Site characterization

The department shall require adequate site characterization to ensure that the waters of the state are not or will not be adversely impacted by the solid waste management facility. At a minimum, the site characterization must address the following: 1. Location and water quality of lakes, rivers, streams, springs, or wetlands within one mile [1.61 kilometers] of the site boundary based on available data; 2. Domestic and livestock wells within one mile [1.61 kilometers] of the site boundary. Information collected should include the location, water quality, depth to water, well depth, screened intervals, yields, and the aquifers tapped; 3. Site location in relation to the one hundred-year floodplain; 4. Depth to the thicknesses of the uppermost aquifers; 5. Hydrologic properties of the uppermost aquifers beneath the proposed facility, including existing water quality, flow directions, flow rates, porosity, coefficient of storage, hydraulic conductivity, and potentiometric surface or water table; and 6. An evaluation of the potential for impacts to surface and ground water quality from the proposed facility.