ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
NOTICE OF A PROPOSED SOLID WASTE PERMIT RENEWAL UNDER THE ALABAMA SOLID WASTES & RECYCLABLE MATERIALS MANAGEMENT ACT AND REQUEST FOR COMMENTS
PUBLIC NOTICE – 422
Walker County
BFI Waste Systems of Alabama, LLC submitted to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) an application to continue to operate the Pineview Sanitary Landfill (Permit No. 64-11). The waste stream for the Pineview Sanitary Landfill would remain non-hazardous, non-infectious, putrescible and non-putrescible waste including but not limited to household garbage, industrial waste, commercial solid wastes, construction and demolition waste, other similar type wastes, and special waste approved by the Department. The service area for the Pineview Sanitary Landfill would remain Walker, Jefferson, Shelby, Cullman, Blount, Winston, Fayette, Marion, and Tuscaloosa Counties in the State of Alabama, and their respective municipalities. The maximum average daily volume of waste disposed at the Pineview Sanitary Landfill would remain 1,500 tons per day. The application requested that all conditions of the current permit for the Pineview Sanitary Landfill, including previously approved variances and special conditions, be granted in the renewed permit.
Pineview Sanitary Landfill is located in Sections 22, 27, and 28, Township 15 South, Range 5 West, in Walker County, Alabama. The Pineview Sanitary Landfill consists of 691.48 acres with 169 acres for disposal.
Copies of the public notice and proposed permit are available for public inspection electronically via www.adem.alabama.gov/newsEvents/publicNotices.cnt and the complete application is available at the following location Monday – Friday (except legal holidays), 8:00 am to 5:00 pm by appointment. A nominal fee for copying and/or mailing may be charged. Arrangements for copying should be made in advance.
Russell A. Kelly, Chief
Permits and Services Division
ADEM
1400 Coliseum Blvd.
[Mailing address: PO Box 301463; Zip 36130-1463]
Montgomery, Alabama 36110-2400
(334) 271-7714
permitsmail@adem.alabama.gov
Persons wishing to comment may do so, in writing or by email, to the Department's named contact above within 35 days following the publication date of this notice. In order to affect final decisions, comments must offer technically substantial information that is applicable to the proposed permit.
A written request for a public hearing may also be filed within that 35-day period and must state the nature of the issues proposed to be raised in the hearing. The Director shall hold a public hearing upon receipt of a significant number of technical requests.
After consideration of all written comments, review of any public hearing record, and consideration of the requirements of the Alabama Solid Wastes & Recyclable Materials Management Act, and applicable regulations, the Department will make a final determination. The Department will develop a response to comments, which will become part of the public record and will be available to persons upon request. Notice will be sent to any person requesting notice of the final action.
The Department maintains a list of interested individuals who are mailed legal notices regarding proposed permits. If you wish to receive such notices, contact the Permits & Services Division via telephone (334-271-7714), e-mail (permitsmail@adem.alabama.gov), or postal service (P.O. Box 301463, Montgomery, AL 36130-1463).
This notice is hereby given this 22nd day of April, 2020, by authorization of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management.
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Lance R. LeFleur
Director
Nondiscrimination Statement: The Department does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age or disability in the administration of its programs.