PUBLIC HEARING - 422

ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

NOTICE OF PROPOSED RENEWAL OF A MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILL PERMIT UNDER THE ALABAMA SOLID WASTES AND RECYCLABLE MATERIALS MANAGEMENT ACT AND REQUEST FOR COMMENTS

PERRY COUNTY

Perry County Associates, LLC has applied for a permit to continue to operate a municipal solid waste landfill known as the Arrowhead Landfill (Permit 53-03). The waste stream for the Arrowhead Landfill would remain nonhazardous solid wastes, noninfectious putrescible and nonputrescible wastes including but not limited to household garbage, commercial waste, industrial waste, construction and demolition debris, other similar type materials, and special waste approved by ADEM. The service area for the Arrowhead Landfill would remain the States of Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. The maximum average daily volume of waste disposed at the Arrowhead Landfill would remain 15,000 tons per day.

The landfill is located in Sections 21, 22, 27, and 28, Township 17 North, Range 6 East in Perry County, Alabama. The permitted facility consists of 976.97 acres with 256.151 acres (Tract 1 is 39.068 acres, Tract 2 is 129.964 acres and Tract 3 is 87.119 acres) permitted for disposal operations.

Copies of the public notice and proposed permit are available for public inspection electronically via the ADEM web site at adem.state.al.us/PublicNotice/PublicNotice.htm, and the complete application 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 36109-2608

(334) 271-7714

The Department has scheduled a public hearing to receive oral comments to be held on July 14, 2011, in the auditorium of the Uniontown Municipal Building located at 100 Front Street, Uniontown, Alabama at 6:00 PM.

Persons wishing to comment may do so, in writing, to the Department's named contact above by 5:00 PM on July 21, 2011. In order to affect final decisions, comments must offer technically substantial information that is applicable to the proposed permit.

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.state.al.us).

Any person wishing to participate in this hearing who needs special accommodations should contact the Department’s Permits and Services Division at (334) 271-7714 at least five working days prior to the hearing.

This notice is hereby given this June 8, 2011, by authorization of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management.

 

Lance R. LeFleur

Director