Solid waste guidance and policy

Policy

• Land application policy.
• Asphalt shingles are not a recyclable material.
• End of post-closure care for solid waste sites and facilities.
• Enforcement response policy.
• Groundwater waivers for small landfills.
• Penalty policy.
• Waste tire monofill waiver policy.
• When the solid waste user fee applies, when the annual fee applies, and how to handle landfills and monofills that are also recyclers.
• Fraudulent Document Policy for the Waste Tire End Users Fund.
• Non-compliance Policy for the Waste tire End Users Fund.

Guidance

Residential waste

• Broken thermometer and fluorescent bulb Cleanup guidance for households.
• Household hazardous waste exclusion.
• Household medical waste management.
• Lead.
• One's own waste on one's own property exemption.
• Sewage backup cleanup guidance for homeowners.

Solid waste cleanup/remediation

• Emergency petroleum spill waste management guidance.
• Environmental cleanup guidance and policy.
• Lead.
• Materials management plan.
• Memorandum of Understanding - Colorado Department of Agriculture: Regarding Storage, Treatment or Disposal of Livestock Carcasses During Any All-Hazards Event.
• Memorandum of Agreement - Water Quality Control Commission: Water Quality Responsibilities as an Implementing Agency.

Solid waste generators

• Animal carcass disposal.
• Asphalt, brick and concrete recycling and beneficial use.
• Beneficial use of drinking water treatment residuals.
• Disturbance of historic landfill waste.
• Hemp and hemp-related waste disposal.
• Household hazardous waste exclusion.
• Lead.
• Mail-back programs for mercury, lighting, dental, medical and electronic waste.
• Marijuana and marijuana-related waste disposal.
• Memorandum of Understanding - Department of Natural Resources Division of Reclamation, Mining and Safety.
• Memorandum of Understanding - Oil and Gas Conservation Commission: Regarding the Disposal of Eligible Wastes at Commercial Class II Injection Wells.
• One's own waste on one's own property exemption.
• Produced water road map.
  • Plan de acción para el agua producida.
• Soil reuse and clean fill guidance.
• Sand trap waste guidance.
• Medical and pharmaceutical waste guidance.
• Waste tire guidance and policy.

Solid waste sites and facilities

• Asphalt, brick and concrete recycling and beneficial use.
• CD and EDOP modifications/amendments guidance and content overview.
• Certificate of designation as a solid waste facility.
• Closed municipal solid waste landfill regulation timeline.
• Disturbance of historic landfill waste.
• Engineering design QA/QC plans for disposal cell subgrade, liner, leachate collection system and protective layer components.
• Facility engineering design/as-built documents.
• Financial assurance/developing closure and post-closure estimates.
• Guide to Colorado's composting regulations.
• Marijuana and marijuana-related waste disposal.
• Recycling facility material turnover rate calculation compliance bulletin.
• Section 9 waste impoundments: permitting, operation, monitoring, closure and post-closure care.
• Used oil collection centers and aggregation points interpretive memo.
• Water balance covers.

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