NAC444.7482. Alternative schedule for complying with monitoring requirements.

     1. A solid waste management authority may establish an alternative schedule for the owners or operators of existing municipal solid waste landfill units or lateral expansions within the area of its jurisdiction to comply with NAC 444.7483 to 444.7499, inclusive. The schedule must ensure that at least 50 percent of all existing municipal solid waste landfill units within the area of its jurisdiction are in compliance by October 9, 1994, and all existing municipal solid waste landfill units within the area of its jurisdiction are in compliance by October 9, 1996. In establishing the schedule for compliance, the solid waste management authority shall consider potential risks posed by the units or lateral expansions to public health and safety and the environment, including the:

     (a) Proximity of persons and environmental conditions that may be affected by those risks;

     (b) Design of the municipal solid waste landfill unit;

     (c) Age of the municipal solid waste landfill unit;

     (d) Size of the municipal solid waste landfill unit;

     (e) Types and quantities of wastes disposed of at the unit, including sewage sludge; and

     (f) Resource value of the underlying aquifer, including:

          (1) Its current and future uses;

          (2) Its proximity and rate of withdrawal of users; and

          (3) The quality and quantity of groundwater.

     2. The solid waste management authority may establish alternative schedules for demonstrating compliance with:

     (a) The provisions of NAC 444.7483 that require notification of the placement of the certification in the operating plan;

     (b) The provisions of NAC 444.7489 relating to:

          (1) Notification and the placement of the notice in the operating record of any statistically significant increase in levels of constituents listed in Appendix I; and

          (2) The program for assessment monitoring;

     (c) The provisions of NAC 444.749 relating to:

          (1) The sampling and analyzing of constituents listed in Appendix II;

          (2) Placement in the operating record of the notice that constituents listed in Appendix II have been detected and notification of that notice; and

          (3) Sampling for constituents listed in Appendix I or II;

     (d) The provisions of NAC 444.7491 relating to notification and the placement of the notice in the operating record of any statistically significant increase above the standard for the protection of groundwater;

     (e) The provisions of NAC 444.7491 and 444.7493 relating to the assessment of corrective measures;

     (f) The provisions of NAC 444.7494 relating to the selection of a remedy and notification of the placement of documents relating to the selection in the operating record; and

     (g) The provisions of NAC 444.7498 and 444.7499 relating to the notification of the placement in the operating record of:

          (1) Alternative measures of corrective action; and

          (2) Certification of the completion of the remedy.

     (Added to NAC by Environmental Comm’n, eff. 11-8-93)