West Virginia § 22-16-10 Limitation on assistance

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§ 22-16-10 — Limitation on assistance

West Virginia § 22-16-10

Ch. 22ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES

Art. 16SOLID WASTE LANDFILL CLOSURE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

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W. Va. Code § 22-16-10 (2026).

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The director may provide closure assistance only to permittees who meet the following requirements:

(1)The permittee of a landfill that does not have a liner and ceases accepting solid waste on or before November 30, 1991, except for those landfills allowed to accept solid waste pursuant to the provisions of section seventeen, article fifteen of this chapter and ceases accepting solid waste on or before the extension deadline as determined by the director; or the permittee of a landfill that has only a single liner and ceases accepting solid waste on or before September 30, 1993, or the permittee of a landfill as provided for in subsection (g), section twelve, article sixteen of this chapter;

(2)The permittee of the landfill must demonstrate to the satisfaction of the director that it

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The director may provide closure assistance only to permittees who meet the following requirements:

(1) The permittee of a landfill that does not have a liner and ceases accepting solid waste on or before November 30, 1991, except for those landfills allowed to accept solid waste pursuant to the provisions of section seventeen, article fifteen of this chapter and ceases accepting solid waste on or before the extension deadline as determined by the director; or the permittee of a landfill that has only a single liner and ceases accepting solid waste on or before September 30, 1993, or the permittee of a landfill as provided for in subsection (g), section twelve, article sixteen of this chapter;

(2) The permittee of the landfill must demonstrate to the satisfaction of the director that it does not have the financial resources on hand or the ability to generate the amounts needed to comply, in a timely manner, with the closure requirements provided in article fifteen of this chapter and any rules promulgated pursuant thereto: Provided, That any permittee required to close a landfill, or any portion thereof, due to the lack of an approved composite liner system, who collects solid waste within this state which is disposed outside this state, shall not be eligible for closure assistance: Provided, however, That any permittee which is a Class I municipality shall be eligible for closure assistance when the permittee elects to and pays the solid waste assessment fee which would otherwise be levied and imposed upon the disposal of the solid waste by subsection (a), section four of this article, if the solid waste was disposed of within the state; and

(3) The permittee must maintain a permit for the landfill pursuant to the provisions of section ten, article fifteen of this chapter and maintain the full amount of the bond required to be submitted pursuant to section twelve of said article.