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Home My WebLink About1991-11-13 92-10 RESOLVE„'FIW Q1-16 passed Consumer 9,1991 CITY OF BANGOR (TITLE) p4Q*. ALaptancS ,qt L h§te_ from _s_.wy. L do u.at the Bangor Wastewater Treatment Plant BY tlK Qfy Coartvtil o(Gk CtitY oI BaTW: B LVKD, WHEREAS, the Sawyer Environmental Recovery Facility Ispresentlyprocessing closure plan with the Department of Environmental Protection for the solid waste and ash landfill located in the Town of Bearden, which presently accepts the incinerator ash from the Penobscot Energy Recovery Company facility in otrington: and WHEREAS, the future disposal of leachate from the landfill after closure is a concern of all area citizens; and WHEREAS, direct piping of the leachate to a suitable wastewater water treatment plant is considered to be the beet environmental solution for future leachate disposal; and WHEREAS, the City of Bangor Wastewater Treatment Plant offers the only opportunity for the direct piping of leachate from the Landfill; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, TEAT the City Council ddd} hereby OAp}df/ txp authorises appropriate City staff to further investigate the passible fu[ conveyanceof the leachate to the Bangor Wastewater Treatment Plant by direcpiping from the Sawyer Landfill, said leachate conveyance to be subject to the following conditions: 1. That the leachate is determined to be in compliance with Bangor's Industrial Pretreatment Ordinance, to assure that it does not have any adverse impacts an effluent limitations, the operation of the Wastewater Treatment Plant or [that it will not ultimately downgrade the quality of the compost produced from sewage sludge. 2. That adequate pretreatment of the leachate, if necessary. will be completed by others prior to introduction of the leathers into the sewer system. 3. That the acceptance of said leathern at the Bangor Wastewater Treatment Plant meets with the approval of the State of Maine Department of Environmental Protection and the B.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 6. That a subsequent alternative disposal plan will be provided in the inent that the leathers does not meet acceptable standards for Introduction to the Bangor sever system. 5. That reasonable compensation can be negotiated for the monitoring, testing and other operational coat pertaining to treatment of the leachate at the Bangor Wastewater Treatment Plant. 6. Appropriate financial support from Sawyer Environmental Recovery Facility to cover the upfront costs associated with analyzing this request. AND DE IT FURTHER RESOLVED. THAT this authorization does not constitute or Imply agreement by the City of Bangor to at sept such leachate n or in the s - future. Staff shell report the results ofthese investigations t the City Council upon their completion and no contract between the City of Bangor and Sawyer Environmental ahall be entered Into without formal approval of the City Council. NOTE: Deletions are lffd6Rfbdb additions are underlined. la`141 CITY of BANGOR. MAINE Engineering Department MEMO August 20, 1991 To: Edward A. Barrett, City Manager From: John T. Frawley, City Engineer CC: Ralph Mishou John Murphy Svbjecn Leachate from Sawyer Landfill The staff at the wastewater Treatment Plant has learned that Sawyer Environmental Recovery Facilities has apparently submitted a closure plan for the landfill In Hampden, which proposes [ rept the leachers from the landfill and tie It Into the Bangor to Plant, I presume by way of the Bampden a system. The application apparently proposes to pay Bangor 6.01 per gallon for the leachers received. - The staff hassome serious concerns about this proposal, since it could have very detrimental effects on r future effluent limits and could also jeopardize composting operation. The Sawyer landfill was originally operated as a MSW landfill, but its primary product at the present time i incinerator ash; there is, o t separ receiving s facility fox asbestos. It i not known whether or not any other toxics have been stored on the site. Any c - orations of toxics or heavy metals could virtually wipe our our composting operation. Last week, I talked to Tom Sawyer, and he confirmed that the closure application provided for connecting into the sewer system. He indicated that the application actually includes the filling of the "deep ditch", which will provide for the additional ash capacity that weneed in the Interim for the PERC plant. Once the landfill i closed and capped, then it Would appear that the burden of any further pollution will end up at the Bangor Wastewater Treatment Plant, and it may continue indefinitely. This z the entire burden from Sawyer and places it on the City, which Ie feel is unreasonable. As an alternative. I would suggest that the leachers be intercepted by a holding tank and that active and continuous pretreatment facilities be provided and operated to assure that the n leachers is treated to the a azy to protect the quality of the treatment plant Influent before being discharged into the sewer a system: the City of Bangor should r the right to disconnectthe sewer the holding tank at any time ¢inthe future if the leachate is found to be in noncompliance. i also feel that this issue should be brought to the attention of the City Council in the near future. CITY OF BANGOR, MINE Engineering Department MEMO August 30, 1991 To: Edward A. Barrett, City Manager From: Sohn T. Frawley, City Engineer CC: Ralph Hishou Subject! Sawyer Landfill Leachate This mmo is written as a follow-up to my memo dated August 20, 1991 regarding