[Amended 5-24-2021 ATM by Art. 28]
A. The owner
or operator of a private landfill in the Town shall, as approved by
the Board of Public Health, provide for maintenance of the property,
leachate collection, leachate treatment or removal, runoff control,
air monitoring, odor control, surface water testing and groundwater
testing for a period of 30 years following the abandonment or approved
closure of said landfill to ensure that said abandoned or closed landfill
does not constitute a threat to public health and the environment
nor contaminate the air, land or water resources or public health
of the Town.
B. Said owner
or operator shall submit a written plan addressing operation maintenance
and monitoring for completing said actions and the estimated costs
of said actions to the Board of Public Health no later than 120 days
following the effective date of this bylaw and on or before January
15 of each year thereafter. Said plan shall not become effective until
approved by the Board of Public Health.
[Amended 5-24-2021 ATM by Art. 28]
The Board of Public Health is hereby authorized to adopt regulations
to implement the provisions of this article. Said regulations shall
require said owner or operator to publicly disclose its financial
assets.
Each of the paragraphs within this article shall be construed
as separate to the end that if any sentence, clause or phrase thereof
shall be held invalid for any reason the remainder of that paragraph
and all other paragraphs of this article shall continue in full force.
This article is adopted pursuant to the Home Rule Amendment
of the Massachusetts Constitution and the home rule statutes, independent
of the provisions of MGL c. 111, § 150A, and regulations
promulgated thereunder.