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TITLE 30ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
PART 1TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
CHAPTER 330MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE
SUBCHAPTER DOPERATIONAL STANDARDS FOR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILL FACILITIES
RULE §330.127Site Operating Plan

A site operating plan must include provisions for site management and the site operating personnel to meet the general and site-specific requirements of this subchapter. A site operating plan must be retained during the active life of the facility and throughout the post-closure care maintenance period. A site operating plan must include the following:

  (1) a description of functions and minimum qualifications for each category of key personnel to be employed at the facility and for the supervisory personnel in the chain of command;

  (2) a description, including the minimum number, size, type, and function, of the equipment to be utilized at the facility based on the estimated waste acceptance rate and other operational requirements, and a description of the provisions for back-up equipment during periods of breakdown or maintenance of this listed equipment;

  (3) a description of the general instructions that the operating personnel shall follow concerning the operational requirements of this subchapter;

  (4) identification of applicable training requirements under §335.586(a) and (c) of this title (relating to Personnel Training) that shall be followed;

  (5) procedures for the detection and prevention of the disposal of prohibited wastes, including regulated hazardous waste as defined in 40 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 261, and of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) wastes as defined in accordance with 40 CFR Part 761 unless authorized by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The detection and prevention program must include the following:

    (A) procedures to be used by the owner or operator to control the receipt of prohibited waste. The procedures must include the random inspections of incoming loads and must include the inspection of compactor vehicles. In addition to the random inspections, trained staff shall observe each load that is disposed at the landfill;

    (B) records of all inspections;

    (C) training for appropriate facility personnel responsible for inspecting or observing loads to recognize prohibited waste;

    (D) notification to the executive director, and any local pollution agency with jurisdiction that has requested to be notified, of any incident involving the receipt or disposal of regulated hazardous waste or PCB waste at the landfill; and

    (E) provisions for the remediation of the incident; and

  (6) general instructions required to be included in the site operating plan by other sections of this subchapter.


Source Note: The provisions of this §330.127 adopted to be effective March 27, 2006, 31 TexReg 2502

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