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E, <br />5.2.3 Expand or initially install a landfill gas collection system (for <br />landfills) <br />5.2.4 Cap areas at final grade (for landfills) <br />5.2.5 Routinely and frequently clean areas where waste <br />accumulates (for transfer stations) <br />5.2.6 Ensure that no waste is left on the tipping floor overnight (for <br />transfer stations) <br />5.2.7 Use odor masking or neutralizing agents at the facility (for <br />landfills or transfer stations) <br />5.3 It should be noted that the last option - use of masking or neutralizing <br />agents - should be considered as a last resort for a landfill. <br />Experience has shown that the use of odor masking or neutralizing <br />agents has proven to be extremely difficult in a landfill environment. <br />By contrast, these agents can be effectively applied at transfer <br />stations. <br />5.4 If odors are detected through self -inspection and no complaints have <br />yet been made by the local community, mitigation of the odor should <br />be accomplished before the local community can detect the odor. <br />Remember: self -inspection and mitigation is mandatory for all <br />Republic facilities. Waiting until the local community detects odors is <br />not an option. If a mitigation method is found to be unsuccessful in <br />controlling odor, alternate methods must be attempted until a method <br />is found which successfully mitigates the odor. <br />6.0 REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION <br />6.1 Whenever the weekly odor survey is performed or a complainant is <br />interviewed, the appropriate document found in the appendices must <br />be completed and maintained on site as part of the site operating <br />records. <br />6.2 In addition to maintaining these records, all efforts to mitigate odors <br />must be documented in detail. It is very important to document all <br />efforts to mitigate odors whether or not there have been complaints <br />from the public. In the event that a mitigation method is attempted <br />and found to be ineffective, another mitigation method must be <br />attempted until the facility is successful in controlling odor. The <br />decision-making process in choosing a method to control odor must <br />