§ 303. Requirements for sanitary landfill permit.

A.

Each applicant for a sanitary landfill permit as required herein, shall submit a written application to the Director of the Health Department. If the Health Department approves the application, the Health Department's certification of such approval of the application shall be provided to the Department of Finance of the City of Tulsa for issuance of a license.

B.

An amended engineering report may be required, if a permit is revoked or suspended or if permit renewal is refused, before a landfill may be allowed to reopen.

C.

Each application shall contain four (4) copies of the engineering report prepared, signed and sealed by a registered professional engineer licensed in the State, and such engineering report shall set forth the plan of operation, design, method and the type and amount of equipment for operation of a sanitary landfill. A copy of the engineering report shall be submitted to the Director for review.

D.

The engineering report shall include, but not be limited to, the following information:

1.

The location, zoning and boundaries of the site; the proposed location of all utilities and appurtenances for the landfill, including access, Roadways and fencing; a topographical map of the area on vertical contour intervals of three (3) feet or less;

2.

An aerial photograph showing land use and a description of all structures, including dwellings, schools, churches, commercial buildings and parks, and of all zoning within one-half (½) mile of such installation, and airports and airfields within two (2) miles; a map may be submitted in addition to the aerial photograph for the purpose of describing the land use; the map or aerial photograph shall be of sufficient scale to show all applicable details; and the boundaries of the site shall be clearly indicated on the aerial photograph;

3.

An engineering evaluation describing the proposed method of operation, including cross-sections and the progression of filling the site; an estimate of the duration of the landfill site; a topographic map showing the contours of the completed site; the methods of compaction of Solid Waste, types and sources of daily, intermediate and final cover to be used;

4.

An engineering report which shall include types of waste to be received and an estimate of the daily quantity of waste to be received;

5.

The proposed ultimate use of the site;

6.

The design, which shall provide for the diversion of surface runoff from the active areas where wastes are being deposited; as filling continues to completion, the surface shall be sloped so that water is diverted away from the area where solid waste has been or is being deposited; the design shall include methods of keeping surface water out of the area where solid waste is deposited;

7.

If salvaging is proposed on the site, a detailed method of the salvage operation, including types of material to be salvaged, as well as the method of storage;

8.

A soil report with borings extending at least three (3) feet below the lowest level of the proposed excavation and other geological data locating all strata and water tables and accompanied by a soil classification; when borings are drilled to obtain data, information showing the number of plugging or sealing of such holes;

9.

An engineering report which includes a flow diagram of any groundwater which may be potentially contaminated; and

10.

Such additional information as deemed necessary by the Director.

E.

The requirements set out in this section, where appropriate, may be waived by the Director of the Health Department.

F.

The Health Department may require the landfill manager and equipment operators to complete a course of instruction and/or to make a passing grade on an examination offered by the Health Department in the principles of sanitary landfill operation.

(Ord. No. 24035 , § 1, 11-7-2018)