R315-307-3. Standards for Maintenance and Operation

The owner or operator of a landtreatment disposal facility shall maintain and operate the facility to: (1) avoid the disposal of garbage, infectious waste, or high-chloride wastes; (2) avoid applying wastes at rates greater than 10 times agronomic rates using the proposed cover crop, or depths greater than would allow for disking the soil by tracked vehicles; (3) provide disking of soils during the growing season and after each application of waste to maintain aerobic soil conditions, minimize odors, and lessen run-off; (4) avoid applying waste to any active area having standing water; (5) conform to the approved plan of operation and any other applicable requirements of Section R315-302-2; (6) provide for a written contract between landowners, waste generators, waste haulers, and waste operators requiring compliance with rules as a condition of the contract; and (7) avoid food-chain crops during the active life of the facility and until demonstrated to be safe, after closure, according to the closure and post-closure plans filed with the plan of operation. Specific approval in writing from the Director is required for any landspreading disposal facility that is used to raise food-chain crops after closure.