(As approved by the State of Georgia Environmental Protection Division)

1. General

Pursuant to the Rules for Solid Waste Management, Chapter 391-3-4-07-(3)-(c)&(m), the Operator has developed this plan to exclude prohibited waste from being disposed at this facility. These prohibited materials include liquids, lead acid batteries, radioactive wastes, polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) waste as defined in 40 CFR, Part 761, and regulated quantities of hazardous waste. It shall also be the policy of the Operator to identify quantities of hazardous waste below the regulatory threshold and to exclude these wastes also.

2. Non-Conforming Waste Review

In order to ensure that incoming loads do not contain prohibited wastes, personnel who are trained to recognize prohibited wastes will make random inspections, keep records of such inspections and notify the Director of the Georgia Environmental Protection Division if prohibited wastes are discovered at the facility. These procedures will be made a part of the operating record. The random inspections will be conducted at a minimum every 4,000 tons of waste received or every ten (10) days.

Also, tipping area personnel trained to recognize prohibited wastes will be designated for the detection of non-conforming hazardous waste. They will observe each load as it is deposited in the tipping area. Records at each inspection will be made and kept as a part of the operating record. Liquid containers larger that 5 gallons in size, which are not perforated and drained, will be rejected. Likewise, pesticides, herbicides, lead acid batteries, biomedical waste, corrosives, and flammables will be rejected. If the non-conforming hazardous materials are delivered by a private hauler, the inspector will make a record of the materials and the hauler and report him to the Operator. Private haulers will be required to remove these materials from the facility.

The Operator will report the private hauler to Georgia Department of Natural Resources Solid Waste Management Division. If the same hauler is caught for a second time, he will be banned from bringing any waste to the facility. If the culprit is not caught and identified, the cost of disposition of the waste will be borne by the Owner. The Operator must use a qualified hazardous waste handling company to properly dispose of any non-conforming materials that are brought to the facility. This waste will be immediately transported to an appropriate disposal facility.

In all cases, notification of the Director of the Georgia Environmental Protection Division will be made if prohibited waste is discovered at the facility.

3. Waste Acceptance or Rejection

The acceptance or rejection of particular waste is based on the following factors:

• Federal, State and Local regulations, laws, or permit conditions.
• Waste characteristics.
• Operations and equipment limitations.

Or these three items, the regulations, laws and permit conditions affect most of the waste excluded from this site. Wastes specifically excluded by the regulations, laws and permit conditions include liquids, lead acid batteries, biomedical wastes, radioactive wastes, and regulated quantities of hazardous wastes.

A. Liquid Waste Restrictions at Facility

1. Bulk or no containerized liquid waste will not be accepted.
2. Containers holding liquid waste will not be accepted, unless:

1. The container is a small container similar in size to that normally found in household waste;
2. The container is designed to hold liquids for use other than storage; or
3. The waste is household waste.

B. Lead Acid Batteries

Lead Acid batteries are automobile type batteries. These items, whether from an automobile, a truck, a tractor, or other equipment are categorically excluded from this facility.

C. Biomedical Waste

Biomedical Wastes are any type of pathological waste, biological waste, cultures, infectious wastes, contaminated animal wastes, body parts, chemotherapy waste, discarded medical equipment and parts, and any other contaminated medical device. Disposal of this type of waste shall be limited to generators of less than 100 pounds per month from sources pre-approved by the operator. Sources generating more than 100 pounds per month are categorically prohibited from this facility.

D. Radioactive Waste

Radioactive waste is any material, which exhibits radioactive characteristics. This waste is categorically prohibited from this facility.

E. Hazardous Waste

Hazardous wastes are those materials with characteristics, either physical or chemical, that could cause harm to health or the environment. A waste is hazardous if it is:

• Ignitable
  
• Corrosive
  
• Reactive
  
• Toxic (as defined by TCLP test procedure)
  
• Is a listed hazardous waste
  

A waste material is ignitable if it has a flash point of 140 degrees F or less, causes fire by friction under normal conditions, or is an oxidizer. Examples of ignitable waste include solvents, bottom material from solvent recovery, and peroxide. Automobile repair shops, machine shops, dry cleaners, and industry typically generate this waste.

A waste is corrosive if the pH is 2 or less, or 12.5 or greater. An example of corrosive waste is spent pickle liquor from a metal plating operation or battery acid.

A waste is reactive if it is unstable under normal conditions, reacts violently with water, forms an explosive mixture with water, contains any quantity of cyanide, contains sulphur which could be released to the atmosphere, or can be easily detonated or exploded. Waste from certain chemical operations, munitions works, or fertilizer plants can be reactive.

A waste is toxic if it so tests by the TCLP procedure. The TCLP test stands for the Toxic Characteristics Leaching Procedure. For this test, a leachate is removed from the waste and this leachate is analyzed for specific constituents as listed in the Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter 40. If a waste checks toxic, then the waste is hazardous based on the TCLP test.

Toxic materials can cause cancer, birth defects, or illness if released to the environment. Examples of toxic waste include solvents, industrial process sludges, emission control wastes.

A waste is characterized as a listed waste if it is listed in the Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter 40 or any amendments of this document. A typical listed waste is one in which the known characteristics of that material will likely endanger the health or environment. The exhaustive list of hazardous waste is in the Part 261, of Chapter 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations.

4. Site Operations

Recognitions of these wastes by the operators are imperative. The Operators of the facility have been trained to detect this material and call it to the attention management. When material of this type is detected in the daily operation, the material is immediately segregated from the remainder of the waste stream and cordoned off. The hauler who delivered that waste to the facility is then notified to return to the facility and remove the material. All hazardous material inadvertently delivered to the facility is to be removed by the hauler within 24 hours.

5. Waste Acceptance Protocol

For these generators of hauler with waste, which they are unsure of, the facility will use a protocol for testing those wastes. This particular protocol is to be used for all industrial waste and contaminated soil. The protocol includes:

1. Perform the hazardous characteristics tests for ignitability, reactivity, corrosivity, and toxicity.
2. Test the material for PCB, TPH, and pH.
3. Report all testing to the Operator in original form signed by the Laboratory Principal.
4. Provide a certification that the test results represent the waste mass.
5. Identify the waste generator and provide a complete description of the waste.
6. Provide a certification from the generator stating the waste is Non-Hazardous.
7. Provide estimates of waste volumes.

The Operator will review this data and either approve or disapprove prior to waste being transported to the landfill.

In regards to third party subcontractors and quality control measures with them, Eagle Point does not intend to use any subcontractors that will in any way be responsible for the acceptance, processing, or handling of waste. Any subcontractors employed will be in a regulatory or testing capacity or dealing strictly with the building or maintenance of one or more of the Landfill’s operation structures or non-working face grounds keeping.


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