SECTION 330.545. Airport Safety

(a) Owners or operators of new municipal solid waste landfill units, existing municipal solid waste landfill units, vertical or lateral expansions, and landfill mining operations that are located within 10,000 feet of any airport runway end used by turbojet aircraft or within 5,000 feet of any airport runway end used by only piston-type aircraft shall demonstrate that the units are designed and operated so that the municipal solid waste landfill unit does not pose a bird hazard to aircraft.

(b) Owners or operators proposing to site new municipal solid waste landfill units and lateral expansions located within a six-mile radius of any small general service airport runway end used by turbojet or piston-type aircraft shall notify the affected airport and the Federal Aviation Administration. Owners or operators proposing to site new municipal solid waste landfill units and lateral expansions located within a five-mile radius of any large general public commercial airport runway end used by turbojet or piston-type aircraft shall notify the affected airport and the Federal Aviation Administration.

(c) The owner or operator shall submit the demonstration in subsection (a) of this section with a permit application or a permit amendment application. The demonstration will be considered a part of the operating record once approved.

(d) Landfills disposing of putrescible waste shall not be located in areas where the attraction of birds can cause a significant bird hazard to low-flying aircraft. Guidelines regarding location of landfills near airports can be found in Federal Aviation Administration Order 5200.5(A), January 31, 1990. All landfill facilities within a six-mile radius of any small general service airport runway or within a five-mile radius of any large general public commercial airport runway shall be critically evaluated to determine if an incompatibility exists.

Source Note: The provisions of this §330.545 adopted to be effective March 27, 2006, 31 TexReg 2502