ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

NOTICE OF PROPOSED SOLID WASTE PERMIT RENEWAL UNDER THE ALABAMA SOLID WASTES AND RECYCLABLE MATERIALS MANAGEMENT ACT AND REQUEST FOR COMMENTS
PUBLIC NOTICE – 422

Escambia County

Georgia-Pacific Brewton LLC has submitted to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) and application for renewal of Solid Waste Disposal Permit for the Georgia-Pacific Brewton LLC Main Landfill (Permit 27-05).

The landfill is described as being located in the Southwest ¼ of Section 1 and Northwest ¼ of Section 12, Township 1 North, Range 9 East in Escambia County, Alabama. The permitted facility consists of approximately 5,000 acres with 65 acres for disposal operations. All previously approved variances have been requested and shall remain in the permit.

The waste stream for the Georgia-Pacific Brewton LLC Main Landfill would remain industrial non-hazardous waste, including but not limited to; ash generated from the combustion of wood waste, wood yard debris, de-watered primary and secondary wastewater sludge, lime and causticizing by-products, off-spec paperboard and pulp stock, broken or scrap pallets, old machine felts, construction debris, unusable scrap metal, materials dredged from the water treatment plant river intake structure, grounds maintenance debris, and aquatic vegetation harvested from the wastewater treatment plant. The service area for the Georgia-Pacific Brewton LLC Main Landfill would remain Georgia-Pacific Brewton LLC in Brewton, Alabama. The maximum average daily volume of waste disposed at the Georgia-Pacific Brewton LLC Landfill would remain 2,300 cubic yards per day.

Copies of the public notice and proposed permit are available for public inspection electronically via the ADEM web site at http://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.  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 36109-2400
(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 and 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), US Mail (P.O. Box 301463, Montgomery, AL  36130-1463), or e-mail (permitsmail@adem.alabama.gov).

This notice is hereby given this 15th day of January, 2020, by authorization of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management.

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.