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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Introduction 1
Terms and Definitions 3
Disposal Policies 12
Prohibited Waste 13
Waste Screening Program 15
Appendix 18
INTRODUCTION
BVSWMA stands for the Brazos Valley Solid Waste
Management Agency. The BVSWMA landfill is a Type I
municipal solid waste facility which is permitted to accept
municipal solid waste as well as dewatered wastewater
treatement grits and sludges. Our permit number is 1444A.
The landfill is located in College Station, Texas about
2 miles east of the highway 6 bypass on Rock Prairie road on
the south side of town. The landfill receives on the average
about 570 tons of waste per day and spans a 120 acre area.
The customers we serve are commercial haulers, private
citizens, and municipalities from around the Brazos and
surrounding counties.
Many of the concerns surrounding municipal solid waste
landfills, such as the Brazos Valley Landfill, stem from
concerns for public health, the environment, and the safety
of landfill employees. These concerns are directly
translated into a concern over the municipal waste stream.
The Federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is
required by the U.S. Congress to implement national
environmental policy and laws. For solid waste, the law is
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The
Texas legislature has also enacted laws dealing with solid
waste. The Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act is the state's
solid waste law and requires the Texas Natural Resource
Conservation Commission (TNRCC) to adopt regulations to
implement the state laws. The TNRCC has adopted a series of
regulations to implement the state laws. One which has
recently been implemented is Texas Administrative Code,
Chapter 330 (30 TAC 330), Municipal Solid Waste Management
Regulations. These regulations are specifically designed to
address the solid waste concerns mentioned above. The
organization which deals directly with these regulations is
the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC).
The regulations dictate the following:
* Acceptable site locations,
* Waste containment systems,
* Surface and ground water protection,_.
* Control and management of by-products or disposal of
contaminated water and landfill gas,
* Long-term care of closed sites, and
* Prevention of unacceptable wastes in the landfill.
Some of the specific actions required by the TNRCC in
order for landfills to meet the goals of the regulations
involve the implementation of a comprehensive waste
screening program and an extensive record -keeping system.
Due to the scope and nature of these requirements, the
Brazos Valley Landfill will also be establishing more
efficient standardized landfill policies. The following
pages will contain the formalized rules and regulations as
well as a description of the new waste screening program.
TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
These definitions are taken from 30 TAC 330 Municipal Solid
Waste Regulations. Any reference to "this title" refers
specifically to these regulations.
Acid - A substance containing hydrogen that will release
hydrogen (hydronium) ions when dissolved in water. Acids
will have a pH of less than 7.0 and usually have a sour
taste and will cause blue litmus dye to turn red.
Battery - An electrochemical device that generates electric
current by converting chemical energy. Its essential
components are positive and negative electrodes made of more
or less electrically conductive materials, a separate
medium, and an electrolyte. There are four major types:
a) primary batteries (dry cells);
b) storage or secondary batteries;
c) nuclear and solar cells or energy converters; and
d) fuel cells.
Brush - Cuttings or trimmings from trees, shrubs, or lawns
and similar materials.
CFR - Code of Federal Regulations.
Citizens' collection station - A facility established for
the convenience and exclusive use of residents (not
commercial or industrial users or collection vehicles). The
facility may consist of one or more storage containers,
bins, or trailers.
Collection - The act of removing solid waste (or materials
that have been separated for the purpose of recycling) for
transport elsewhere.
Collection system - The total process of collecting and
transporting solid waste. It includes storage containers;
collection crews, vehicles, equipment and management; and
operating procedures. Systems are classified as municipal,
contractor or private.
Commercial solid waste - All types of solid waste generated
by stores, offices, restaurants, warehouses, and other non
manufacturing activities, exclusing residential and
industrial wastes.
Commission - The Texas Water Commission and its successors.
Compacted waste - Waste that has been reduced in volume by a
collection vehicle or other means including, but not limited
to, dewatering, compositing, incineration, and similar
processes, with the exception of waste that has been reduced
in volume by a small, in-house compactor device owned and\or
operated by the generator of the waste.
