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Solid Waste Program Update

Stay informed about the recent metrics and updates in the Solid Waste Program, including completion determinations, inspections, and special waste management. Learn about stakeholder meetings, website updates, and upcoming policy changes. Enhance your knowledge on permit authorizations, inspector training, and media sampling. For more details, contact Nick Lytle, the Solid Waste Permits Manager.

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Solid Waste Program Update

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  1. Solid Waste Program Update Underground Storage Tanks and Solid Waste Disposal Control Board May 14, 2019 Nick Lytle, Solid Waste Permits Manager

  2. Recent Solid Waste Program Metrics Customer-Focused Government Metrics for the Third Quarter – Date Ending 3/31/2019 • Permit Completion Determinations: 100% • Final Permit Determinations: 100% • Required Inspections: 112.4%

  3. 2018 Facility Inspections • 2018: Logged a total of 3600 Facility Inspections • 985 Landfill Inspections (Class I-IV) • 307 Post-Closure • 1811 Permit-By-Rule • 185 Construction Inspections • 310 Non-Registered Sites and Misc.

  4. 2018 Facility Inspections Of those Inspections • 19.8% had a Major or Minor Violation • 6% had Major Violations

  5. Major/Re-occurring Violators

  6. Major Violations

  7. Complaint Investigation by Year

  8. 2018 Compliant by EFO

  9. Compliant Topics *137 of “Other” concerned “odors”

  10. Program Updates-Special Waste • Improve overall process: eliminate confusion by ensuring DSWM and customers on same page • How to handle multiple disposal facilities? • Special Waste Facility Transfer Form • Add disposal facility to current permit • Request secondary disposal facility on new permit • One fee for two landfills (see below) • More than two landfills, additional fees necessary to cover costs • Provides record of each landfill used • Same basic fee structure • New: $300 • Recertification: $150

  11. Program Updates-Special Waste • Concluded Stakeholder Meetings in Middle/West/East Tennessee • Website Update • New Form(s) based on Stakeholder Input • Should be enacted by the time you see this presentation?

  12. Program Updates –Continued Work on Rules/Policy and Guidance • Took a pause on new policy and guidance with administration change • New Rules should be in place by 2020 • Exemptions For Recovered Material Processing Facilities • Periodic Landfill Engineering Reports • 10-Yr. Renewal of Closure/Post-Closure Plans • Language Strengthening Permit-By-Rule Authorizations • Housekeeping Measures to Fix Typos, Remove Outdated References, Unused Rules, and Contradictory Rules

  13. Continued Standardization of Inspections and GW Analysis Solid Waste – Statewide Uniform Inspector Training (SUIT) • Standardizing Inspection Process Across State • Includes Classroom Training and Field Co-Inspections • Have Developed Training for Stakeholders, too Media Sampling Training • Led By Pat Mulligan in Knoxville EFO • Focus on GW, Surface Water, and Soil

  14. Contact Email: Nickolaus.Lytle@tn.gov Phone: 615-532-8004 Fax: 615-532-0938 Mail:Division of Solid Waste Management William R. Snodgrass Tennessee Tower 312 Rosa L. Parks Avenue, 14th Floor Nashville, TN 37243

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