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Indiana Administrative Code (Last Updated: December 20, 2016) |
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Title 329. SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DIVISION |
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Article 329IAC10. SOLID WASTE LAND DISPOSAL FACILITIES |
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Rule 329IAC10-22. Municipal Solid Waste Landfills; Closure Requirements |
Section 329IAC10-22-5. Completion of closure and final cover
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(a) The owner, operator, or permittee of an MSWLF shall complete closure activities and complete application of final cover within one hundred eighty (180) days on any area in the MSWLF as approved in the closure plan that:
(1) has received the area's final waste volume; or
(2) is filled to the area's final approved waste elevation.
(b) Upon application for an extension by the owner, operator, or permittee, a one (1) time extension of the closure period may be granted by the commissioner if the owner, operator, or permittee demonstrates that closure will, by necessity, take longer than one hundred eighty (180) days and the owner, operator, or permittee has taken and will continue to take all steps to prevent threats to human health or the environment. The extension of the closure period must not be longer than three hundred sixty-five (365) days immediately following the one hundred eighty (180) days of the original closure period. (Solid Waste Management Division; 329 IAC 10-22-5; filed Mar 14, 1996, 5:00 p.m.: 19 IR 1883; filed Mar 19, 1998, 11:07 a.m.: 21 IR 2813; filed Aug 2, 1999, 11:50 a.m.: 22 IR 3860; filed Feb 9, 2004, 4:51 p.m.: 27 IR 1856, eff Apr 1, 2004)