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 or infectious waste;

  (2) avoid applying wastes at rates greater than ten 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 all 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.