70A.540.130 – Fees—Assessment and collection.
RCW 70A.540.130 Fees—Assessment and collection. The department and local authorities may assess and collect such fees as may be necessary to recover the direct and indirect costs associated with the implementation of this chapter. [ 2022 c 179 § 13.]
70A.540.030 – Waste in place report—Calculation of landfill gas heat input capacity.
RCW 70A.540.030 Waste in place report—Calculation of landfill gas heat input capacity. (1) Each owner or operator of an active municipal solid waste landfill having fewer than 450,000 tons of waste in place must submit an annual waste in place report to the department or local authority pursuant to RCW 70A.540.070. (a) The waste in […]
70A.540.040 – Gas collection and control system.
RCW 70A.540.040 Gas collection and control system. (1) The owner or operator of any municipal solid waste landfill that has a calculated landfill gas heat input capacity greater than or equal to 3,000,000 British thermal units per hour recovered must install a gas collection and control system that meets the requirements of this section and […]
70A.540.050 – Methane concentration limits.
RCW 70A.540.050 Methane concentration limits. (1) Except as provided in RCW 70A.540.040, beginning January 1st of the year following the year in which the department adopts rules to implement this chapter, or upon commencing operation of a newly installed gas collection and control system or modification of an existing gas collection and control system pursuant […]
70A.540.060 – Monitoring.
RCW 70A.540.060 Monitoring. (1) The owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill with a gas collection and control system must conduct instantaneous or integrated surface monitoring of the landfill surface according to the requirements specified in implementing rules adopted by the department pursuant to RCW 70A.540.020. (2) The owner or operator of a […]
70A.540.070 – Records and reporting requirements.
RCW 70A.540.070 Records and reporting requirements. (1) The owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill must maintain records and prepare reports as prescribed in this section and in the department’s implementing rules adopted pursuant to RCW 70A.540.020. (2) The owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill must maintain records related to […]
70A.540.080 – Measurements—Test methods.
RCW 70A.540.080 Measurements—Test methods. (1) Any instrument used for the measurement of methane must be a hydrocarbon detector or other equivalent instrument approved by the department or local authority based on standards adopted by the department that address calibration, specifications, and performance criteria. (2) The determination of landfill gas heat input capacity must be calculated […]
70A.540.090 – Gas collection and control system—Capping or removal.
RCW 70A.540.090 Gas collection and control system—Capping or removal. (1) The department or local authority must allow the capping or removal of the gas collection and control system at a closed municipal solid waste landfill, provided the following three requirements are met: (a) The gas collection and control system was in operation for at least […]
70A.540.100 – Alternative compliance measures.
RCW 70A.540.100 Alternative compliance measures. (1) The owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill may request alternatives to the compliance measures, monitoring requirements, and test methods and procedures set forth in RCW 70A.540.040, 70A.540.060, and 70A.540.080, and the department’s implementing rules adopted pursuant to RCW 70A.540.020. Any alternatives requested by the owner or […]
70A.540.110 – Applicability criteria specified in RCW 70A.540.020—Request for demonstration.
RCW 70A.540.110 Applicability criteria specified in RCW 70A.540.020—Request for demonstration. The department or local authority may request that any owner or operator of a municipal solid waste landfill demonstrate that a landfill does not meet the applicability criteria specified in RCW 70A.540.020. Such a demonstration must be submitted to the department or local authority within […]