Guidance

Global: New online service for solid waste permits

The MPCA has rolled out its new online service for solid waste permits and approvals. Content on this page is tied to that service.

Attend an online introduction to the online service starting 10 a.m. on Oct. 29. 

Online services

Meeting details

Online services

• Solid waste permitting online services guide (w-sw7-67)
• Solid waste general permit coverage application guidance (w-sw7-69)
• Permit-by-rule notification (in development)
• Solid waste utilization application (in development)

General

• Guidelines for land application of by-product limes (wq-lndapp1-01)
• Demolition landfill guidance (w-sw5-04)
• Farmsteads and solid waste (w-sw1-18)
• Private well sampling (w-sw2-12)
• Request for disposal of source separated recyclable material (p-rrr7-03)
• Solid waste contact change form (w-sw1-23)
• Solid Waste Expedited Permit Program - General information request form (exp-01sw)
• Solid waste facilities: A guide to Minnesota’s industrial stormwater permit (wq-strm3-09)
• Solid waste financial assurance (w-sw3-25)
• Solid waste sampling and analysis protocol guidance (w-sw2-07)
• Street sweepings (w-sw4-54)

Construction

• Guidance for soil construction standards and testing frequencies: Final cover construction (w-sw5-09)
• Guidance for soil construction standards and testing frequencies: Landfill cell construction (w-sw5-07)

Landfills

All landfills

• Alternate daily cover spray-on cover materials (w-sw5-11)
• Checklist for postclosure care summary report requirements for a solid waste landfill (w-sw3-51)
• Guidance for handling asbestos-containing waste material at active waste disposal sites (w-sw5-01)
• Industrial Solid Waste Management Plan: Generic conditions for the acceptance of carcasses or carcass ash waste (w-sw4-64)
• Landfills accepting asbestos (w-sw6-00)
• MPCA program management decision memo on disposal of mercury-contaminated soils in Minnesota landfills

  (2007)
• Solid waste disposal (w-sw4-19)

Construction and demolition

• Construction and demolition debris landfill rulemaking
• Generic template: Industrial Solid Waste Management Plan (ISWMP) for construction and demolition (C&D) waste landfills (w-sw3-36
• Groundwater impacts of unlined construction and demolition debris landfilling
• Groundwater impacts of unlined construction and demolition debris landfilling (w-sw5-54a)
• Groundwater impacts of unlined construction and demolition debris landfilling: Appendices (w-sw5-54b)
• Guidance for liner design for demolition debris or industrial solid waste landfills (w-sw5-02)
• Hydrogeologic evaluation form for demolition landfills (w-sw5-05)

Industrial solid waste

• Guidance for liner design for demolition debris or industrial solid waste landfills (w-sw5-02)
• Industrial landfill guidance manual (w-sw5-20)

Municipal solid waste

• Certificate of need process for Twin Cities metro-area landfills
• Certificate of need request form for landfills outside the Metropolitan area (w-sw3-59)
• Certificate of need request form for landfills outside the Metropolitan area (w-sw3-59)
• Certificate of need request form - Supplemental spreadsheet (w-sw3-59a)
• Minnesota landfills that accept mixed municipal solid waste (w-sw6-04)

Landfill leachate management

• Under review: Guidance for leachate recirculation at municipal solid waste landfills (w-sw5-08)
• Under review: Land application of landfill leachate (w-sw5-06)

Composting

• Aspergillusem fungus spores from yard waste compost facilities (w-sw1-01)
• Carver County compost facility groundwater monitoring: Quality assurance project plan (w-sw11-02)
• Checklist for a site suitability workplan for a source-separated compost facility (w-sw3-52)
• Continuation & Expansion of the Commercial & Residential Co-collected Organics Compost Project
• Commingling residential organics with yard waste (w-sw3-44a)
• Minnesota compost facility locator – permitted large composting facilities that produce compost
• Yard waste compost facilities - inert material testing (w-sw2-02)

Other state agency rules concerning composting:

• Minnesota Board of Animal Health regulates composting of farm animal mortalities
• Minnesota Department of Agriculture regulates the labeling and fees of compost sold as fertilizer; refer to Minn. R. 1510.0430 - 1510.0434
• MnDOT Standard Specifications for Construction: Specification 3890 outlines the quality and use of compost for its turf establishment project