Solid Waste Management Program
Solid Waste Management Program Functions
The purpose of the Solid Waste Management Program is to ensure solid waste is managed in such a way that protects both public health and the environment.
Operations Section
Administrative Functions
- Development of Financial Reports Regarding Program Expenditures.
- Accounts Payable/Budget Planning and Tracking.
- Computer Information Systems Planning and Maintenance.
- Legislative and Fiscal Note Coordination.
Financial Functions
- Administration and Oversight of District Grants.
- Administration and Oversight of District Administrative Grants.
- Administration and Oversight of Targeted Grants/Loans.
- Development of Financial Reports Regarding Grants/Loans.
- Solid Waste Management Fund Regulation Development.
- Financial Technical Assistance to Solid Waste Management Districts.
- Workshops and Training for Solid Waste Management District Staff.
Planning Functions
- Coordination of Local and Regional Solid Waste Management Planning.
- Newspaper Minimum Recycled Content Tracking and Reporting.
- Promote Recycling and Resource Recovery of Solid Waste.
- Review, Approve and Track Solid Waste Management Plans.
- Promote Solid Waste Management Alternatives.
- Solid Waste Planning Data Management.
- Solid Waste Planning Regulation Development.
- Provide Technical Assistance to Solid Waste Management Districts.
- Promote Solid Waste Reduction.
- State Solid Waste Management Plan Development.
- Promote Recycling in State Government.
- Providing Technical Assistance to the Public, Legislators and others on Recycling, Waste Reduction, Composting and Resource Recovery.
Engineering Section
Permits Unit
- Coordinate and Hold Solid Waste Permit Hearings.
- Provide Oversight of Groundwater Monitoring Requirements for Solid Waste Disposal Areas.
- Infectious Waste Regulation Development.
- Solid Waste Permit Regulation Development.
- Permit Condition Compliance Review.
- Review and Recommend Approval of Solid Waste Disposal Area Construction Permit Applications.
- Review and Recommend Approval of Solid Waste Processing Facility Construction Permit Applications.
- Review and Recommend Approval of Closure and Post-Closure Plans for Proposed Solid Waste Disposal Areas.
- Review and Approve Financial Assurance Documents for Proposed and Existing Solid Waste Disposal Areas.
- Review and Recommend Approval of Requests for Disposal Area Operating Permits.
- Review and Approve Requests for Processing Facility Operating Permits.
- Provide Technical Assistance to the Ppublic, Regulated Community, Llegislators and Others Concerning Permitting Requirements.
Special Projects Unit
- Coordinate Geological Evaluations of Existing Solid Waste Disposal Areas.
- Provide Technical Assistance Concerning Permit Modifications and Permit Exemptions.
- Review and Approve Closure and Post-Closure Plans for Existing Solid Waste Disposal Areas.
- Review and Approve Closure of Solid Waste Disposal Areas.
- Review and Approve Corrective (Remedial) Action Plans for Solid Waste Disposal Areas.
- Review and Approve Permit Exemption Requests.
- Review and Approve Disposal Area Permit Modification Requests.
- Review and Approve Processing Facility Permit Modification Requests.
- Review and Approve Beneficial Use and Clean Fill Requests.
Compliance and Enforcement Section
Solid Waste Facilities Unit
- Conduct Civil Investigations of violations at Solid Waste Facilities.
- Conduct Civil Investigations of Illegal Dumping Violations.
- Coordinate the Development of Quality Assurance/Quality Control, or QA/QC, Plans for the Sampling of Ground Water Monitoring Wells at Solid Waste Disposal Areas.
- Provide Coordination, Technical Assistance and Training for Regional Office Solid Waste Staff.
- Initiate Formal Enforcement Actions, Following Through to Resolution.
- Tracking Inspections and Enforcement Actions.
- Conducting Landfill Operator Certification and Re-Certification Training.
- Providing Litigation Support for the Attorney General’s Office.
- Rulemaking Development Regarding Enforcement.
- Providing Technical Assistance to the Public, Legislators, and Others Regarding Enforcement Issues.
- Geographic Information System, or GIS, Efforts Concerning Solid Waste Facilities and Illegal Dumps.
- Investigations of Methane Gas Migrations from Solid Waste Disposal Areas.
- Remedial Fund Investigation and Development.
- Promote Local Solid Waste Enforcement.
Scrap Tires and Illegal Dumping Unit
- Conduct Enforcement against Scrap Tire Dumps.
- Review MODOT Scrap Tire Hauling Permit Applications for concurrence.
- Review and Approve Applications for Scrap Tire Processing Facility/Scrap Tire Site Permits.
- Administration and Oversight of Scrap Tire Grants.
- Administration and Oversight of Contracts and MOA’s for Scrap Tire Dump Cleanups.
- Review and Approve Requests for the Beneficial Use of Scrap Tires.
- Rulemaking development regarding scrap tires.