Compost - The stabilized product of the decomposition
process that is used or sold for use as a soil amendment,
artificial top soil, growing medium amendment, or other
similar uses.
Composting - The controlled biological decomposition of
organic materials through microbial activity.
Conditionally exempt small -quantity generator - A person who
generates no more than 220 poinds of hazardous waste in a
calendar month.
Construction -demolition waste - Waste resulting from
construction or demolition projects; includes all materials
that are directly or indirectly the by products of
construction work or that result from demolition of
buildings and other structures, including, but not limited
to, paper, cartons, gypsum board, wood, excelsior, rubber,
and plastics.
Contaminate - The man-made or man -induced alteration of the
chemical, physical biological, or radiological integrity of
ground or surface water.
Discard - To abandon a material and not use, re -use,
reclaim, or recycle it. A material is abandoned by being
disposed of; burned or incinerated (except where the
material is being burned as a fuel for the purpose of
recovering usable energy); or physically, chemically, or
biologically treated (other than burned or incinerated) in
lieu of or prior to being disposed.
Discharge - Includes deposit, conduct, drain, emit, throw,
run, allow to seep, or otherwise release, or to allow,
permit, or suffer any of these acts or omissions.
Disposal - The discharge, deposit, injection, dumping,
spilling, leaking, or placing of any solid waste or
hazardous waste (whether containerized or uncontainerized)
into or on any land or water so that such solid waste or
hazardous waste or any constituent thereof may enter the
environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into
any waters, including ground water.
EPA - United States Environmental Protection Agency.
Essentially insoluble - Any material that, if
representatively sampled and placed in static or dynamic
contact with deionized water at ambient temperature for
seven days, will not leach any quantity of any constituent
of the material into the water in excess of the maximum
contaminant levels in 40 CFR 141, Subparts B and G, and 40
CFR 143 for total dissolved solids.
Executive director - The executive director of the Texas
Water Commission and Successors, or a person authorized to
act on her behalf.
Facility - All contiguous land and structures, other
appurtenances, and improvements on the land used for the
storage, processing, or disposal of solid waste.
Garbage - Solid waste consisting of putrescible animal and
vegetable waste materials resulting from the handling,
preparation, cooking, and consumption of food, including
waste materials from markets, storage facilities, handling,
and sale of produce and other food products.
Generator - Any person, by site or location, whose act or
process produces a solid waste or first causes it to become
regulated.
Hazardous waste - Any solid waste identified or listed as a
hazardous waste by the administrator of the United States
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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) pursuant to the
federal Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the Resource
Conservation and Recover Act of 1976, 42 USC, 6901 et seq,
as amended.
Household waste - Any solid waste (including garbage, trash,
and sanitary waste in septic tanks) derived from households
(including single and multiple residences, hotels, and
motels, bunkhouses, ranger stations, crew quarters,
campgrounds, picnic grounds, and day -use recreation areas);
does not include yard waste or brush that is completely free
of any household wastes.
Industrial hazardous waste - Hazardous waste determined to
be of industrial origin.
Industrial solid waste - Solid waste resulting from or
incidental to any process of industry or manufacturing, or
mining or agricultural operations, classified as follows.
(A) Class I industrial solid waste or class I waste is
any industrial solid waste designated as Class I by the
executive director as any industrial solid waste or
mixture of industrial solid wastes that because of its
concentration or physical or chemical characteristics
is toxic; corrosive flammable, a strong sensitizer or
irritant, or generator of sudden pressure by de-
composition, heat, or other means, and may pose a
substantial present or potential danger to human health
or the environment when improperly processed, stored,
transported, or otherwise managed, including hazardous
industrial waste, as defined in 335.1 of this title
(relating to definitions) and 335.505 of this title
(relating to Class I Waste Determination).
(B) Class II industrial solid waste is any individual
solid waste or combination of industrial solid wastes
that cannot be described as Class I or Class III, as
defined in 335.506 of this title (relating to Class II
Waste Determination).
