ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
NOTICE OF PROPOSED RENEWAL AND MODIFICATION OF A MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE
LANDFILL PERMIT UNDER THE ALABAMA SOLID WASTES AND RECYCLABLE MATERIALS
MANAGEMENT ACT AND REQUEST FOR COMMENTS
PUBLIC NOTICE – 422
MOBILE COUNTY
The Solid Waste Disposal Authority of the City of Mobile has applied for a permit to continue to operate a municipal solid waste landfill known as the Chastang Sanitary Landfill (Permit No. 49-05). The modifications to the permit include the installation of groundwater monitoring wells PZ-7R3, MW-9D, MW-11R, MW-12R, PZ-14R, MW-15D, MW-15S, and MW-16, and the abandonment of groundwater monitoring wells MW-2A, MW-11, and MW-12. The facility has requested to use refractory brick from SSAB as an alternate daily cover. The facility has requested a variance from ADEM Admin. Code 335-13-4-.22(1)(c) allowing the vertical lift within a completed daily cell to exceed eight (8) feet but not exceed fifteen (15) feet. The facility has requested a variance from ADEM Admin. Code 335-13-4-.22(1)(b) allowing two working faces temporarily during the initial lift placement on each newly constructed cell. The facility requested to discontinue a special condition which allowed the recirculation of leachate via phyto-irrigation. Leachate recirculation will be done exclusively through spray application. The facility has also requested to update their Operations Plan, Closure and Post-Closure Plan, Construction Quality Assurance Plan, Groundwater Monitoring Plan, and Gas Monitoring plan in accordance with present industry standards and ADEM Admin. Code Division 335-13. The approved waste stream for Chastang Sanitary Landfill will remain non-hazardous solid wastes, non-infectious putrescible and non-putrescible wastes including but not limited to household garbage, industrial waste, construction and demolition debris, commercial waste, appliances, tires, trees, limbs, stumps, sludge, paper and other similar type materials. Special waste and industrial waste approved by the Department may also be accepted. The service area for Chastang Sanitary Landfill will remain Mobile County, Alabama. The maximum average daily volume of waste disposed at Chastang Sanitary Landfill will remain 1725 tons per day. All previous variances and special conditions have been requested. All other permit conditions will remain unchanged.
The Chastang Sanitary Landfill is described as being located in Sections 13, Township 1 North, Range 1 West in Mobile County, Alabama. The permitted facility consists of approximately 367 acres with 152.9 acres for disposal operations.
Copies of the public notice, permit application and proposed permit, are available for public inspection via the ADEM web site at http://adem.alabama.gov/public-notices, and 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
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 oral and written comments and consideration of the requirements of the Alabama Air Pollution Control Act, the Federal Clean Air Act, the Alabama Solid Wastes & Recyclable Materials Management Act, and all other applicable regulations, the Department will make a final determination on the proposed permits. The Department will develop a response to comments for each permit, which will be posted to the Department’s website at http://app.adem.alabama.gov/eFile/. To find the response to comments and final permit determination, you may search by the permit or facility number listed in this notice.
The Department maintains a list of interested individuals who are emailed legal notices regarding proposed permits. If you wish to receive such notices, please sign up here. (The link is https://adem.alabama.gov/email-notification)
This notice is hereby given this 8th day of December 2025, by authorization of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management.
_____________________
Edward F. Poolos
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.