PUBLIC NOTICE – 422

ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

NOTICE OF PROPOSED MODIFICATION OF A CONSTRUCTION/DEMOLITION WASTE LANDFILL PERMIT UNDER THE ALABAMA SOLID WASTES AND RECYCLABLE MATERIALS MANAGEMENT ACT AND REQUEST FOR COMMENTS

 

RUSSELL COUNTY

Pine Hollow Inc. has applied for a major permit modification of its current Solid Waste Disposal Permit (Permit No. 57-07) for the Pine Hollow Inc. Landfill. The major modification of the permit involves increasing the total permitted area from approximately 52 acres to 122 acres and increasing the daily disposal volume from 250 tons to 500 tons. The waste stream for disposal at the Pine Hollow Inc. Landfill will remain non-putrescible and non-hazardous construction and demolition waste and rubbish as defined by ADEM Rule 335-13-1-.03., scrap tires, fiberglass insulation debris waste (MELT) from IIG facility in Phenix City, Alabama and clean foundry sand to be used as cover material. The service area for the Pine Hollow Inc. Landfill shall be the Alabama counties of Chambers, Russell, Lee, Macon, and Barbour and the Georgia counties of Muscogee, Harris, Chattahoochee, Talbot, Meriwether, and Troup.

Pine Hollow Inc. Landfill is located in Section 4, Township 16 North, and Range 30 east, on Brickyard Road (County Road 61), in Phenix City, Alabama. After the proposed major modification, Pine Hollow Inc. Landfill will comprise approximately 122 permitted acres with approximately 102 acres designated for disposal.

Copies of the landfill application and plans and proposed permits are available for public inspection electronically via www.adem.state.al.us/PublicNotice/PublicNotice.htm, and 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

Persons wishing to comment may do so, in writing, 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 Disposal 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.state.al.us), or postal service (P.O. Box 301463, Montgomery, AL 36130-1463).

This notice is hereby given on this 2nd day of April 2009, by authorization of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management.

 

 

 

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Onis "Trey" Glenn, III

Director