(C) Class III industrial solid waste is any inert and
essentially insoluble industrial solid waste, including
materials such as rock, brick, glass, dirt, and certain
plastics and rubber, etc., that are not readily
decomposable as defined in 335.507 of this title
(relating to Class III Waste Determination).
Inert material - A naturally occurring non-putrescible
material that is essentially insoluble such as soil, dirt,
clay, sand, gravel, and rock.
Leachate - A liquid that has passed through or emerged from
solid waste and contains soluble, suspended or miscible
materials removed from such waste.
Lead - The metal element, atomic number 82, atomic weight
207.2, with the chemical symbol Pb.
Lead acid battery - A secondary or storage battery that uses
lead as the electrode and dilute sulfuric acid as the
electrolyte and is used to generate electrical current.
License - A document issued by an approved county
authorizing and governing the operation and maintenance of a
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municipal solid waste facility used to process, treat,
store, or dispose of municipal solid waste, other than
hazardous waste, in an area not in the territorial limits or
extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality.
Liquid waste - Any waste material that is determined to
contain "free liquids" as defined by EPA Method 9095 (Paint
Filter Text), as described in "Test Methods for Evaluating
Solid Wastes, Physical/Chemical Methods" (EPA Publication
Number SW-846).
Litter - Rubbish and putrescible waste.
Lower explosive limit- The lowest percent by volume3 of a
mixture of explosive gases in air that will propagate a
flame at 25 degrees Celsius and atmospheric pressure.
Man-made inert material - Those non-putrescible, essentially
insoluble materials fabricated by man that are not included
under the definition of rubbish.
Medical waste - Waste generated by health-care related
facilities and associated with health-care activities, not
including garbage or rubbish generated from offices,
kitchens, or other non -health, care activities.
MSWLF - Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Facility.
Municipal hazardous waste - Any municipal solid waste or
mixture of municipal solid wastes that has been identified
or listed as a hazardous waste by the administrator, United
States Environmental Protection Agency.
Municipal solid waste (MSW) - Solid waste resulting from or
incidental to municipal, community, commercial,
institutional, and recreational activities, including
garbage, rubbish, ashes, street cleanings, dead animals,
abandoned automobiles, and all other solid waste other than
industrial solid waste.
Municipal solid waste facility (MSW facility) - All.
contiguous land, structures, other appurtenances, and
improvements on the land used for processing, storing, or
disposing of solid waste. A facility may be publicly or
privately owned and may consist of several processing,
storage, or disposal operational units, e.g., one or more
landfills, surface impoundments, or combinations of them.
Municipal solid waste landfill unit (MSWLF unit) - A
discrete area of land or an excavation that receives
household waste that is not a land application unit, surface
impoundment, injection well, or waste pile, as those terms
are defined under 257.2 of 40 CFR, Part 257. A MSWLF unit,
an existing MSWLF unit, or a lateral expansion.
Municipal solid waste site (MSW site) - A plot of ground
designated or used for the processing, storage, or disposal
of solid waste.
Non -point source - Any origin from which pollutants emanate
in an unconfined and unchannelled manner, including, but not
limited to, surface runoff and leachate seeps.
Non-RACM - Non regulated asbestos containing material as
defined in 40 CFR 61. This is asbestos material in a form
such that potential health risks resulting from exposure to
it are minimal.
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Nuisance - Municipal solid waste that is stored, processed,
or disposed of in a manner that causes the pollution of the
surrounding land, the contamination of ground water or
surface water, the breeding of insects or rodents, or the
creation of odors adverse to human health, safety, or
welfare.
Operate - To conduct, work, run, manage, or control.
Operating record - All plans, submittals, and correspondence
for a MSWLF facility required under this chapter; required
to be maintained at the facility or at a nearby site
acceptable to the executive director.
