Arkansas Administrative Code

8 CAR § 60-427. Surface water control. (a) Applicability. Each landfill shall design and implement a system to control surface water at the facility in accordance with the minimum standards set forth in this section. (b) Surface water control requirements. (1) Design of permanent…

8 CAR § 60-428. Liner and final cover design and construction. (a) Quality assurance plans. (1) Bottom, sidewall liners, and final covers, both synthetic and clay components, shall be constructed in accordance with written quality assurance plans. (2) The plan or plans shall be m…

8 CAR § 60-429. Leachate collection system design and construction. (a) System requirements. (1) Leachate collection systems shall be designed and installed to facilitate dewatering of the waste mass and disposal area. (2) The systems shall be designed to limit the maximum leacha…

8 CAR § 60-430. Earthwork balance. (a) Quantity summaries. (1) The narrative shall include a tabulation of excavation and material quantities required to construct the facility as designed. (2) The tabulation descriptions shall correlate with plan cross sections, e.g., clay liner…

8 CAR § 60-431. Landfill configuration. (a) Applicability. This section applies to the design and operation of all landfills. (b) Slopes. (1) Finished grades of the landfill cap shall be selected to minimize standing water and erosion. (2) The design shall at a minimum consider t…

Chapter references. Applicants, permittees, owners, or operators shall also refer to applicable provisions of Subpart 11 of this part, Geotechnical and Hydrogeological Investigations, Subpart 12 of this part, Ground Water Monitoring and Corrective Action, Subpart 13 of this part,…

8 CAR § 60-501. Location restrictions. Responsibility of applicant. Applicants for a permit for a solid waste disposal, collection, and processing facility shall be responsible for selection of the proposed site subject to the provisions of 8 CAR §§ 60-502 – 60-509.

8 CAR § 60-502. Airport safety. (a) Putrescible waste facilities. (1) This section applies only to Class 3 landfills that dispose of or propose to dispose of putrescible wastes. (2) A facility or practice disposing of putrescible wastes that may attract birds and which occurs wit…

8 CAR § 60-503. Floodplains. (a) Applicability. Solid waste facilities shall be designed and operated in a manner that will not: (1) Restrict the flow of the base flood; (2) Reduce the temporary water storage capacity of the floodplain; or (3) Result in washout of solid waste so …

8 CAR § 60-504. Wetlands. Applicability. New Class 3 landfills, expansions to the area permitted for waste disposal, and portions of the permitted area which have not been constructed shall not be located in wetlands unless the owner or operator can make the demonstration in 8 CA…

8 CAR § 60-505. Fault areas. Applicability. New Class 3 landfills and expansions to the area permitted for waste disposal shall not be located within two hundred feet (200’) (sixty meters (60 m)) of a fault that has had displacement in Holocene time unless the owner or operator d…

8 CAR § 60-506. Seismic impact zones. Applicability. New Class 3 landfills and expansions to the area permitted for waste disposal shall not be located in seismic impact zones unless the owner or operator demonstrates to the Director of the Division of Environmental Quality that …

8 CAR § 60-507. Unstable areas. Applicability. Owners or operators of new Class 3 landfills and expansions of the area permitted for waste disposal must demonstrate that engineering measures have been incorporated into the unit's design to ensure that the integrity of the structu…

8 CAR § 60-508. Separation distances and buffer zones. (a) New facilities and expansions. Applicants for new Class 3 landfills and expansions to the permitted area shall comply with the following minimum separation distances and buffer zones as measured from the proposed active p…

8 CAR § 60-509. Endangered species. (a) Applicability. This section applies to: (1) Existing landfills; (2) New landfills; and (3) Expansions to permitted facilities. (b) Species threat. Solid waste facilities and practices shall not cause or contribute to the taking of any endan…

8 CAR § 60-510. General operating requirements. (a) Conformance with permit documents. All operations at the landfill shall be in accordance with the requirements of this subpart, the permit, and the approved plans and operating plan and narrative. (b) Operator licensing requirem…

8 CAR § 60-511. Procedures for excluding the receipt of hazardous and unauthorized waste. (a) Program requirements. (1) Owners or operators shall implement a program at the facility for detecting and preventing the disposal of regulated hazardous wastes and polychlorinated biphen…

8 CAR § 60-512. Cover material requirements. (a) Daily cover. The owners or operators of all Class 3 landfills must cover disposed solid waste with six inches (6”) of earthen material at the end of each operating day, or at more frequent intervals if necessary, to control disease…

8 CAR § 60-513. Disease vector control. Applicability. Owners or operators of all permitted facilities must prevent or control on-site populations of disease vectors using techniques appropriate for the protection of human health and the environment.

8 CAR § 60-514. Explosive gases control. (a) Applicability. The concentration of explosive gases generated by the facility shall not exceed: (1) Twenty-five percent (25%) of the lower explosive limit for the gases in facility structures (excluding gas control or recovery system c…

8 CAR § 60-515. Air criteria. (a) Applicability. Owners or operators of all permitted facilities must ensure that the units do not violate any applicable requirements developed under a State Implementation Plan (SIP) approved or promulgated by the Administrator of the United Stat…

8 CAR § 60-516. Access requirements. (a) Applicability. Owners or operators of all permitted facilities must control public access and prevent unauthorized vehicular traffic and illegal dumping of wastes by using artificial barriers, natural barriers, or both, as appropriate to p…

8 CAR § 60-517. Run-on/run-off control systems. (a) Class 3 commercial requirements. Class 3 commercial landfills shall design, construct, and maintain run-on and run-off control systems meeting the requirements of 8 CAR § 60-418 for Class 1 landfills. (b) Class 3 noncommercial r…

