Landfill Gas Recovery Operations

(1) General. Landfills conducting gas recovery operations shall conduct such operations and monitoring in accordance with 310 CMR 19.121 and the approved design, operation and maintenance plans and in a manner to prevent interference with on-going site activities or other control measures. (2) Submittal of Landfill Gas Recovery Plans. All persons proposing to construct a landfill gas recovery facility shall submit an application for a permit to construct and operate that facility pursuant to 310 CMR 19.121. An application shall consist of: (a) a site plan containing the information and documentation required at 310 CMR 19.104(2)(a) through (c) and (i); (b) a design plan consisting of: 1. a description of all machinery, equipment, and materials used at the facility, including the equipment's make, model, manufacturer, design capacity, and performance data; 2. plan views and cross-sectional views of the location and grades of all landfill gas collection lines showing all critical elevations of the collection pipe inverts, clean outs, and valves; layout of the facility structure including equipment locations and sampling locations; on-site drainage structures; and extraction well locations, depth of placement and construction materials; 3. a description of how construction of the facility's gas recovery extraction wells, piping and other appurtenances will ensure the integrity of the final cover system is maintained; and 4. a description of the facility's landfill gas condensate collection, storage, and treatment systems. The design capacity for these systems must be based on the engineering report's estimate of the amount of landfill gas condensate produced. (c) an operation and maintenance plan consisting of the information and documentation required at 310 CMR 19.104(5)(b) through (d) and (f); and (d) an engineering report consisting of: 1. a description of the operation of the facility and how the recovered gas will be used; 2. an estimate of the quantities of condensate currently generated or expected to be generated and a description of how the condensate will be disposed; 3. an estimate of the cost to properly close the gas recovery operation at the end of its useful life; 4. a description of how the landfill gas recovery system relates to the landfill's overall gas venting and control system; 5. a description of the procedures for taking, analyzing, and reporting data from condensate sampling; and 6. a contingency plan that discusses an organized and planned method of responding to unexpected events during the construction and during the operation of a gas recovery operation. (3) Permit Criteria. A permit to construct a landfill gas recovery facility shall be reviewed and granted pursuant to the review procedures specified under 310 CMR 19.001 through 19.099. In addition, all gas recovery facilities that use combustion of any type shall be permitted, designed and operated in accordance with all applicable requirements of the Air Pollution Control regulations, 310 CMR 6.00: Ambient Air Quality Standards for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts through 8.00: Prevention and/or Abatement of Air Pollution Incident Emergencies. (4) Landfill Gas Recovery Facility Operation and Maintenance Requirements. Landfill gas recovery facilities shall conform to the operational requirements established in 310 CMR 19.121, including: (a) condensate generation shall be kept to a minimum and condensate recirculation, if proposed, shall be done in accordance with the permit; (b) condensate shall be sampled and results reported in accordance with the permit; (c) gas monitoring shall occur in accordance with 310 CMR 19.132(4); and (d) an annual report on the operation of the landfill gas recovery facility shall be submitted to the Department as specified in the permit. This report shall contain the following information, compiled on a monthly basis: 1. quantity of landfill gas recovered; 2. quantity of condensate generated and recirculated or treated; 3. quantity of steam generated, electricity generated, or low Btu or pipeline quality gas produced, as applicable; and 4. summary of sampling data.