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Landfill makes adjustments, passes site inspection
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By BARBARA GOLDMAN, Staff Writer
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The Maysville-Mason County Landfill passed a July 16 site inspection, lifting a April 16 notice of violation, officials said.
The Division of Waste Management conducted an inspection at the landfill on April 9 that resulted in the April 16 notice of violation. Until now the violation had delayed any action at the facility, including expansion of the site.
According to Landfill Director Robert DeVoe, the notice was lifted as a result of "the hard work that all the employees and people involved have put in."
Mason County Judge-Executive James "Buddy" Gallenstein also attributed the removal of the notice of violation to the hard work of the landfill staff.
"The staff worked exceptionally hard to work on the NOVs (notice of violation) that were identified," said Gallenstein. "I have not seen a written report yet, but I have been told that all was positive. The staff indicated that everything was positive."
Gallenstein said the positive inspection will give the landfill opportunity for other developments.
DeVoe said landfill staff will continue to monitor the landfill to ensure the problems had been corrected.
According to DeVoe, in early June, the problem concerned leachate outbreaks due to excessive rain on the landfill. A follow-up inspection was held on June 24, however that also resulted in the violation notice remaining in effect, until now. The leachate was caused principally by rainwater filtering through waste deposited within the landfill. After decomposing waste came in contact with the water, the water became contaminated, DeVoe said.
According to a report from the DWM, after the June 24 inspection, the landfill operators had removed waste material outside the approved waste boundary; installed wooden stakes along the approved waste boundary; and placed a steel pipe through the soil berm of the fill area to discharge surface run-off.
Gallenstein said he met with landfill officials as well as officials from the DWM prior to the recent inspection to discuss the violations as well as the actions to put the landfill back into compliance.
Gallenstein said that meeting centered around the leachate outbreaks and various ways to solve the problem.
After that meeting, vents were installed to dissolve the pressure of the gas and allow the leachate to drain properly. A daily cover was also applied to the landfill.
The vents have allowed the water levels to go down, said Gallenstein last week, prior to the recent inspection.
According to DeVoe, this is the first violation the landfill had incurred since the early 1990s.
"Now that it's all under control, we'll continue to monitor probably every day," said Gallenstein. "I think everything is now moving on the positive side of the influx."
Contact Barbara Goldman at barbara.goldman@lee.net or by calling 606-564-9091, ext. 274. |
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