|
The Board's
Closure and
Technical Services Section (CTS) provides services and
assistance to LEAs on implementation of
regulations and statutes to protect public health, safety and the
environment when involving closed, permitted landfills.
CTS areas of expertise include:
- Solid waste site closure and remediation, including site inspection,
enforcement and review of closure plan requirements and technical
documents to ensure compliance with applicable state minimum standards.
- Solid waste site design, construction and operation.
- Postclosure land use considerations
and permitting.
- End use of waste-derived materials including civil engineering
applications at landfills and other sites, including alternative daily
cover and biosolids land spreading.
CTS provides the following services to
solid waste local enforcement
agencies (LEA), site owner/operators and other
interested parties and individuals:
- Technical and engineering review of solid waste landfill
closure and postclosure maintenance plans.
- Review and recommendations concerning
landfill gas monitoring and
control systems.
- Review of disposal site
postclosure land use proposals and technical
assistance on case histories of successful postclosure land use projects.
- Field evaluation and technical review of landfill design, construction
and construction quality assurance (CQA).
- Technical review and guidance on clean closure and landfill mining
projects.
- Guidance on postclosure final covers and
environmental restoration and
revegetation.
- Guidance on inspection and enforcement at closed and closing disposal
sites and trickling requirements.
- Review and guidance on financial
assurance mechanisms, closure plan timelines, to meet closure
requirements and permit closure plan findings.
The staff of the CTS consists primarily of engineering geologists and
waste management engineers. County assignments can be found in the
county assignments list. For more information on the services provided by the CTS, contact
Michael Wochnick, PE at (916)
341-6318.
|
