ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT

P O Box 30l463 (Zip 36130-1463)

1400 Coliseum Boulevard (Zip 36110-2059)

Montgomery, Alabama 36l30-l463

(334) 27l-7700

PROPOSED CONSENT ORDER

Account Code: 422

Pursuant to the provisions of the Alabama Environmental Management Act, Code of Alabama §§ 22-22A-1 through §§ 22-22A-16 (2006 Rplc. Vol.), and the Solid Wastes and Recyclable Materials Management Act (SWRMMA), Ala. Code §§ 22-27-1 to 22-27-18 (2006 Rplc. Vol. and 2008 Cum. Supp.), as amended, the Alabama Department of Environmental Management is proposing to issue a Consent Order to Franklin County Waste Disposal Facility, which operates a solid waste disposal facility in Russellville, Franklin County, Alabama.

The violations listed in the Order consist of: failure to design, construct and maintain a run-off control system to collect and control at least the water volume resulting from a 24-hour, 25-year storm event; failure to control waste accepted at the facility so as to allow only waste stipulated on the permit; failure to apply a minimum of six inches of compacted earth at the conclusion of each week’s operation to control disease vectors, fires, odors, blown litter, and scavenging; failure to confine all waste to as small an area as possible and place onto an appropriate slope not to exceed 3 to 1; failure to control litter within the permitted facility; failure to properly close completed portions of the landfill; failure to operate in accordance with approved plans and permits; and failure to apply for a permit renewal within 180 days prior to the expiration date.

The Department is proposing a civil penalty in the amount of $20,000.00. The Order, if issued, would require the facility to correct all violations above within the prescribed timeframes, and to operate in compliance with ADEM Admin. Code 335-13 in the future.

Interested persons may submit written comments, including a request for a hearing, within 30 day of the publication date of this notice to:

Alabama Department of Environmental Management

Attention: Wm. Gerald Hardy, Chief of the Land Division

P. O. Box 30l463

Montgomery, Alabama 36l30-l463

The comment period shall end at the close of business 30 days from the publication date of this notice. A copy of the proposed order is available on the ADEM web page at: www.adem.state.al.us or may be obtained by written request to the above address. A nominal fee for copying may be charged.

This notice is hereby given this March 11, 2009, by authorization of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management.

 

 

Onis "Trey" Glenn, III

Director