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

PUBLIC NOTICE – 422

SHELBY COUNTY

The Shelby County Commission has submitted to the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) an application to renew and an application to modify the Solid Waste Disposal Facility Permit for Highway 70 Landfill (Permit No. 59-15). The proposed modifications include an update to the Groundwater Monitoring Plan (GWMP), the addition of one groundwater monitoring well (MW-30), and the addition of tarps, spray-on product (BioCover), sludge and sludge-derived products, dredge materials, foundry sand, shredded green waste and wood chips mixed 50:50 with soil, nonhazardous contaminated soils, and EnviroCover non-reusable geosynthetic film with a minimum thickness of 1.75 mil as alternate daily covers in the Municipal Solid Waste Disposal Areas. The facility requested a variance from ADEM Admin. Code 335-13-4-.22(1)(b) to include an additional MSW working face in order to place a fluff layer in each newly constructed cell while at the same time continuing to fill the current cell. The facility also requested a variance to the two-foot limit in ADEM Admin. Code 335-13-4-.23(1)(b) for C&D waste layer lifts of 6 feet. The waste stream for Highway 70 Landfill Municipal Solid Waste Disposal Area would remain non-hazardous, non-infectious putrescible waste, including, but not limited to, municipal solid waste, industrial waste, construction and demolition waste, rubbish, as defined by ADEM Admin. Code 335-13-1-.03, sludge, and other similar-type materials. Special waste approved by ADEM may also be accepted. The waste stream for Highway 70 Landfill’s Construction and Demolition Waste Disposal Area would remain non-putrescible and non-hazardous construction and demolition waste and rubbish. The service area for the Highway 70 Landfill would remain Bibb, Calhoun, Cherokee, Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Etowah, Jefferson, Randolph, St. Clair, Shelby, Talladega, Tallapoosa, and Tuscaloosa Counties in Alabama. The maximum average daily volume of waste disposed at Highway 70 Landfill would remain 1,500 tons per day. All conditions of the current permit, including previously approved variances, have been requested and would be granted in the renewed and modified permit.

The Highway 70 Landfill is located in Sections 19 and 30, Township 21 South, Range 1 West and Sections 24 and 25, Township 21 South, Range 2 West located in Shelby County, Alabama. The permitted facility consists of approximately 360.05 acres and has 131.00 acres permitted for disposal with 77.70 acres permitted for MSW disposal operations and 53.30 acres for C/D disposal operations.

Copies of the public notice, permit application, and proposed permit are available for public inspection via the ADEM website at http://adem.alabama.gov/public-notices and are available 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 36110-2059
(334) 271-7714
permitsmail@adem.alabama.gov

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 Solid Wastes & Recyclable Materials Management Act and all other applicable regulations, the Department will make a final determination on the proposed permit. The Department will develop a response to comments 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 on this 27th day of February, 2026, by authorization of the Alabama Department of Environmental Management.

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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.