Operation - A municipal solid waste site or facility is
considered to be in operation from the date that solid waste
is first received or deposited at the municipal solid waste
site or facility until the the date that the site or
facility is properly closed in accordance with this chapter.
Operator - The person(s) responsible for operating the
facility or part of a facility.
Other regulated medical waste - Medical waste that is not
included within special waste from health-care related
facilities but that is subject to special handling
requirements within the generating facility by other state
or federal agencies, excluding medical waste subject to
Title 25 Chapter 289 (relating to Occupational Safety and
Radiation Control).
Owner - The person who owns a facility or part of a
facility.
PCB - Polychlorinated biphenyl molecule.
PCB waste(s) - Those PCBs and PCB items that are subject to
the disposal requirements of 40 CFR 761. Substances that are
regulated by 40 CFR 761 include, but are not limited to; PCB
articles, PCB article containers, PCB containers, PCB -
contaminated electrical equipment, PCB equipment, PCB
transformers, recycled PCBs, capacitors, microwave ovens,
electronic equipment, and light ballasts and fixtures.
Permit - A written permit issued by the commission that, by
its conditions, may authorize the owner or operator to
construct, install, modify, or operate a specified municipal
solid waste storage, processing, or disposal facility in
accordance with specified limitations.
Person - An individual, corporation, organization,
government or governmental subdivision or agency, business
trust, partnershipp, association, or any other legal entity.
Point source - Any discernible, confined, and discrete
conveyance, including, but not limited to, any pipe, ditch,
channel, tunnel, conduit, well, or discrete fissure from
which pollutants are or may be discharged.
Putrescible waste - Organic wastes, such as garbage,
wastewater treatment plant sludge, and grease trap waste,
that is capable of being decomposed by microorganisms with
sufficient rapidity as to cause odors or gases or is capable
of providing food for or attracting birds, animals, and
disease vectors.
Radioactive wastes - Waste that requires specific licensing
under 25 TAC Chapter 401 (relating to Radioactive Materials
and Other Sources of Radiation), Health and Safety Code, and
the rules adopted by the commission under that law.
Recyclable material - A material that has been recovered or
diverted from the nonhazardous waste stream for purposes of
reuse, recycling, or reclamation, a substantial portion of
which is consistently used in the manufacture of products
that may otherwise be produced using raw or virgin
materials. Recyclable material is not solid waste.
However, recyclable material may become solid waste at such
time, if any, as it is abandoned or disp9osed of rather than
recycled, whereupon it will be solid waste with respect only
to the party actually abandoning or disposing of the
material.
Recycling - A process by which materials that have served
their intended use are scrapped, discarded, used, surplus,
or obsolete are collected, separated, or processed and
returned to use in the form of raw materials in the
production of new products. Except for mixed municipal
solid waste composting, that is, composting of the typical
mixed solid waste stream generated by residentia,
commercial, and/or institutional sources, recycling includes
the composting process if the compost materials is put to
beneficial use.
Refuse - Same as Rubbish.
Regulated hazardous waste - A solid waste that is a
hazardous waste as defined in 40 CFR, Part 261.3 and that is
not excluded from regulation as a hazardous waste under 40
CFR, Part 261.4(b), or that was not generated by a
conditionally exempt small -quantity generator.
Rubbish - Non putrescible solid waste (excluding ashes),
consisting of both combustible and noncombustible waste
materials. Combustible rubbish includes paper, rags,
cartons, wood, excelsior, furniture, rubber, plastics, yard
trimmings, leaves, or similar materials; noncombustible
rubbish includes glass, crockery, tin cans, aluminum cans,
metal furniture, and similar materials that will not burn at
ordinary incinerator temperatures (1,600 degrees Fahrenheit
to 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit).
Salvaging - The controlled removal of waste materials for
utilization, recycling, or sale.
Scavenging - The uncontrolled and unauthorized removal of
materials at any point in the solid waste management system.
Scrap tire - Any tire that can no longer be used for its
original intended purpose.
Shall - The stated action is mandatory.
Should - The stated action is recommended as a guide in
completing the overall requirement.
