Standard Operating Procedures

Part B focuses on Standard Operating Procedures and has been formatted to provide supervisors and their employees with a user-friendly method for access, training, and implementation of these procedures.

Divisional

The City’s Waste Reduction & Disposal Division (WRAD) is primarily responsible for the overall operation of the Miramar Landfill. Therefore, some procedures exist that are applicable throughout the Division and shall be reviewed and followed by WRAD personnel as required.

CADD (PDF: 160K)
CIP (PDF: 160K)
General Site Maintenance (PDF: 161K)
Off Road Vehicular Traffic (PDF: 160K)
Regulatory Inspections (PDF: 169K)
Landfill Tours (PDF: 165K)
Uncooperative Customers (PDF: 158K)

Landfill Operations

Specific work instructions and procedures concerning landfill operations have been documented in order to establish standard policies and practices for the Operators staff. These topics will be reviewed periodically in routine tailgate sessions, which will allow operators to keep up-to-date on any changes in standard operations. Operations personnel are expected to be familiar and comply with the procedures relating to their areas of responsibility.

Drainage Structures (PDF: 163K)
Dust Control (PDF: 159K)
Equipment Records and Inspections (PDF: 164K)
Fuel Nozzle Leaks (PDF: 169K)
Heavy Equipment Preventive Maintenance (PDF: 40K)
Landfill Equipment Fluid Releases (PDF: 164K)
Leachate Disposal (PDF: 161K)
Litter Control (PDF: 162K)
Motive Equipment Start Up & Shutdown (PDF: 166K)
Tarpomatic (PDF: 166K)
Vector Control (PDF: 156K)

Radiator Blowouts

657E Blowout (PDF: 159K)
Compactor Blowout (PDF: 164K)
D-6 LGP D-9 D-10 Dozers (PDF: 163K)

Inactive Landfill Maintenance

The City’s inactive landfills require ongoing observation and maintenance to ensure that any environmental impacts are controlled and managed within regulatory guidelines. In order to maintain consistency and meet regulatory compliance at the inactive sites, the Surface Maintenance section of the WRAD has established SOPs to follow when providing services at these sites.

Fee Exempt Soil (PDF: 168K)
Major Grading (PDF: 171K)
Minor Grading (PDF: 177K)
Drainage Improvements (PDF: 167K)
Quarterly Site Inspection (PDF: 162K)

Greenery Processing Area

The mission of the Greenery is to process diverted green waste and clean wood waste into products (compost, mulch, woodchips) that are both environmentally and economically usable, thereby reducing the amount of material disposed of in the landfill.

The procedures on the following pages have been documented in order to establish standard policies for operation of the Greenery.
These procedures have been designed to:

• Set safety standards at the Greenery;
• Increase productivity and quality of material handled by the work force operating the Greenery;
• Set flexible standards to be followed during adverse conditions.

E6000 Startup-Lockout (PDF: 169K)
Fecal Contamination Prevention (PDF: 28K)
Grinding Operations (PDF: 168K)
Trommel Startup-Lockout (PDF: 167K)
Windrow Building Operations (PDF: 173K)
Wood Grinding Operations (PDF: 172K)
Diamond Z DZH 7000 Startup-Lockout (PDF: 52K)

Radiator Blowouts

Excavator Blowout (PDF: 163K)
Grinder Blowout (PDF: 162K)
Loader Blowout (PDF: 165K)
Morbark Blowout (PDF: 159K)
Scarab Blowout (PDF: 161K)
Scraper Blowout (PDF: 160K)

Biological Services

Biological Services is a program dedicated to native plant restoration on City landfills. The process of re-vegetation allows native plants to dominate over exotic plants and, therefore, require little or no watering once established. Furthermore, the strong root system of native plants provides an excellent and natural source for erosion control.

Biological Services is also responsible for on-site bird control. Cracker shells are fired regularly to scare off birds flying within the vicinity of the landfill. It is necessary to keep the soaring birds, such as seagulls, away from the landfill due to aircraft of the Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar, and bird control is a requirement of the City’s landfill lease from the U.S. Department of the Navy.

Bio Serv Gun Control Safety (PDF: 162K)
Ridgehaven Court Weed Abatement (PDF: 29K)

Landfill Gas Management

The practice of sanitary land filling, creating closed cells of trash with cover material, enhances the multiplication of anaerobic bacteria that feed on decomposable wastes. The gaseous byproducts of these bacteria are known as “landfill gas.”

Landfill gas (LFG) is flammable, explosive and asphyxiating. Certain components of LFG, in high enough concentration, can be toxic. Due to its propensity for migrating away from landfills, LFG can pollute the air, ground and surface waters, and can accumulate in structures.

The procedures within this section are used to maintain compliance with State and Federal regulations concerning LFG monitoring and control. In doing so, minimum standards of protection from the effects of LFG are provided to people and resources near landfills.

Arizona Flare Monitoring (PDF: 26K)
Extraction Well Monitoring (PDF: 30K)
Gas Probe Monitoring (PDF: 25K)
GEM 2000 (PDF: 200K)
PORTA-FID Calibration SOP (PDF: 23K)
Surface Emissions (PDF: 169K)

Groundwater

Groundwater monitoring is conducted routinely throughout the Miramar Landfill and at all inactive landfills. Quality Assurance/Quality Control protocols are followed to reduce the possibility of transporting contamination from historically “contaminated” wells to historically “clean” wells. The procedures within this section have been developed in order to document the standard methodology for minimizing the potential for cross contamination and for obtaining accurate and consistent readings.

Initial Pump Flow (PDF: 163K)
Low Flow Purging (PDF: 199K)
Low Flow Sampling Method (PDF: 27K)
pH Meter Calibration (PDF: 171K)
Purge Water Handling (PDF: 183K)
Sample Collection (PDF: 164K)
Slow Recharge Well Sampling Method (PDF: 164K)
TDS Meter Calibration (PDF: 166K)
Well Sample Method (PDF: 198K)

Emergency Procedures

It is the responsibility of all employees to know their role in each emergency that may occur on site. Employees are expected to review these procedures periodically in order to stay current on their role in the event of an emergency. All new personnel shall be instructed on the emergency procedures at the site, as well. Should these procedures change, employees will be informed of the adjustments and are expected to comply.

For the convenience and safety of all landfill personnel, condensed versions of the emergency procedures have been posted in conspicuous places throughout the site. These postable procedures have been designed to act as a quick reference guide in order to ensure that the appropriate procedures are followed.

The following section documents the standard operating procedures used by WRAD employees in the event of an emergency.

Accident Follow-Up (PDF: 22K)
Vehicle/Aircraft Accidents (PDF: 23K)
Building & Equipment Fires (PDF: 22K)
Fire in Load (PDF: 22K)
Fire in Trash and Outside Fill (PDF: 159K)
Hazardous Spill Response (PDF: 26K)
Hazardous Waste (PDF: 24K)
Injuries (PDF: 25K)
Radioactive Waste (PDF: 23K)
Subsurface fires (PDF: 24K)