<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 26-311. - Application.</div>
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               A permit applicant shall prepare and file a permit application with the county commissioners
               for any hazardous waste and/or low-level radioactive waste facility as described in<a href="" data-chunk-id="PTIICOOR_CH26EN_ARTXHAWALVERAWAMA_S26-310HAWALVERAWAPERE" class="section-link" data-product-id="14529"> section 26-310</a>. The permit application shall include all related documents submitted to the federal
               government and the state. Where subsections (1), (2), and (3) of this section, and<a href="" data-chunk-id="PTIICOOR_CH26EN_ARTXHAWALVERAWAMA_S26-314COPE" class="section-link" data-product-id="14529"> section 26-314</a>, are included in documents submitted to federal and state governments, these need
               not be duplicated for the county permit; however, additional information as to how
               these items directly impact the county as well as cross references to state and federal
               documents shall be included.
               
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                  (1)
                  
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                  The application shall contain the following information:
                  
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                  a.
                  
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                  A description of the company, including any subsidiaries and parent company, full
                  information on its financial capability, and a detailed history of all its past activities
                  in the field of hazardous and/or low-level radioactive waste management, including
                  a synopsis of every other facility it has operated or is operating.
                  
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                  b.
                  
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                  Evidence of liability insurance, including environmental impact liability insurance,
                  and a history of any claims against the company at any site, including the parent
                  company or any subsidiaries of the parent company.
                  
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                  c.
                  
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                  Justification for and anticipated benefits from the project.
                  
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                  d.
                  
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                  A description of the scope of the proposed project, including a schedule of how much
                  and what kinds of hazardous and/or low-level radioactive material the facility will
                  accept, where the material will come from, what pretreatment will be required of wastes
                  unacceptable to the facility without such pretreatment, and how long the facility
                  is expected to operate.
                  
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                  e.
                  
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                  The estimated project costs, including information on the engineering site plans and
                  construction costs for the facility; the yearly site operation expenses; and an estimate
                  of the costs for the lifetime of the project.
                  
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                  f.
                  
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                  The proposed method of financing the project, including development, operation, and
                  closure stages.
                  
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                  g.
                  
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                  The proposed number of employees and types of positions, including information on
                  the training and experience required for each position, salaries to be paid, and safety
                  precautions to be undertaken. The applicant is encouraged to hire and train local
                  residents as employees.
                  
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                  h.
                  
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                  The anticipated date to begin construction.
                  
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                  i.
                  
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                  The anticipated date to begin operation.
                  
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                  j.
                  
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                  A detailed estimate of the types and amounts of municipal and county services local
                  government will need to provide each year for the facility.
                  
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                  k.
                  
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                  A description of emergency procedures and safety and security precautions that will
                  be in place at the facility; this information should include details on emergency
                  assistance that will be required from the surrounding community.
                  
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                  l.
                  
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                  A description of the environmental protection measures to be taken by the applicant
                  to prevent contamination on and around the facility site and a description of planned
                  monitoring systems, with an estimated annual budget for each of these items.
                  
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                  m.
                  
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                  A description of environmental protection measures to be used during transportation
                  of materials to and from the facility, whether transported by the applicant or others,
                  with an estimated annual budget for these arrangements and an estimate of the volume
                  of material to be transported during each year of the facility's operation.
                  
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                  n.
                  
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                  A description of the site closure plan for the facility, the anticipated date of closure
                  and an estimate of the site closure costs.
                  
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                  o.
                  
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                  A description of anticipated need for post-closure care.
                  
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                  (2)
                  
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                  A map attached to the application shall include, but is not limited to, the following
                  information:
                  
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                  a.
                  
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                  <span class="ital">Ownership.</span>
                  
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                  1.
                  
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                  Name, address and telephone number of the legal owner and agent of property, if any.
                  
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                  2.
                  
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                  Name, address and telephone number of the professional persons responsible for design
                  and for surveys.
                  
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                  3.
                  
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                  Description of any existing legal rights-of-way or easements affecting the property.
                  
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                  4.
                  
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                  Reference to existing restrictive covenants on the property, if any.
                  
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                  b.
                  
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                  <span class="ital">Description.</span> The description shall contain the location of property by tax map and parcel number.
                  The warranty deed book number and page reference or other evidence of title of the
                  current owner.
                  
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                  c.
                  
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                  <span class="ital">Features.</span> Each map shall show the following information:
                  
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                  1.
                  
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                  The map shall be drawn to a scale of not less than 100 feet to an inch.
                  
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                  2.
                  
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                  Location sketch map showing relationship of the project site to the surrounding area.
                  
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                  3.
                  
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                  Graphic scale, date, approximate north arrow, legend.
                  
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                  4.
                  
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                  The location of property with respect to surrounding property and streets, the names
                  of all adjacent property and streets, or the names of adjacent developments. The name
                  and address of all adjacent property owners according to the county tax records. A
                  list of the names and addresses of all property owners within 1,000 feet of the property
                  line of the proposed site.
                  
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                  5.
                  
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                  Zoning classification of the proposed project and adjacent property.
                  
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                  6.
                  
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                  The location of all boundary lines of the property.
                  
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                  7.
                  
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                  The total acreage of land in the project in the county and any other county, if possible.
                  
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                  8.
                  
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                  The location of existing and/or platted streets, easements, buildings (including mobile
                  homes), railroads, parks, cemeteries, bridges, sewers, water mains, culverts, water
                  wells, and gas and electrical lines within 1,000 feet of the property line of the
                  proposed site.
                  
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                  9.
                  
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                  The location of water bodies, water courses (including sinkholes, dry stream beds
                  and pond overflow streams), groundwater aquifer groundwater recharge areas, springs
                  and other pertinent features within 1,000 feet of the property line of the proposed
                  site.
                  
