Section 120. Closure standards

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Facility Closure

A. The owner or operator shall close the receiving facility in a manner that minimizes the need for further maintenance, and controls, minimizes or eliminates, to the extent necessary to protect human health and the environment, the escape of residual waste, surface runoff, or waste decomposition products to the groundwater, surface water, or to the atmosphere.

B. At closure, the owner or operator shall remove or decontaminate all waste residues, contaminated containment systems, containers, contaminated subsoils, and structures and equipment contaminated with waste.

C. The owner or operator shall complete closure activities in accordance with the closure plan and within six months after receiving the final volume of wastes.

Historical Notes

Derived from Volume 19, Issue 19, eff. July 2, 2003.

Statutory Authority

§§ 10.1-1402 and 10.1-1454.1 of the Code of Virginia.

                    
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