Solid Waste - Garbage, rubbish, refuse, sludge from a
wastewater treatment plant, water supply treatment plant, or
air pollution control facility, and other discarded
material, including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained
gaseous materials resulting from industrial, municipal,
commercial, mining, and agricultural operations and from
community and institutional activities. The term does not
include:
(A) solid or dissolved material in domestic sewage, or
solid or dissolved material in irrigation return flows,
or industrial discharges subject to regulation by
permit issued under the Water Code, Chapter 26;
(B) soil, dirt, rock, sand, and other natural or man-
made inert solid materials used to fill land if the
object of the fill is to make the land suitable for
construction of surface improvements; or
(C) waste materials that result from activities
associated with the exploration, development, or
production of oil or gas or geothermal resources and
other substance or material regulated by the Railroad
Commission of Texas under the Natural Resources Code,
91.101, unless the waste, substance, or material
results from activities associated with gasoline
plants, natural gas liquids processing plants, pressure
maintenance plants, or repressurizing plants and is
hazardous waste as defined by the administrator of the
United States Environmental Protection Agency under the
Federal Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended (42
USC, 6901 et seq).
Special Waste - Any solid waste or combination of solid
wastes that because of its quanitity, concentration,
physical, or chemical characteristics, or biological
properties requires special handling and disposal to protect
the human health or the environment. If improperly handled,
transported, stored, processed or disposed of or otherwise
managed, it may pose a present or potential danger to the
human health or the environment.
Special wastes are;
(A) hazardous waste from conditionally exempt small -
quantity generators that may be exempt from full
controls under 335.401-335.412 of this title (relating
to household materials which could be classified as
hazardous waste);
(B) class I industrial nonhazardous waste not routinely
collected with municipal solid waste;
(C) special waste from health -care -related facilities
(refers to certian items of medical waste);
(D) municipal wastewater treatment plant sludges, other
types of domestic sewage treatment plant sludges, and
water -supply treatment plant sludges;
(E) septic tank pumpings;
(F) grease and grit trap wastes;
(G) wastes from commercial or industrial wastewater
treatment plants; air pollution control facilities; and
tanks, drums, or containers used for shipping or
storing any material that has been listed as a
hazardous constituent in the 40 CFR, Part 2;61,
Appendix VIII but has not been listed as a commercial
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chemical product in 40 CFR, 261.33(e) or (f);
(H) slaughterhouse wastes;
(I) dead animals;
(J) drugs, contaminated foods, or contaminated
beverages, other than those contained in normal
household waste;
(K) pesticide (insecticide, herbicide, fungicide, or
rodenticide) containers;
(L) discarded materials containing asbestos;
(M) incinerator ash;
(N) soil contaminated by petroleum products, crude oils
or chemicals;
(0) used oil;
(P) light ballasts and/or small capacitors containing
polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) compounds;
(Q) waste from oil, gas, and geothermal activities
subject to regulation by the Railroad Commission of
Texas when those wastes are to be processed, treated,
or disposed of at a solid waste management facility
permitted under this chapter;
(R) waste generated outside the boundaries of Texas
that contains
(i) any industrial waste
(ii) any waste associated with oil, gas, and
geothermal exploration, production, or development
activities; or
(iii) any item listed as a special waste in this
paragraph;
(S) any waste stream other than household or commercial
garbage, refuse, or rubbish;
(T) lead acid storage batteries; and
(U) used -oil filters from internal combustion engines.
Special waste from health -care -related facilities - Includes
animal waste, bulk human blood and bood products,
microbiological waste, pathological waste, and sharps.
Transfer station - A fixed facility used for transferring
solid waste from collection vehicles to long -haul vehicles
(one transportation unit to another tranportation unit). it
is not a storage facility such as one where individual
residents can dipose of their wastes in bulk storage
containers that are serviced by collection vehicles.
Transportation unit - A truck, trailer, open -top box,
enclosed container, railcar, piggy back trailer, ship,
barge, or other tranportation vehicle used to contain solid
waste being transported from one geographical area of
another.
