11-4-1540 Reports.

   Owners or operators of sanitary landfills, incinerators, resource recovery facilities, or liquid waste handling facilities in the City of Chicago who are required to file with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency or the Illinois Pollution Control Board any report or plan pursuant to regulation of that authority shall maintain a copy of each report or plan so filed on the premises within the corporate limits of the City. Said reports or plans shall be available to the Commissioner or the Commissioner’s authorized agent for inspection at all times during normal business hours and upon reasonable notice at other times to ensure compliance with this chapter. Owners or operators of sanitary landfills, resource recovery facilities, liquid waste handling facilities, transfer station facilities, and incinerators shall also report monthly, on forms provided by the Commissioner, the total volume in cubic yards of incoming and outgoing waste materials.

(Prior code § 17-6.6; Added Coun. J. 3-8-89, p. 25433; Amend Coun. J. 11-26-19, p. 11390, Art. X, § 3)

11-4-1550 Operational requirements.

   Sanitary landfills permitted under this chapter shall comply with the following requirements:

   (A)   Drainage. Sanitary landfills shall be designed and operated to insure proper drainage, to minimize flooding or standing water and to prevent runoff onto adjacent property and run-on onto the facility.

   (B)   Fill. All solid or liquid waste which is disposed of in a sanitary landfill shall be compacted in layers. The layers of compacted material shall not exceed eight feet in height for each lift. Where the trench system of sanitary landfill is used, successive parallel trenches shall be at least 20 feet apart.

   (C)   Cover. All solid or liquid waste disposed of in a sanitary landfill shall be covered by at least six inches of cover daily or more frequently as specified in the permit. Landfilled materials shall be leveled and spread at sufficient intervals to prevent unsightly appearance or rodent harborage and shall have a final cover compacted to a depth of not less than 24 inches upon closure.

   (D)   Grade. The final grade of each sanitary landfill shall be determined by the commissioner, and each permit for a sanitary landfill issued under this chapter shall specify the grade to which the disposal of waste is authorized.

   (E)   Erosion Control. Erosion control measures shall be implemented once the height of a sanitary landfill reaches ten feet above Chicago City Datum.

   (F)   Monitoring. Groundwater monitoring wells, at least two of which shall be located upgrade from the facility and four of which shall be located downgrade from the facility, shall be sampled quarterly. All samples shall be analyzed and shall be consistent with regulations issued under the Illinois Environmental Protection Act, P. A. 76-2429. The results of such sampling and analyses shall be sent to the commissioner no later than 45 days after sampling.

   (G)   Liners. Each trench or the entire landfill, if the trench system is not used, shall have a liner installed prior to commencement of operation in order to minimize the potential for migration of leachate from the site.

   (H)   Leachate Collection. A leachate collection system shall also be installed prior to commencement of operation. The leachate shall be analyzed by the owner or operator two times per year, and the analyses submitted to the commissioner. Such analyses shall test for all conventional and toxic pollutants designated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under the Federal Clear Water Act.

(Prior code § 17-6.7; Added Coun. J. 3-8-89, p. 25433)

11-4-1560 Screening requirements.

   All Class III recycling facilities, sanitary landfills, incinerators, resource recovery facilities and liquid waste handling facilities, and transfer stations shall be visually screened from view and shall have buffer zones, as provided in the Chicago Zoning Ordinance, Title 17.

(Prior code § 17-6.8; Added Coun. J. 3-8-89, p. 25433; Amend Coun. J. 11-16-11, p. 13798, Art. II, § 6)

11-4-1570 Compliance with other code provisions required.

   Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to relieve any person receiving a permit hereunder from compliance with any other provisions of the Municipal Code.

(Prior code § 17-6.9; Added Coun. J. 3-8-89, p. 25433)

11-4-1580 Inspections – Jurisdiction.

   Inspections of liquid waste handling facilities, recycling facilities, incinerators, resource recovery facilities, sanitary landfills, and transfer stations shall be under the jurisdiction of the commissioner.

(Prior code § 17-6.10; Amend Coun. J. 3-8-89, p. 25433)