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                  10.
                  
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                  The location and width of all existing and proposed street rights-of way and easements,
                  and other public ways.
                  
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                  11.
                  
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                  The location, dimensions and acreage of all property proposed to be set aside for
                  various uses on the applicant's property.
                  
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                  12.
                  
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                  The location of all test wells and/or borings.
                  
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                  13.
                  
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                  The location of the 100-year floodplain, flood of record, standard project flood,
                  and inundation due to a dam break.
                  
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                  14.
                  
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                  The location of faults, dikes, sills, and other pertinent geological structures.
                  
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                  d.
                  
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                  <span class="ital">Topographic map.</span> A topographic map with contours at vertical intervals of not more than five feet,
                  at the same scale as the project site map. The date and method of preparing the topographic
                  survey shall be stated.
                  
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                  e.
                  
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                  <span class="ital">Transportation route map.</span> A countywide map showing proposed transportation routes to and from the facility
                  site, including location of towns and emergency and safety facilities, and an estimate
                  of the volume of material and number of vehicles to travel on each route.
                  
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                  f.
                  
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                  <span class="ital">Flood plan.</span> The application shall contain a floor plan of all structures located at the facility
                  indicating all doors and windows, the location and type of waste handling areas, including
                  loading, unloading, and storage areas. Also shown shall be the location and type of
                  all related safety equipment, including disposal areas.
                  
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                  (3)
                  
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                  The application shall address the following factors as they apply to the specific
                  type of facility. Because each facility is unique, the county commissioners may request,
                  as they deem necessary, additional information, similar to that addressed below to
                  complete the application.
                  
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                  a.
                  
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                  Contaminant flow to water table, including leachate monitoring, collecting and withdrawal
                  systems; clay and synthetic liners (extra thickness, multiple liners); spill prevention
                  and containment measures.
                  
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                  b.
                  
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                  Contaminant movement with groundwater, including groundwater monitoring systems at
                  the site and in potentially affected areas; subsurface "slurry wall" barriers' controls
                  on other groundwater withdrawals in the area.
                  
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                  c.
                  
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                  Predictability of contaminant movement, based on preconstruction borings and groundwater
                  modeling.
                  
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                  d.
                  
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                  Potential effect on surface waters; planned collection systems for surface water run-off;
                  planned exclusion systems for surface water run-on.
                  
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                  e.
                  
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                  Potential effect on aquifers; planned provisions for alternate water supply systems
                  and facilities for immediate pumping and treatment of contaminated water.
                  
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                  f.
                  
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                  Potential effect on public water supplies; planned run-off collection and treatment
                  provisions for alternate supply systems.
                  
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                  g.
                  
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                  Possibility of site flooding; planned special facility design, special control dikes,
                  and buffer zone setback in area of standard project flood area.
                  
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                  h.
                  
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                  Potential human exposure to treated wastewater, including planned safety procedures,
                  clothing, instruction, and practice for employees; planned oversized or redundant
                  treatment capacity, effluent monitoring and automatic shutdown systems.
                  
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                  i.
                  
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                  Nature and predictability of pollution movement, including planned stack height for
                  incinerators with continuous stack and plume monitoring and recording, and planned
                  segregation of incompatible wastes.
                  
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                  j.
                  
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                  Potential human exposure to air pollution, including planned pollution control equipment,
                  special combustion monitoring and automatic shutdown systems and special air monitoring
                  arrangements.
                  
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                  k.
                  
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                  Safety of transportation route, including evacuation and re-routing plans planned
                  training and certification of truck drivers and other waste personnel and truck safety
                  features.
                  
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                  l.
                  
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                  Potential for noise impact, including limitations on hours for delivery and muffler
                  installation.
                  
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                  m.
                  
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                  Potential for impact on environmentally significant lands, planned bonding, insurance,
                  financial responsibility and monitoring.
                  
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                  n.
                  
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                  Proximity to residential areas or sensitive sites, including planned purchase of buffer
                  zones on adjacent lands, reduction to facility size and distance limitation between
                  similar facilities.
                  
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                  o.
                  
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                  Compatibility with existing land uses, including orientation and layout of site plans;
                  planned buffer zone setback from use area to facility owner's exterior property line,
                  referred to as "minimum interior buffer setback"; planned aesthetic design of facility
                  and landscaping.
                  
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                  p.
                  
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                  Compatibility with land use plans.
                  
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                  q.
                  
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                  Impact on existing or future economic activity, including predicted tax base expansion
                  and privilege license tax.
                  
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                  r.
                  
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                  Potential for earthquake activity, including special facility design and evacuation
                  plans to deal with such occurrences.
                  
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                  s.
                  
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                  Post-use problems, including bonding, liability, financial responsibility, and monitoring
                  community and environmental health.
                  
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                  (4)
                  
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                  Hazardous wastes and/or low-level radioactive waste generators filing permit applications
                  to store and/or treat wastes on site at the point of generation shall submit to the
                  county commissioners an application that also includes the following:
                  
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                  a.
                  
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                  A summary of all spills at the site and the resultant cleanup operation.
                  
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                  b.
                  
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                  A detailed description of the company's in-house monitoring and safety programs.
                  
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                  c.
                  
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                  Any additional information the county commissioners may deem relevant to assessing
                  the facility's impact on the health and welfare of the county's citizens.
                  
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                  (5)
                  
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                  Applications received by the county may contain confidential information that if released
                  could be detrimental to the applicant and therefore the applicant may identify those
                  portions of the application and said portions will not be considered public information
                  and shall not be released in any form to the public or the media.
                  
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               (Code 1993, Â§ 26-106; Ord. of 7-11-1989(2), Â§ 6)
               
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