Transporter - A person who collects and transports solid
waste; does not include a person transporting his or her
household waste.
Trash - Same as rubbish.
Triple rinse- To rinse a container three times using a
volume of solvent capable of removing the contents equal to
10% of the volume of the container or liner for each rinse.
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Uncompacted waste - Any waste that is not a liquid or a
sludge, has not been mechanically compacted by a collection.
vehicle, has not been driven over by heavy equipment prior
to collection, or has not been compacted prior to collection
by any type of mechanical device other than small, in-house
compactor devices owned and/or operated by the generator of
the waste.
Vector - An agent, such as an insect, snake, rodent, bird,
or animal capable of mechanically or biologically
transferring a pathogen from one organism to another.
Yard waste - Leaves, grass clippings, yard and garden
debris, and brush, including clean woody vegetative material
not greater than six inches in diameter, that results from
landscaping maintenance and land -clearing operations. The
term does not include stumps, roots, or shrubs with intact
root balls.
LANDFILL DISPOSAL POLICIES
(1) Hours of operation: 7:30-4:30 Monday -Friday
7:30-12:30 Saturday
(2) Residential customers of Bryan or College Station may
utilize the Brazos Valley Landfill for the disposal of
municipal solid waste generated at the billing premises
without additional charge. Customers will be required to
show current payment of utility bill and identification to
verify the identity and residence of the landfill customer
or will pay cash for their load.
(3) Landfill tipping fee is $21.50 per ton.
(4) All loads must be covered with a canvas, tarpaulin, or
other covering that is firmly secured to the front, back,
and sides to prevent blowing or spilling or will be subject
to a $5.00 per ton charge with a $5.00 minimum fee.
(5) All commercial and residential tranporters must provide
route maps and waste information statement (see fig. 1).
(6) All billed transporters must sign a statement stating
that they will be held responsible for removal of any
nonallowable wastes disposed of by them, and that to the
best of their knowledge, they certify that they are not
carrying any hazardous waste (see fig. 2).
(7) Transporters will pay any applicable surcharges for the
handling and storage of nonallowable wastes.
(8) Nonallowable wastes are based on 30 TAC 330 as well as
the proper handling procedures developed by the Brazos
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Valley Landfill. The folowing is a list of prohibited waste
which will not be allowed into the BVSWMA landfill:
a) Friable and non -friable asbestos except non -friable
shingles that have an asphalt laminate
b) Liquid waste and waste found to contain free
liquids as determined by the "paint filter test"
required by the TNRCC
c) Lead acid batteries
d) Light ballasts and capacitors containing PCB'.s
e) Compressed gas containers
f.) Barrels over 5 gallons which have not had the top
removed
g) Hazardous chemicals
h) Non -household size chemical containers that have
not been triple -rinsed
i) Used oil
j) Used oil filters
k) Class I industrial waste
1) Liquid paints
m) Any special waste which does not have previous
approval from the landfill operator nor a special waste
form on file (see fig. 3)
(n) Any refrigerator, freezer, or air conditioner that
is not properly certified to be free of freon and
tagged with an approved BVSWMA certificate (see fig. 4)
(o) Medical waste that is not properly identified
and\or treated according to Subchapter Y of the Texas
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Natural Resource Conservation Commission Medical Waste
Management Rules.
(9) All transporters exiting landfill site with non -
allowable wastes will be required to stop at scale house and
sign waste exit forms which will be filled out by the waste
inspector or waste screeners.
(10) All vehicles entering the Brazos Valley Landfill with
waste will be subject to screening. If driver refuses
screening he/she will not be allowed to enter the landfill.
