provide:

    (A) For wastes to be excavated, a test pit evaluation report prepared by an engineer. Prior approval of a test pit plan must be obtained from the executive director before excavation of test pits including location and depth of all test pits, including a discussion and information on the following:

      (i) a description of the characteristics of waste observed in test pits excavated on the site to include the percent of paper, plastics, ferrous metal, other metal, glass, other constituents, and soil fraction by weight;

      (ii) a design for the test pits to extend four feet beneath the waste or to a depth authorized by the executive director and information submitted to include a Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP) of the soil to characterize the soil beneath the site. Liners if present shall not be disrupted;

      (iii) a TCLP analysis of each representative type of waste excavated. Additionally, waste excavated from each test pit must be analyzed for asbestos and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Consideration should be given to the analysis of waste material from each test pit for hazardous waste constituents;

      (iv) a determination as to a sufficient number of test pits to establish the properties of the waste. A site of five acres or less must have a minimum of three test pits. Sites larger than five acres must have three test pits plus one for every additional five acres or fraction of an acre. The number of test pits shall be approved by the executive director prior to making the pits. The test pits should be sufficiently large enough to provide representative information;

      (v) a description of how all test pits will be backfilled with clean high plasticity or low plasticity clay. The excavation shall be backfilled to exceed the existing grade and provide positive drainage;

      (vi) a cross-section drawing using the information from the test pits to depict the top and bottom elevations of the landfill;

      (vii) a plan view map depicting the location and extent (vertical and lateral) of the waste unit and proposed extent of mining/recovery operations. In areas with liners, mining operations should not extend below the top of the protective cover of the liner. In areas where no liner exists, excavation operations may extend below the waste;

      (viii) an evaluation of historical records of landfill operations, where available, to determine such things as hazardous waste potential, receipt of special waste, types of waste received, special waste disposal areas, construction or demolition waste disposal areas, methane and leachate records, age, volume, disposal methods, existence of liners, gas collection systems, and leachate collection systems; and

      (ix) a description of how all waste removed in test pit evaluation will be disposed of in a permitted landfill;

    (B) a process description to include:

      (i) a list of the typical materials intended for processing along with the anticipated volume to be processed. This description shall also contain an estimate of the daily quantity of material to be processed at the facility along with a description of the proposed process of screening for hazardous materials;

      (ii) the methods of excavating the buried waste materials. The owner or operator shall indicate how the material will be handled, how long it will remain in the area, what equipment will be used, how the material will be moved from the excavation area, how the excavation area will be held to a minimum, the maximum side slopes in buried waste, and the maximum excavation area at any one time. The owner or operator shall provide the sequence of excavation;

      (iii) the processes used to recover reusable or recyclable material or energy. The narrative shall include any water addition, processing rates, equipment, and mass balance or energy balance calculations;

      (iv) how any process water will be handled and disposed of if a wet mining process is to be used;

      (v) a complete narrative on product distribution to include items such as disposition of material or energy recovered and probable use of soils on site and off site; and

      (vi) a process diagram that depicts the general process;

    (C) a description of liner system used for excavated waste storage, processing, and screening areas to control seepage and runoff. The liner shall be covered with a material designed to withstand normal traffic from the processing operations; and

    (D) a description of how waste excavation activities will comply with the minimum design and operation requirements of:

      (i) §330.149 (relating to Odor Management Plan);

      (ii) §330.151 (relating to Disease Vector Control);

      (iii) §330.165 (relating to Landfill Cover); and

      (iv) §330.167 (relating to Ponded Water).

  (8) Compost units. The owner or operator shall provide:

    (A) for mechanical composting systems, a detailed engineering description of the system and the manufacturer's performance data;

    (B) facility layout, including calculations for area requirements;

    (C) a description of the movement of the material as it leaves the tipping area indicating how the material is incorporated into the composting process and what handling techniques are used all the way through to the post-processing area. The narrative must include:

      (i) processing rates;

      (ii) equipment;

      (iii) mass balance calculations;

      (iv) use of bulking agents, moisture control, or feed amendments;

      (v) process monitoring methods;

      (vi) temperature range and resident time;

      (vii) storage of compost for curing after the primary composting operation; and

      (viii) provision for additional drying and screening;

    (D) a narrative on the post-processing process, including post-processing times, identification and segregation of product, storage of product, and quality assurance and quality control; and

    (E) a narrative on product distribution including items such as end-product quantities, anticipated final grades, packaging, labeling, loading, marketing, distribution, tracking, and delivery of composted material.

  (9) Type VI waste processing demonstration facilities.

    (A) The facility size shall be limited to a liquid waste processing rate no greater than 10,000 gallons per day.

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