R307-221-5. Compliance Schedule

(1) Except as provided in (2) below, planning, awarding of contracts, and installation of municipal solid waste landfill air emission collection and control equipment capable of meeting the emission standards established under R307-221-3(1) shall be accomplished within 30 months after the date on which EPA approves the state plan incorporated by reference under R307-220-2.

(2) For each existing municipal solid waste landfill meeting the conditions in R307-221-1(2) whose emission rate for nonmethane organic compounds is less than 50 megagrams (55 tons) per year on the date EPA approves the state plan incorporated by reference under R307-220-2, installation of collection and control systems capable of meeting emissions standards in R307-221-1(2) shall be accomplished within 30 months of the date when the landfill has an emission rate of nonmethane organic compounds of 50 megagrams (55 tons) per year or more.

(3) The owner or operator of each landfill with a design capacity greater than or equal to 2.5 million megagrams (2,755,750 tons) and 2.5 million cubic meters (3,270,000 cubic yards) shall submit by April 1, 1997, an inventory of nonmethane organic compounds. The calculations for this inventory shall use emission factors which obtain the most accurate representation of emissions from the landfill.

(4) The owner or operator of a landfill requiring controls shall notify the director of the awarding of contracts for the construction of the collection and control system or the order to purchase components for the system. This notification shall be submitted within 18 months after reporting a nonmethane organic compound emission equal to or greater than 50 megagrams (55 tons) per year.

(5) The owner or operator shall notify the director of the initiation of construction or installation of the collection and control system. This notification shall be submitted to the director within 22 months after reporting a nonmethane organic compound emission rate equal to or greater than 50 megagrams (55 tons) per year. Landfills with commingled asbestos and municipal solid waste may include the submittals required under R307-214-1 with this notice.