Type I landfills are not designed to withstand the
increased environmental demands associated with certain
types of unauthorized waste. New federal and state
regulations presume that hazardous waste products will be
prevented from entering the municipal solid waste processing
and disposal sites. Consequently, design standards and
practices have been developed to reflect this exclusion.
the hazardous waste products are not controlled, these
design standards may be compromised. Clean-up in this case
could be very costly and the ability of the community to
obtain a permit to manage future facilities may also be
damaged. Therefore, it is imparative that a waste screening
program be implemented to greatly reduce the chances of
unauthorized waste entering the landfill. The following is
a summary of the waste screening program which has been
implemented by the Brazos Valley Landfill.
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WASTE SCREENING PROGRAM
(1) Screening will occur on vehicles carrying suspected
unauthorized waste as would be the case if there were
liquids dripping, visible fumes, heat, unusual odors coming
from the vehicle, or if the customer has a history of
previous offenses.
(2) All vehicles entering the landfill will be subject to
random screening unless the transporter earns an exemption
in the future.
(3)
Exemptions may be earned by transporters carrying only
household residential waste that is not co -mingled with
commercial, industrial, or special waste.
In order to apply for a screening exemption, the
application must be presented by the transporter.
A verbal request may be made only after route maps
and a transporter report have been filled out, as
well as signing a certificate which states that all
unauthorized waste dumped by the customer will be
taken off of the BVSWMA property by the customer.
(4) Exemptions may also be earned by transporters from
transfer stations which have a documented waste screening
program and go through the above process.
(5) Transporters carrying commercial, industrial or special
waste are not elibigle for exemptions.
(6) A probationary period of 6 months must pass before any
transporter may earn an exemption. Every exempted
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transporter will be eligible for inspection once every 6
months in order that we may verify the responsibility of the
transporter. The 6 month probationary period starts as of
January 12, 1993 for existing customers, but will start for
new customers as soon as they set up an account with the
BVSWMA landfill.
(7) If selected fo.r screening the driver will be instructed
where to unload and will be asked his/her name and the
company for which they are hauling. The driver will be
delayed until the inspector varifies the load contains no
unauthorized waste. The driver will then be asked to sign
the waste screening report (Fig. 5), of which he/she will be
given a copy, and will then be allowed to leave.
(8) Any driver refusing the inspection will not be allowed
to unload and may permenantly lose the right to use the
Brazos Valley Landfill.
(9) In many instances if questionable or prohibited waste
is found the inspector will contact the hauler, and/or
generator of the waste to question them and to notify them
of the discovered waste. If severe violations are found a
representative of the TNRCC will be notified and action will
be taken depending on the magnitude of the infraction.
(10) Any unauthorized waste will be sent back with the
hauler and a waste exit report (Fig. 6) will be filled out
on all prohibited waste leaving the BVSWMA landfill. The
driver will be asked to sign this form and will receive a
copy.
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(11) All reports and forms will be kept on file and a note
will be placed in the customers personal file to correspond
with the report or form written.
Waste Transporter Report
Customer name: Date:
Name and title of Contact Person:
Phone number of Contact Person:
Are you a generator of special waste? (Y/N)
(If 'yes' then please be sure to submit the special waste
information requested)
Approximate amount of waste to be brought to the Brazos
Valley landfill in tons/month:
Information on transport vehicle (please attach a separate
sheet if there is more than one vehicle):
License number:
Vehicle Id number:
Make:
Capacity in cubic yards:
Type of vehicle:
(front end loader, roll -off, etc)
Please briefly describe the type of waste you expect to
bring to the Brazos Valley Landfill (ie. household, office
refuse, industrial waste, special waste, construction
material, etc.)
Figure 1
BVSWMA Customer Agreement
certify on the behalf of
(personal name)
, that the waste which we
(customer name)
will be transporting to the Brazos Valley Landfill on Rock
Prairie Rd. In College Station, TX. does not contain
hazardous waste and accept any responsibility for removing
nonallowable waste disposed of by our vehicles immediately
after discharge if possible, or soon after the discovery of
waste and will pay any applicable storage or handling fees
assessed by the Brazos Valley Solid Waste Management
Agency.
