N.H. Admin. Code § Env-Sw 404.03

Current through Register No. 50, December 12, 2024

Section Env-Sw 404.03 - Design Features and Appurtenances

(a) The design of a C/S/T facility shall include each of the following features and appurtenances, except as provided in (b) below:

(1) Waste receiving and inspection area(s);

(2) Waste sorting area(s), if facility operations involve the sorting of waste;

(3) Hot load segregation and control area(s);

(4) Waste storage areas and devices including, as appropriate for the type of waste being stored, transfer containers, bins, concrete bunkers, covered pallets, buildings and storage pads for stockpiles;

(5) Equipment required to operate the facility in conformance with the solid waste rules including, as applicable to the size and scope of operations, scales, balers, compactors, mechanical sorting devices, fork lifts, trucks and other vehicles;

(6) Equipment storage and cleaning areas;

(7) A closed drainage system or functionally equivalent operating system to manage the discharge of liquids, if any, from waste handling and storage areas and from equipment cleaning area(s);

(8) Lighting;

(9) Active or passive ventilation systems for enclosed areas;

(10) Fire control devices or systems, including smoke detectors, alarms, fire extinguishers, and sprinkler systems as appropriate;

(11) Shelter for facility operators;

(12) Sanitation facilities for facility operators;

(13) First aid station for facility operators;

(14) Emergency communication for facility operators;

(15) Office or other area for maintaining and storing facility records; and

(16) Access control devices such as fencing, gates and bars, locked buildings, and signs.

(b) A design feature or appurtenance listed in (a) above shall not be required if:

(1) The applicant or permittee, as applicable, demonstrates in a permit application, application for permit modification or compliance report, as applicable, that:

a.The underlying facility operating requirements in Env-Sw 405, Env-Sw 1005, Env-Sw 1105, and Env-Sw 900, as applicable, will be met without the design feature or appurtenance or met through use of an alternative feature, appurtenance or practice; and

b.Not incorporating the design feature or appurtenance, as proposed, will not result in a violation of the universal environmental performance requirements in Env-Sw 1002; and

(2) The department provides written approval thereof in the permit or permit modification, specifically including reference to any alternative feature, appurtenance or practice the facility shall employ as a condition of the approval.

N.H. Admin. Code § Env-Sw 404.03

#6619-B, eff 10-29-97; (See Revision Note at chapter heading for Env-Sw 400) ss by #8459, eff 10-28-05 (formerly Env-Wm 2104.03 )

Amended byVolume XXXIV Number 24, Filed June 12, 2014, Proposed by #10596, Effective 7/1/2014, Expires7/1/2024.