Section 277.203. Certification

(a) The operator shall submit a certification by a registered professional engineer on forms provided by the Department upon completion of each major construction activity identified in the permit for each phase or sequence of construction at the facility. Major construction activities include:

(1) Construction of groundwater monitoring system.

(2) Construction of the subbase.

(3) Construction of the leachate detection zone.

(4) Construction of the liner.

(5) Construction of the protective cover and the collection system within the protective cover.

(6) Placement of attenuating soil at an expansion of a construction/demolition waste landfill permitted prior to December 23, 2000.

(7) Construction of a leachate treatment facility.

(8) Construction of a sedimentation pond.

(9) Closure.

(10) Final closure.

(11) Construction of the landfill gas extraction system.

(b) The certification shall describe the construction activity and the phase or sequence of construction being certificated, using drawings and plans if appropriate. The certification shall state that the actual construction was observed by the engineer or persons under his direct supervision, and that the supervision was carried out in a manner consistent with the approved permit.

(c) Upon completion of each construction activity described in subsection (a) other than construction of any leachate treatment facility, the operator shall notify the Department that the construction activity is ready for inspection. No waste may be disposed in the area subject to the inspection until the Department has conducted an inspection and has transmitted its written approval to the permittee indicating that construction was done according to the permit.

(d) The closure and final closure activities will not be deemed complete until the Department has certified completion of closure and final closure activities.

The provisions of this § 277.203 amended December 22, 2000, effective December 23, 2000, 30 Pa.B. 6685. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (226289) to (226290).