(Name) (Date)
Figure 2
BVSWMA Special Waste Policy
Definitions and treatment of special waste is covered under
30 TAC 330.136 & 137. The following is the BVSWMA
definitions of such waste as adapted from the TNRCC
regulations.
Receipt of the following special wastes which does not
specifically require written authorization from the TNRCC
but will be subject to the handling regulations determined
by the Brazos Valley Landfill:
Dead animals and/or slaughterhouse waste
Non -friable asbestos shingles with an asphalt
laminate
Empty containers which have been used for pesticides
and other containers which previously contained
flammable, reactive, corrosive, or petroleum
chemicals provided they have been triple rinsed.
Soils contaminated with gasoline with TPH less than
600 ppm.
The remaining special waste transporters, which are mostly
from an industrial source, must first obtain an
authorization letter from the TNRCC, a waste code number,
and authorization number which the generator should have,
before the Brazos Valley Landfill will consider accepting
the waste. This information must accompany the special
waste forms which you will return to the Brazos Valley
Landfill.
These specials wastes include:
- - Any Class II industrial nonhazardous waste
-- Waste from oil, gas, and geothermal activities
-- Grit trap wastes
- - Any type of sludge
- - Soils contaminated by petroleum products, crude
oils, or chemicals other than gasoline
* We do not accept any Class I industrial waste.
Figure 3
The following procedure shall be followed by parties
desiring to dispose of special waste in the Brazos Valley
Landfill on Rock Prairie Road in College Station TX.
1. Submit a written request to the Landfill Manager
describing the waste, its origin, the quantity to be
disposed of, the process that generates the waste, a
chemical analysis of the waste, the method of delivering the
waste to the landfill, and any other significant information
about the waste.
2. Submit any applicable documents from the Texas Natural
Resource Conservation commission classifying the waste.
3. The chemical analysis submitted must not have been made
more than 3 months prior to the submission of the written
request.
4. The landfill operator will review the information
submitted and determine whether or not the material will be
accepted at the landfill. The basis for review will be
compliance with the terms for submittal, the nature of the
waste and operational impacts. If approved, the operator
will provide the generator with a permit stating the
acceptance and the terms for acceptance. Haulers must
present a copy of the letter to the scale operator upon
entering the landfill.
5. The approved waste generator should provide the landfill
operator with a bond, letter of credit, or cash deposit for
the duration of time that the waste will be entering the
landfill to provide for any remedial actions or special
provisions that may need to be provided.
6. All special waste approved for disposal will be subject
to inspection and testing upon arrival at the landfill. If
any sample gives cause for material to be rejected, the
permit will become invalid and no further deliveries will be
accepted. Further, the bond, credit, or cash deposit will
be drawn upon to cover the costs of investigation and
possible remediation that may be necessary due to loads
already delivered.
The signature below certifies that the freon contained in
this appliance has been removed in accordance with No. 608
of the Clean Air Act and Nol 40 CFR 82.
Signature Date of removal
Printed Name
Business
Model
Serial No.
Date of disposal
Place EPA certification
card here to copy
WASTE SCREENING REPORT
(A) Site Names
Name of Inspector:
(B) Date: Time:
(C) PURPOSE OF SCREENING ( ) Random Selection
( ) Suspected Unauthorized Waste ( ) Other:
(D) TRANSPORTER INFORMATION:
Company Name
Address
Phone
Driver's Name
Truck No. & I.D.
Inspection No.
Permit No.
INSPECTION REPORT
Detected - Containers:
Powder/Dust:
Odors:
Liquids:
Heat:
Marked PCB or Hazardous Waste
Special Wastes:
Sample Taken (Identify):
Disposition of Waste:
Recommendations:
Action Taken
( ) Notified TNRCC
Person Notified
Date/Time
( ) Filed in Operating Record Date
Signed
Inspector Transporter
Date
BVSWMA Waste Exit Report
Reporter Name
Transporter Name
Transporter Address
Vehicle id and license plate
Waste description (include description of container):
Reporter signature Transporter signature
Figure 6