74:27:12:03Site characterization.

An adequate site characterization includes the following: (1) Each of the location standards of chapter 74:27:11 in relation to the proposed site; (2) The number of acres comprising the proposed site; (3) Climatic data, including source and location of data; (4) Local wind patterns; (5) Current land use and zoning within a one-mile radius; (6) Occupied dwellings within a one-mile radius; (7) Water usage, including sources of water and well depths, within a one-mile radius; (8) Surface waters, including wetlands and their classifications, within a one-mile radius; (9) General topography and drainage patterns within a two-mile radius; (10) Existing site information, its source, reliability, and extent; (11) Soil and geologic conditions at the proposed site, including: (a) Soil types and characteristics; (b) Thickness of unconsolidated materials; (c) Lithologic profiles; (d) Fracture patterns; and (e) Unstable/seismic areas; (12) Hydrogeologic conditions at the site, including: (a) Depth to groundwater and the uppermost aquifer; (b) Saturated thickness and lateral extent of potentially impacted aquifers or other pertinent geologic units; (c) The potential for groundwater and uppermost aquifer use for domestic water supplies, livestock watering, and irrigation purposes; (d) Flow rate and flow direction of groundwater; and (e) Ambient quality of groundwater; and (13) The calculations performed to determine the potential for leachate generation at the site. The secretary may require presubmission meetings as provided by § 74:27:08:05 to discuss the procedures for the site characterization as well as the results of the site characterization. The applicant shall include all data, maps, soil boring, logs, and geologic cross-sections identifying the types and characteristics of the geologic materials present; zones of high permeability or fractures; depth to the zone of saturation; calculations for soil characteristics, groundwater flow direction and velocity, surface water drainage direction, and potential leachate generation quantity; well logs; potentiometric surface maps; laboratory analyses; and any other pertinent information with the results of the site characterization.

Source: 17 SDR 8, effective July 26, 1990; 19 SDR 186, effective June 10, 1993.