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Title: Demolition Debris Disposal Facility Permit-By Rule (PBR)
Alternate Title:
Description: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA)
Subject: Land
Solid Waste
Waste
Creation Date: 9/11/2008 2:12:26 PM
Modification Date: 7/3/2024 3:11:55 PM
Agency Name: Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), Minnesota
Agency URL: https://www.pca.state.mn.us
Agency Description: The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is responsible for administering environmental permitting, compliance/enforcement, remediation and outreach programs to help Minnesota protect its environment.
Agency Phone: 651-296-6300
800-657-3864
Agency Fax: Agency URL: https://www.pca.state.mn.us
Agency Address:
520 Lafayette Rd. N.

St. Paul
MN 55155

Unit Name: Solid Waste Permits
Unit URL:
Unit Description:
Unit Phone: Unit Fax: Contact person(s): elizabeth.gawrys@state.mn.us
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Audience: Hold Application URL:
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Requirements:

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1. Owners/operators of PBR demolition debris disposal facilities must comply with Minn. Rules 7001.3050, subp. 3, item B.

2. The facility must:
* Have a low potential for adverse effects on human health and the environment
* Involve less than 15,000 cubic yards of demolition debris
* Operate less than a total of 12 consecutive months and
* Not be located adjacent to another demolition debris permit-by-rule facility

3. Use is restricted to a specific owner/operator having a substantial volume of non-putrescible material resulting from the demolition of buildings, roads, or other man-made structures.


4. The facility must meet the location standards set forth in Minn. Rules 7035.2555 and Minn. Rules 7035.2825, subp. 2

5. The facility must be designed in accordance with Minn. Rules 7035.2825, subp. 3

6. Owners and operators must comply with the operating standards in Minn. Rules 7035.2825, subp. 4

7. The facility must be closed in accordance with Minn. Rules 7035.2825, subp. 5

County acknowledgment.

Demolition debris includes concrete, brick, bituminous concrete, untreated wood, masonry, glass and plastic building parts.

Demolition does not include asbestos; new construction waste materials such as carpeting, sheetrock or plywood; glues, tars, solvents, caulking, resins or their containers; household garbage, refuse or rubbish; or any hazardous infectious or liquid waste material.

See also Minn. Stat. § 116.07, subd. 12.


Rules: 7001.3050
7035.2555
7035.2825

Statutes: 116

Forms:

Permit applications

Facilities seeking permits must provide both a completed application and supplemental information, such as an operations plan, closure plan, contingency action plan, and sampling/analysis plan. The application and other required information must be submitted together; previously submitted plans and specifications will not be considered for the permit application. Submit both a hard copy and a PDF version of the application form, checklists, and supporting documents.

Permit application for minor modification (w-sw3-33b)

A "minor modification" means a change that won't result in actual or potential increases in the facility's pollution discharges and that won't hamper the agency's ability to monitor the permittee's compliance.

Application checklists

MPCA staff have developed checklists to help you ensure that your permit application includes all the required information. Be sure to complete all checklists that apply to your facility, and include them with your application.

Solid waste facility application checklist (w-sw7-32)

Metro permit review application checklist (w-sw7-44)

SSOM compost facility application checklist (sw3-54)

Checklist for a site suitability workplan for a source-separated compost facility (w-sw3-52)

Solid waste compost facility application checklist (w-sw7-39)

Demolition debris land disposal facility application checklist (w-sw7-35)

Hydrogeologic evaluation form for demolition landfills (w-sw5-05)

Generic template: Industrial Solid Waste Management Plan (ISWMP) for construction and demolition (C&D) waste landfills (w-sw3-36)

Industrial waste landfill application checklist (w-sw7-36)

Municipal solid waste (MSW) combustor ash land disposal facilities application checklist (w-sw7-38)

Mixed municipal solid waste (MSW) land disposal facility application checklist (w-sw7-37)

Solid waste transfer station application checklist (w-sw7-33)

Refuse-derived fuel processing facility application checklist (w-sw7-34)


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Activity: Solid Waste
Waste
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