the possible future tie-in of ato the Bangor sewer system, to carry leachate from the SaWersewer Landfill located in Hampden. In my original memo, I expressed concern as to the possible effects that the leachate might have on either the operation of the Treatment Plant or the production of clean compost. I believe that for many reasons, , political, environmental, and technical, i would makes eto it into the Bangor sewer system, and I would recommend that Bangor pursue this approach provided that we can be absolutely assured of future protection against problems with treatment. It is my understanding that a committee from Hampden is examining the expansion and closure of the Sawyer Landfill, and the future handling of the leachate is one s of the issues that they are ¢ considering. Sin a have all tried to work ina cooperative and n responsible m with regard to the disposal of solid waste, then I think that we should thoroughly examine the issues pertaining t the treatment of the leachate. Some of the Issues that need to be studied are as follows: 1. The leachate needs to be tested, to determine the extent of pretreatment necessary to introduce it into the Bangor s system, to assure that it does not have any adverse impacts on our effluent limitations or the quality of aur sludge compost. 2. We need to obtain cement and approval from both DEP and EPA. 3. Provisions will be required for ultimate disposal in the event the leachate becomes untreatable, or is not properly managed at the landfill. d. We should develop a model contract agreement which could be used to govern future compliance. 5. We should determine anable cast for handling the leachate, including necessary future monitoring costs. -1- Crunch Action Dale it/11141 Item No. 92-10 Ilam/Subjecl: Acceptance of Leachate from Sawyer Landfill at the Bangor Wastewater Treatment Plant Responsible Department: Engineering Crmmemary: The proposed closure plan for the Sawyer Landfill is presently being reviewed by PER, as well as a Committee in the Town of Hampden. The closure plan does provide for additional capacity for incinerator Bah s part of the final contour of the Landfill, which will provide for needed additional capacity for PBRC. From and environmental standpoint, disposal of the leachate by direct piping to a public wastewater treatment plan[ is considered to be the best option, which will assure that the environment is not violated in future generations after the Landfill has been closed and virtually abandoned. - It should be noted that there a conditions attached to the Council's support of the Resolves which should have satisfactory answers before the development of a formal contract agreement for accepting th leachate. This Resolve is recommended for passage. d n ^n Depvnme-a Hee himinu s's Comments: 4 rxh JUA& Dsd Pi d4r` CDtn "". 6UV Asmcia;ed Informafiom, , yrym{y, BudgelApproval:Ajil- Fina eDire Lepa lal Ap sl: 32R1 n `ror ++�r°°r``.•CCOOC Lys 'JZ(LLbJ[,il��ti. ilC�', rr( <f, ra,:.avuz F;/,Yc/n'r Imrodured For Y1 var:a9e ading ge Pa _ of Lf]FRrt Re ❑ Referral 0 92-10 Assigned to Councilor Sail, November 13, 1991 CITY OF BANGOR (TITLE)¢$OIUBi. A pc a of L n ce fromSeawyer Landfill _ t the By the City Cownml ofthe City of Burger. RMLVBD, TEAT, WHEREAS, the Sawyer Environmental Recovery Facility is presently processing a closure plan with the Department of Environmental Protection forthe solid waste and ash landfill located in the Town of Hampden, which presently accepts one incinerator ash from the Penobscot Energy Recovery Company facility in Orrington; and WHEREAS, the future disposal of leachers from the landfill after closure is a concern of all area citizens; and WHEREAS, direct piping of the Teachers to a suitable wastewater treatment plant is considered to be the best envireyes ental solution for future Teachers disposal; and WHEREAS, the City of Bangor Wastewater Treatment Plant offers the only opportunity for the direct piping of leachate from the Landfill; NOW, THEREFORE, Be It RESOLVED, that the City Council does hereby support the future conveyance of the Teachers to the Bangor Wastewater Treatment Plant by direct piping from the Sawyer Landfill, subject to the following conditions; 1. That the leachate is determined to be in compliance with larger's Industrial Pretreatment Ordinance, to assure that it does not have any adverse impacts on effluent limitations, the operation of the Wastewater Treatment Plant, of that it will not ultimately downgrade the quality of the compost produced from sewage sludge. 2. That adequate pretreatment of the leachate, if necessary, will be completed by others prior to introduction of the Teachers into the sewer system. 3. That the acceptance of said leachers at the Bangor Wastewater Treatment Plant meets with the approval of the State of Maine Department of Environmental Protection and the D.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 6. Mat a subsequent alternative disposal plan will be provided in the ant that the leachate does not meet acceptable standards for introduction into the Bangor sewer system. -1- 93-10 R E S O L V E /� 2N CITY COUNCIL13,19 'IN CITY[ 138 1991 Amended by dding nombe[ ]. Appropriate Pinandal Ac ptance of LeacFate from Sawyer support from Sawyer Environmental Landfill a[ the Bangor Wastewater Recovery [ ex thea uop front roniron[ Diss associated with analyzing Treatment Plan this request. Referred to Municipal Operations Committee. Councilor Be tabstairing. I O TY CLEM In City Council December 9p1991 Amended by Substitution and Passed CosuptUor Sawyer AliAbstainingYC At UIZT Clark