(a) An owner or operator of a landfill must not conduct reclamation of a landfill without a registration issued pursuant to this Subpart and section 360.15 of this Title. Facilities registered pursuant to this Part must comply with section 360.15 of this Title if not otherwise permitted under this Part.

(b) In lieu of the operating requirements described in section 360.19 of this Title, each facility registered pursuant to this Part must comply with the requirements specified in this Subpart, except that reclamation by owners or operators involving only re-contouring or reduction without waste processing of the existing waste mass in a disposal facility may comply with only section 363-11.5 of this Subpart.