7 Del. Admin. Code § 1302-265-N-265.302

Current through Reigster Vol. 28, No. 6, December 1, 2024

Section 1302-265-N-265.302 - Action leakage rate

(a) The owner or operator of landfill units subject to § 265.301 (a) must submit a proposed action leakage rate to the Secretary when submitting the notice required under § 265.301 (b). Within 60 days of receipt of the notification, the Secretary will: Establish an action leakage rate, either as proposed by the owner or operator or modified using the criteria in this section; or extend the review period for up to 30 days. If no action is taken by the Secretary before the original 60 or extended 90 day review periods, the action leakage rate will be approved as proposed by the owner or operator.

(b) The Secretary shall approve an action leakage rate for landfill units subject to § 265.301 (a). The action leakage rate is the maximum design flow rate that the leak detection system (LDS) can remove without the fluid head on the bottom liner exceeding 1 foot. The action leakage rate must include an adequate safety margin to allow for uncertainties in the design (e.g., slope, hydraulic conductivity, thickness of drainage material), construction, operation, and location of the LDS, waste and leachate characteristics, likelihood and amounts of other sources of liquids in the LDS, and proposed response actions (e.g., the action leakage rate must consider decreases in the flow capacity of the system over time resulting from siltation and clogging, rib layover and creep of synthetic components of the system, overburden pressures, etc.).

(c) To determine if the action leakage rate has been exceeded, the owner or operator must convert the weekly or monthly flow rate from the monitoring data obtained under § 265.304 to an average daily flow rate (gallons per acre per day) for each sump. Unless the Secretary approves a different calculation, the average daily flow rate for each sump must be calculated weekly during the active life and closure period, and monthly during the post-closure care period when monthly monitoring is required under § 265.304 (b).

(Amended August 1, 1995)

7 Del. Admin. Code § 1302-265-N-265.302