Any person who operates a solid waste landfill shall operate said landfill in conformance with the MPCA solid waste management rules, Minn. Rules. Ch. 7035, as amended, the Solid Waste Management Section of the Office of Environmental Assistance Development Guide, and comply with the following operating regulations.
(A) Open burning. Open burning of solid waste is prohibited. No scavenging shall be allowed.
(B) Minimizing leachate. Solid waste shall be deposited in such a manner (utilizing sound engineering and design methods) so as to minimize or prevent leachate production and movement that may cause surface and/or ground water contamination.
(C) Waste tire prohibition. The disposal of waste tires is prohibited in any solid waste landfill.
(D) Acceptance of solid waste from licensed haulers. A solid waste landfill shall immediately notify the department if the facility has accepted solid waste from a solid waste collection and transportation vehicle that is not licensed pursuant to this chapter, unless the vehicle is not required to be licensed pursuant to this chapter.
(E) Uniform reporting. The licensee shall submit in a timely manner the following reports to the department as prescribed by the county.
(1) Quarterly operating report. Each quarter, the licensee shall submit an operating report to the department on a form prescribed by the department. Quarterly reports shall be due on the fifteenth day of April, July, October and January and include the following information for each of the three preceding months:
(a) Tons of solid waste received. Tonnage shall be determined by subtracting the tare weight of vehicles and/or conveyances from the gross weight of the vehicles and/or conveyances as measured on the landfill scale.
(b) Number of incoming loads accepted at the facility.
(c) Identification of rejected, recycled and unacceptable waste, the weight or volume and type of rejected, recycled and unacceptable waste, and the destination of rejected, recycled and unacceptable waste.
(d) Other information as determined by the department that is required by this chapter to be kept by the facility.
(2) Annual report. The landfill operator shall submit to the county a copy of its annual report to the MPCA. At a minimum, the following information shall be included in or submitted with the annual report:
(a) Yearly totals for tons of solid waste received. Tonnage shall be determined as described in division (E)(1)(a) above.
(b) The landfill capacity in cubic yards utilized during the same period and the landfill capacity in cubic yards remaining at the close of the reporting period in accordance with MPCA permitted capacity.
(c) A plan describing a reuse/recycling program at the facility to minimize the amount of waste landfilled.
(3) Surface and ground water monitoring report. A surface and ground water monitoring report shall include the certified analytical data for representative samples taken from all established monitoring stations for those physical and chemical parameters required by the department and the MPCA as well as all other data required by the department.
(4) Methane monitoring report. If requested by written notice from the department, a methane monitoring report shall include all required data from established monitoring stations and methane recovery facilities.
(5) Leachate monitoring report. If requested by written notice from the department, a leachate monitoring report shall include all required data from established monitoring stations and leachate collection and treatment facilities.
(Ord. 22-2, passed 10-25-2022)