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NATURAL RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS STATUTES and IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS

(g) Provision of maintained access road;

(h) Controlled waste picking and trading;

(i) Post-closure site cover and vegetation; and

(j) Hydrogeological siting.

SECTION 40. Criteria for Siting a Sanitary Landfill. — The

following shall be the minimum criteria for the siting of

sanitary landfills:

(a) The site selected must be consistent with the overall

land use plan of the LGU;

(b) The site must be accessible from major roadways or

thoroughfares;

(c) The site should have an adequate quantity of earth

cover material that is easily handled and compacted;

(d)

The

site

must

be

chosen

with

regard

for the

sensitivities of the community's residents;

(e) The site must be located in an area where the

landfill's

operation

will

not

detrimentally

affect

environmentally

sensitive

resources such as aquifer,

groundwater reservoir or watershed area;

(f) The site should be large enough to accommodate the

community's wastes for a period of five (5) years during

which

people

must

internalize

the

value

of

environmentally

sound

and

sustainable

solid

waste

disposal;

(g) The site chosen should facilitate developing a landfill

that will satisfy budgetary constraints, including site

development,

operation

for

many

years,

closure,

post-closure care and possible remediation costs;

(h)

Operating

plans

must

include

provisions

for

coordinating

with

recycling

and

resource

recovery

projects; and

(i)

Designation

of

a separate containment area for

household hazardous wastes.

SECTION

41.

Criteria

for

Establishment

of

Sanitary

Landfill. — The following shall be the minimum criteria

for the establishment of sanitary landfills:

(a) Liners — a system of clay layers and/or geosynthetic

membranes used to contain leachate and reduce or

prevent contaminant flow to groundwater;

(b)

Leachate

collection

and

treatment

system

—

installation of pipes at the low areas of the liner to collect

leachate

for

storage

and

eventual

treatment

and

discharge;

(c) Gas control and recovery system — a series of vertical

wells

or

horizontal

trenches

containing

permeable

materials and perforated piping placed in the landfill to

collect gas for treatment or productive use as an energy

source;

(d) Groundwater monitoring well system — wells placed

at an appropriate location and depth for taking water

samples that are representative of groundwater quality;

(e) Cover — two (2) forms of cover consisting of soil and

geosynthetic

materials

to

protect

the

waste

from

long-term contact with the environment:

(i) a daily cover placed over the waste at the close of each

day's operations, and

(ii) a final cover, or cap, which is the material placed over

the completed landfill to control infiltration of water, gas

emission to the atmosphere, and erosion.

(f)

Closure

procedure

—

with

the

objectives

of

establishing low maintenance cover systems and final

cover that minimizes the infiltration of precipitation into

the

waste.

Installation

of

the

final

cover

must be

completed within six (6) months of the last receipt of

wastes; and

(g) Post-closure care procedure — During this period, the

landfill owner shall be responsible for providing for the

general upkeep of the landfill, maintaining all of the

landfill's environmental protection features, operating

monitoring

equipment,

remediating

groundwater

should it become contaminated and controlling landfill

gas migration or emission.

SECTION 42. Operating Criteria for Sanitary Landfills. —

In the operation of a sanitary landfill, each site operator

shall

maintain

the

following

minimum

operating

requirements:

(a) Disposal site records of, but not limited to:

(1) Records of weights or volumes accepted in a form and

manner approved by the Department. Such records shall

be submitted to the Department upon request, accurate

to within ten percent (10%) and adequate for overall

planning purposes and forecasting the rate of site filling;

(2) Records of excavations which may affect the safe and

proper

operation

of

the

site

or

cause

damage

to

adjoining properties;

(3) Daily log book or file of the following information:

fires,

landslides,

earthquake

damage,

unusual

and

sudden

settlement,

injury

and

property

damage,

accidents, explosions, receipt or rejection of unpermitted

wastes, flooding, and other unusual occurrences;

(4) Record of personnel training; and

(5) Copy of written notification to the Department, local

health agency, and fire authority of names, addresses

and telephone numbers of the operator or responsible

party of the site;

(b) Water quality monitoring of surface and ground

waters and effluent, and gas emissions;

(c) Documentation of approvals, determinations and

other requirements by the Department;

(d) Signs —

(1) Each point of access from a public road shall be

posted with an easily visible sign indicating the facility

name and other pertinent information as required by the

Department;

(2) If the site is open to the public, there shall be an easily

visible sign at the primary entrance of the site indicating

the name of the site operator, the operator's telephone

number, and hours of operation, an easily visible sign at

an appropriate point shall indicate the schedule of

charges and the general types of materials which will

either be accepted or not;

(3) If the site is open to the public, there shall be an easily

visible road sign and/or traffic control measures which

direct traffic to the active face and other areas where

wastes or recyclable materials will be deposited; and

(4) Additional signs and/or measures may be required at

a disposal site by the Department to protect personnel

and public health and safety;

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