Master Recycling Program

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Valley Landfills, Inc

• Master Recycling Program
• January 13, 2009

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Valley Landfills, Inc.

• Coffin Butte Landfill
• Process Recovery Center
• Lebanon Transfer Station
• Monroe Transfer Station

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Coffin Butte Landfill
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History of Coffin Butte Landfill

• 1942 1944 Camp Adair
• World War II
• Second Largest City in Oregon
• Housed 50,000 Troops
• Formally Used Defense Site (FUDS)
• 1944-1970s Open Burn Landfill
• Clay Lined Cells
• 1980s Regional Landfill (Subtitle D)
• 2000 Allied Waste Industries
• 2008 Republic Services

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Subtitle D Municipal Landfill

• Subtitle D Requirements
• Geocomposite Liner System for the base of the
  landfill
• Leachate Collection System
• Gas Monitoring Program
• httpwww.mswmanagement.com/msw

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Permits

• Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
• Solid Waste Disposal Permit
• Title V Air Quality Permit
• NPDES Stormwater Permit
• City of Corvallis
• Industrial Waste Water Discharge Permit

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Acceptable Material

• Municipal Solid Waste
• Construction and Demolition Debris
• Contaminated Soil
• Special Waste
• Asbestos

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Recyclables

• Metal
• Glass
• Paper
• Plastic
• E-Waste (computers, monitors, printers)
• Motor Oil
• Vehicle Batteries
• Wood Waste / Yard Debris (PRC)

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Landfill Focus

• Being A Good Neighbor
• Annual Open House
• Semi-Annual Title V Roundtable
• SWAC/DSAC
• Airspace
• Permitted Appr. 39,600,000 cy
• Remaining Appr. 28,622,361 cy
• Current Volumes 527,000 tons
• Projected Capacity 43.9 years
• Density 1690 lbs/cy

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Landfill Gas (LFG)

• LFG is formed as the buried waste decomposes
• Composition of LFG
• 55 Methane
• 45 Carbon Dioxide
• Combustion of LFG
• Three 3516 Cat Engines
• Two 3520 Cat Engines
• Combusts 2000 cfm
• Generates 5.66 megawatts of power
• Generates Power for app. 4000 homes
• Candlestick Flare
• Combusts 100-500 cfm

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Leachate

• Leachate is formed when water passes through the
  waste
• Collection System
• Under Refuse
• Consists of 1 Drain Rock
• with Perforated HDPE Pipe
• Disposal Options
• City of Corvallis WWTP
• Mass-loading Limits

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Landfill Properties

• Approximately 740 acres
• Permitted vs. Zoned
• Permitted Landfill
• Zoned Landfill
• Zoned Agricultural
• Landfill Buffer
• Environmental Monitoring
• 45 Ground Water Wells
• 3 Surface Water
• 6 Gas Probes
• Noise

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Landfill Properties

• Wetlands Remediation
• Toketie Marsh
• Clover Leaf
• Soap Creek
• Wildlife
• Deer, Elk, Water Fowl
• Sediment Pond
• Stormwater
• Rock Quarry
• Operated by Knife River
• Provides Aggregate for Surrounding Area
• Future Air Space
• Future Habitat

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