8 CAR § 60-518. Surface water requirements. (a) General requirements. All Class 3 landfills shall not: (1) Cause a discharge of pollutants into waters of the United States, including wetlands, that violates any requirements of the Clean Water Act, including, but not limited to, t…

8 CAR § 60-519. Liquids restrictions. (a) Applicability. Bulk or noncontainerized liquid waste may not be placed in landfills unless the waste is leachate or gas condensate derived from the unit and the unit is designed with a composite liner and leachate collection system. (b) M…

8 CAR § 60-520. Recordkeeping requirements. (a) General requirements. The owner or operator must record and retain near the facility in an operating record or in an alternative location approved by the Director of the Division of Environmental Quality the following information as…

8 CAR § 60-521. Operating plan and narrative. (a) Applicability. (1) Each permitted facility shall develop and implement an operating plan and narrative. (2) The purpose of the operating plan and narrative shall be to develop and present site-specific methods and procedures by wh…

8 CAR § 60-522. Annual Engineering Inspection Reports. (a) Annual inspection. A professional engineer registered in the State of Arkansas shall inspect each permitted Class 3 facility and prepare a report addressing: (1) Operational compliance with permit conditions; (2) Permit p…

8 CAR § 60-523. Ground water standards for solid waste facilities and practices. (a) Applicability. A facility or practice shall not contaminate an underground drinking water source beyond the solid waste boundary or beyond an alternative boundary specified in accordance with sub…

8 CAR § 60-524. Minimum design criteria. (a) Applicability. Unless provided otherwise, the requirements of this section as well as 8 CAR §§ 60-525 and 60-528 – 60-532 shall apply only to: (1) Newly permitted facilities; (2) Increases in the permitted capacity or disposal area; or…

8 CAR § 60-525. Class 3 commercial landfills in Boone and St. Joe Formations. Applicability. New Class 3 commercial landfills and expansions to the area permitted for waste disposal shall be designed and constructed to the standards set forth in 8 CAR § 60-425 for landfills locat…

8 CAR § 60-526. Survey control. A survey control system shall be established and maintained at each landfill in accordance with 8 CAR § 60-426.

8 CAR § 60-527. Surface water control. Applicability. In addition to the requirements of 8 CAR §§ 60-517 and 60-518, each landfill shall design and implement a system to control surface water at the facility in accordance with the minimum standards set forth in 8 CAR §§ 60-517 an…

8 CAR § 60-528. Liner and final cover design and construction. Quality assurance plan. Written quality assurance plans shall conform to the requirements of 8 CAR § 60-428.

8 CAR § 60-529. Leachate collection system design and construction. Applicability. The design and construction of leachate collection systems shall conform to the requirements of 8 CAR § 60-429.

8 CAR § 60-530. Earthwork balance. Applicability. Applicants for new landfills and expansions to the permitted area shall provide an earthwork balance in accordance with the requirements of 8 CAR § 60-430.

8 CAR § 60-531. Landfill configuration. Applicability. Applicants for new landfills and expansions to the permitted area shall comply with the landfill configuration requirements of 8 CAR § 60-431.

8 CAR § 60-532. Class 3 monofills. (a) Design standards. Class 3 monofills shall be designed and constructed to the standards for Class 3 noncommercial landfills set forth in this subpart. (b) Compliance with Rule Number 14. Waste tire handling, processing, recycling, and disposa…

8 CAR § 60-533. Other requirements. Applicants, permittees, owners, and operators shall also refer to applicable provisions of Subpart 11 of this part, Geotechnical and Hydrogeological Investigations, Subpart 12 of this part, Ground Water Monitoring and Corrective Action, Subpart…

8 CAR § 60-601. Location restrictions. Applicability. Applicants for a permit for a solid waste disposal, collection, and processing facility shall be responsible for selection of the proposed site subject to the provisions of 8 CAR §§ 60-602 – 60-606. Solid waste disposal facili…

8 CAR § 60-602. Floodplains. (a) Floodplains. Solid waste facilities and practices shall be designed and operated in a manner that will not: (1) Restrict the flow of the base flood; (2) Reduce the temporary water storage capacity of the floodplain; or (3) Result in washout of sol…

8 CAR § 60-603. Wetlands. Demonstration required. New Class 4 landfills and expansions to the area permitted for waste disposal shall not be located in wetlands, unless the owner or operator can make the demonstration in 8 CAR § 60-404 to the Director of the Division of Environme…

8 CAR § 60-604. Unstable areas. (a) Applicability. Owners or operators of new Class 4 landfills and expansions of the area permitted for waste disposal must demonstrate that engineering measures have been incorporated into the unit's design to ensure that the integrity of the str…

8 CAR § 60-605. Separation distances and buffer zones. (a) New facilities and expansions. Applicants for new Class 4 landfills and expansions to the permitted area shall comply with the following minimum separation distances and buffer zones as measured from the proposed active p…

8 CAR § 60-606. Endangered species. (a) Prohibition against taking. Solid waste facilities and practices shall not cause or contribute to the taking of any endangered or threatened species of plants, fish, or wildlife. (b) Destruction of habitat. The facility or practice shall no…

8 CAR § 60-607. General operating requirements. (a) Conformance with permit documents. All operations at the landfill shall be in accordance with the permit, approved plans, and operating plan and narrative and all other applicable rules. (b) Operator licensing. All operations sh…

8 CAR § 60-608. Procedures for excluding the receipt of hazardous and unauthorized waste. (a) Applicability. Owners or operators shall perform periodic inspections of incoming loads and shall notify the Director of the Division of Environmental Quality of the delivery or attempte…