A hearing is scheduled for September 19, 2013 at 3:00pm to discuss proposed changes to North Carolina air toxics contained in Session Law 2012-91, signed into law June 28, 2012. Proposed changes include exemption from state air toxics rules for major sources of air pollution subject to federal Maximum Achievable Control Technology (MACT) or area…
READ MORELandfills | Regulation | Solid Waste
It has been announced by NCDENR that the policy of requiring a detailed cost estimate with the Potential Assessment and Corrective Action (PACA) Financial Assurance of $2M has been put on hold for FY 2013 – 14. At this time, landfills will still be required to have $2M in PACA financial assurance; however, a detailed…
READ MORESmith Gardner, Inc. (S+G) is pleased to announce it has become a charter member of the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI), whose goal it is to change the way infrastructure is conceived of, designed, constructed and operated to better meet the challenges of our resource-constrained world. Taking a more visible stance regarding sustainability is a…
READ MOREMar 01, 2013
10-Year Landfill Permit Rule Comments Due
On January 2, 2013, the North Carolina Register published proposed rule changes to 15 NCAC 13B.0206, Option to apply for issuance of 10-year permit for sanitary landfill or transfer station (NC Register Volume 27, Issue 13, Page 1272). The proposed changes provide an option of extending the permitting terms for the design, construction, and operating…
READ MORESep 17, 2012
Stormwater Permit
The current NPDES General Permit NCG120000 (Permit) for landfills will expire on October 31, 2012. The comment period ends on October, 4 2012 with the new Permit set to issue on October 19, 2012 (Effective November 1, 2012). The following is a summary of the major differences between this draft Permit and the current Permit set to…
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