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Title 18 . Environmental Conservation
Chapter 60 . Administrative Enforcement
Section 410. Location standards

18 AAC 60.410. Location standards

(a) A monofill built after 1/28/96 may not be constructed on slopes greater than 10 percent grade or unstable soils that might cause the waste to slide or settle excessively.

(b) Except for a mining waste tailings impoundment operating under a permit issued by the department, the owner or operator of a monofill located in a floodplain shall remove the waste or ensure that the monofill

(1) does not restrict the flow of a flood or significantly reduce the temporary water storage capacity of the floodplain; and

(2) is designed to protect against washout of solid waste from the facility.

(c) A new monofill, or a lateral expansion of a monofill, that is subject to 18 AAC 60.400 - 18 AAC 60.495 must be designed to protect its integrity from damage caused by natural events that could be reasonably anticipated to occur at the facility, such as aufeis, floods, earthquakes, thawing of unstable permafrost, and the effects of freezing and thawing.

History: Eff. 1/28/96, Register 137

Authority: AS 44.46.020

AS 46.03.010

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