Rule 3745-535-800 | General groundwater monitoring requirements.
(A) In addition to the owner or operator of a solid waste landfill subject to this chapter, rules 3745-535-800 to 3745-535-860 of the Administrative Code are applicable as follows:
(1) To the owner or operator of a solid waste landfill subject to rule 3745-27-14 of the Administrative Code who ceased waste acceptance after March 1, 1990, unless on the effective date of this rule, the owner or operator is in post-closure care and conducting groundwater monitoring pursuant to a past version of rule 3745-27-10 of the Administrative Code under an existing order of the director.
(2) To the owner or operator of a solid waste landfill that is subject to post-closure care in accordance with rule 3745-27-14 of the Administrative Code, who is conducting a groundwater monitoring program under a prior version of the rule pursuant to findings and orders issued by the director, and who has submitted a written request to modify the applicable order to comply with this rule and received approval from the director.
(B) The owner or operator of a solid waste landfill subject to this chapter shall implement a groundwater monitoring program capable of determining the impact of the facility on the quality of groundwater occurring within the uppermost aquifer system and all significant zones of saturation above the uppermost aquifer system underlying the solid waste landfill.
(C) A qualified groundwater scientist shall certify the groundwater plans submitted in accordance with this chapter and any revisions, reports, and data associated with the groundwater plans.
(D) The owner or operator shall place the groundwater monitoring program into the operating record in accordance with rule 3745-27-09 of the Administrative Code, with revisions submitted prior to implementation of the revisions.
(E) The owner or operator of a facility not subject to rule 3745-27-09 of the Administrative Code shall submit the groundwater monitoring plan and copies of the revisions to Ohio EPA and the approved health district prior to implementation of the revisions.
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