Minnesota Administrative Rules

9220.0500 CLOSURE PROCEDURES.

Subpart 1.

Time for completion of closure.

Unless otherwise approved in a waste tire facility closure plan, the owner or operator shall within 90 days complete the closure procedures of subpart 2.

Subp. 2.

Closure procedures.

If the conditions of part 9220.0490, subpart 1, exist, the owner or operator shall:

A.

close public access to the facility;

B.

post a gate notice indicating to the public that the facility is closed and indicating the nearest facility where waste tires can be deposited;

C.

notify the agency, local units of government, local land use authorities, and fire and health authorities of the closing of the facility;

D.

remove all solid waste to a permitted solid waste facility;

E.

remove all waste tires to a waste tire processing facility that has a permit or provisional status;

F.

remove all tire-derived products to a market; and

G.

notify the commissioner when the closure activities are completed.

Subp. 3.

Acceptance of removed tires.

If a waste tire processing facility is not available to accept the waste tires removed under subpart 2, item E, the commissioner shall approve shipment of the waste tires to a waste tire storage or transfer facility willing and able to accept the waste tires.

Subp. 4.

Certification of closure.

After receiving certification from the owner or operator of the facility that the closure procedures have been completed in accordance with subpart 2, the commissioner shall inspect the facility site. If all procedures have been correctly completed, the commissioner shall verify that the facility has been closed in compliance with parts 9220.0440 to 9220.0500, and that all duties established by parts 9220.0440 to 9220.0500, and by the facility permit, have been discharged.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 115A.914

History:

12 SR 2513; L 1999 c 73 s 5

Published Electronically:

October 2, 2007