Guidance Documents

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Design and Construction Documents

• Acceptable Vegetation and Cap System Maintenance (GD 179) 
• Bottom Slopes for Expansions and Ten Year Design Demonstrations (GD# 514) 
• Constructing Recompacted Soil Liners and Soil Barrier Layers (GD# 692)
• Delay of Cap System Construction (GD# 607) 
• Freeze/Thaw Protection of Recompacted Soil Liner and Barrier (GD# 158) 
• Landfill Closure and Post Closure Care (GD# 626)
• Locating Explosive Gas Monitors (GD# 531)
• Managing Leachate and Condensate (GD# 538)
• Protection of the Composite Liner (GD# 155)
• Recommended Format for QA/QC Plans (GD# 685)
• Selecting Material for Cap Protection Layers (GD# 700)
• Separatory Liner/Leachate Collection Systems (GD# 691)
• Use of Best Fit Line of Optimums (BFLO) for Recompacted Soil Liner Construction (GD# 665)
• Use of Settlement Plates for Confirmation of Cap Construction (GD# 159)
• Use of Shredded Tires in Landfill Construction (GD# 599)
• Using HELP Model to Design Leachate Collection and Management System (GD# 528)
• Wrinkles in Landfill Flexible Membrane Liner Construction

Explosive Gas Monitoring Documents

• Explosive Gas Monitoring Plan Application Tabs
  
• Explosive Gas Monitor Report Form (GD# 687)
• Ending Explosive Gas Monitoring for Solid Waste Landfills that ceased accepting waste prior to June 1, 1994

Geotechnical and Slope Stability Analyses for Ohio Waste Containment Facilities (GeoRG Manual)

• Full Version of the (GeoRG) Manual (GD# 660)
• Title, Contents, Definitions, & Basic Concepts
• Chapter 1: Introduction
• Chapter 2: Content of Geotechnical & Stability Analyses
• Chapter 3: Subsurface Investigation
• Chapter 4: Materials Testing Program Methods & Assumptions
• Chapter 5: Liquefaction Potential Evaluation & Analysis
• Chapter 6: Settlement Analyses
• Chapter 7: Hydrostatic Uplift Analysis
• Chapter 8: Deep-Seated Failure Analysis
• Chapter 9: Shallow Failure Analysis
• Appendices

Ground Water Monitoring Documents

• Corrective Measures Plans (GD# 570) 
Evaluation of Statistical Outliers and Statistically Significant Trends in Ground Water Quality Data (GD# 715) 
• Frequently Asked Questions regarding ÀœLowest PQL? in OAC 3745-27-10(C)(7)(e)
• Practical Quantitation Limits (GD# 406) 
• Significant Zone of Saturation (GD# 176)

Landfill Operation Documents

• 10-year Update Guidance (GD# 636)
• Alternative Daily Cover Requests (GD# 654)
• Alternative Timeline Requests for Correcting High Operating Values at Landfill Gas Collection Wells (GD# 1001)
• Best Management Practices to Prevent and Control Hydrogen Sulfide and Reduced Sulfur Compound Emissions at Landfills that Dispose of Gypsum Drywall [EPA/600/R-14/039]
• Daily Log of Operations (GD# 009 EF 1/1/2023 [Word] [PDF] [Walk-through/video tutorial]
• Higher Operating Value (HOV) Demonstrations (GD# 1002)
• Operating Record (GD# 30)
• PCB and Hazardous Waste Prevention and Detection Program (GD# 32)
• Select Waste Layers (GD# 686)
• Solidification and Disposal Activities Associated with Drilling-Related Wastes at Solid Waste Landfills
  
• Subsurface Heating Events; Best Management Practices (GD# 1009)
• Unstable Slope Advisory for Solid Waste Landfill Facilities (GD# 586)
• What is the Authorized Maximum Daily Waste Receipt (GD# 532)
• What Landfills Need to Know About Ohio's Asbestos Removal Rules

Location Restriction Demonstrations

• Procedural and Technical Considerations for the Airport 
• Implementation Instructions (GD# 138)
• Regulatory Floodplain (GD# 127) 
• Holocene Faults (GD# 128) 
• Seismic Impact Zones (GD# 129)
• Unstable Areas (GD# 133)

Other Miscellaneous Documents

• Process for Ending Post-Closure Care at Solid Waste Landfills (GD #1018)
• Adjusting Post-Closure Care Financial Assurance for Additional Activities (GD# 506) 
• Comparison of Municipal, Industrial, and Residual Solid Waste Programs (GD# 540) 
• Consideration for Development On or Adjacent to a Closed Solid Waste Landfill (GD# 1003) 
• Evaluating Exempt Waste Uses at Solid Waste Facilities (GD# 609)
• Frequently Asked Questions about the Management of Soils (GD# 610)
• Implementation of "Chapter 513" - OAC 3745-513 (GD #631) 
• Regulatory Status of Ash from the Co-combustion of Coal and Alternative Fuels (GD# 525) 

Permitting Documents

• Becoming Involved in Ohio EPA's Solid Waste Permitting Process (GD# 208)
• Closure/Post-Closure Cost Estimates (GD# 675)
• Leachate Recirculation at Solid Waste Landfills (GD# 602)
• Open Dumping and Open Burning
• Permit to Install Application Attachment A1 Landfills (GD# 696)
• Permit to Install Application Attachment B1a Municipal Solid Waste Landfill (GD# 216)
• Permit to Install Application Cover Sheet (GD# 214)
• Public Involvement Requirements for Solid Waste Permits (GD# 212)
• Significant Zone of Saturation (GD# 176)
• Siting Criteria (GD# 693)
• Solid Waste Landfill Permit to Install Process (GD# 211)
• Solid Waste Landfill Siting, Permitting, and Hydrogeologic Investigation (GD# 690)
• Solid Waste License Application (SWL-596)
• Solid Waste License Instructions