Environmental impact statement for the proposed Lewis & Clark County landfill

622 Pages·1994·38.7 MB·English

by  Montana. Department of Health and Environmental Sciences

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LEWIS & CLARK COUNTY LANDFILL
FINAL
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT
STATE DOCUMENTS COLLECTION
MONTANA STATE LIBRARY
1515 E. 6th AVE.
.HELENA, MONTANA 59620
Prepared By:
Montana Department of Health and Environmental Sciences
January 1994
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DEPARTMENT OF
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DIRECTOR'S OFFICE
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1400BROADWAY
POBOX200901
OF MONTANA
STATE
[phone](OFFICE) HELENA, MONTANA59620-0901
[phone](FAX)
January 28, 1994
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Pursuant to the Montana Code Annotated 75-1-201 and the
Administrative Rules of Montana, 16.2.634, the attached Final
Environmental Impact Statement has been prepared by the Department
of Health and Environmental Sciences in review of the proposed
action of granting a Solid Waste Management System License for
operation of the proposed Lewis & Clark County Class II Sanitary
Landfill
The purpose of the Final Environmental Impact Statement is to inform
all interested governmental agencies, public groups or individuals
of the proposed action and a description of the impacts the proposed
action may have on the quality of the human environment. This Final
Environmental Impact Statement includes copies of all public
comments received by DHES on the Draft EIS document and the agency's
responses to substantive comments. As required by ARM 16.2.635(5),
a final decision will be made on the proposed action being reviewed
in the Final EIS no earlier than 15 days from the release of this
document. When the decision is made, a public Record of Decision
will be issued.
Data, information, and explanations that were obtained by DHES
subsequent to circulation of the Draft EIS document included the
following items:
1. A letter containing written responses to public comments made on
the Draft EIS by the Lewis & Clark Board of County Commissioners
(Board of County Commissioners 1993)
2. A report of cost analysis and projections for the proposed Lewis
& Clark County Sanitary Landfill (Site E) prepared by Damschen &
Associates (July 14, 1993) for the Scratch Gravel Landfill
District Board (see Appendix B of FEIS)
3. A submittal of an alternative liner design, Alternative Liner
Proposal Cell #1 Site "E" Lewis and Clark County Montana,
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prepared for Damschen & Associates by Huntingdon (Chen-Northern,
Inc.), June 4, 1993.
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Lewis & Clark County Landfill Final EIS
Cover Letter
January 28, 1994
4. A letter from Blake Wordal (September 17, 1993) of the Lewis &
Clark Board of County Commissioners stating the County's
position on the potential regionalization of the proposed
landfill, confirming the landfill acreage being applied for in
the revised application (80-acres) and specifying acceptance of
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the conditions imposed by DHES (Wilbur 1993b) for acceptance of
alternative liner submittal.
5. Letter from the Federal Aviation Administration (July 22 1993)
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responding to questions from DHES (Wilbur 1993a) concerning
location of landfills at Site E and Site A.
6. The contract between City of Helena and Waste Management of
Montana, Inc. dated May 10, 1993 entitled SOLID WASTE
TRANSPORTATION AND DISPOSAL AGREEMENT (see Appendix B of FEIS)
7. Letter from Mr. Ben Sale, owner of CCSS Landfill, to Kay
McKenna, Mayor of City of Helena, concerning solid waste
contract bid dated September 18, 1992 (see Appendix B of FEIS)
8. Telephone communication between K. Wallace, Woodward-Clyde
Consultants, and T. Coston, Solid Waste Planner for Montana Rail
Link, on July 20, 1993 and also communication with Dick Nesbit,
City of Helena Director of Public Works, concerning rail
transportation issues.
9. Telephone communications between J. Wilbur, MDHES and Dan
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Martin, Supervisor of Data Collection & Analysis of the Montana
Department of Transportation, on January 12 & 13 of 1994 and a
pamphlet entitled "A Summary - Intermodal Surface Transportation
Efficiency Act of 1991" distributed by the U.S. Department of
Transportation
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10. Numerous references were checked or rechecked in regard to cost
estimates for revision of Section 4.12 of the Draft EIS in the
Final EIS and updates of changes in the fees charged by the City
of Helena, City of East Helena, and the Scratch Gravel Landfill
District for collection and disposal of solid wastes.
11. An article from the August, 1991 issue of Waste Age magazine
entitled "Does a Landfill Bring Down Property Values?" by Donald
Bleich, M. Chapman Findlay III, and G. Michael Phillips (pp. 55-
58)
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12. The revised ARM Title 14, Chapter 14 - Solid Waste Management,
Subchapter 5 - Refuse Disposal, and Subchapter 7 - Ground Water
Monitoring adopted in July, 1993.

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Lewis & Clark County Landfill Final EIS
Cover Letter
January 28, 1994
13. Rule revision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for
Solid Waste Disposal Facility Criteria: Delay of Compliance and
Effective Dates published in the October 1, 1993 issue of the
Federal Register (Vol. 58, No. 189, pp. 51536 to 51548). This
rule change delayed for six months compliance with some
provisions of the Subtitle D rules for existing landfills that
accept less solid waste than 100 tons per day.
There is no formal public comment period for the Final EIS being
issued today. If governmental agencies, public groups or
individuals wish to comment to the Department concerning this
document they may; however, no written response will be made other
than the public Record of Decision that was discussed above. The
Department of Health and Environmental Science would like to thank
all those who participated in this process by providing information
and making comment.

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DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
MARC RACICOT, GOVERNOR FAX #[phone]
OF MONTANA
STATE
OFFICE 836Front Street MAILING POBOX200901
LOCATION Helena, Montana ADDRESS: Helena, MT59620-0901
MEMORANDUM
TO: All interested Parties
DATE February 4, 1994
:
FROM: Jon Dilliard, Solid & Hazardous Waste Bureau
SUBJECT: Errata for Lewis & Clark County Landfill Final
Environmental Impact Statement, January 1994
During the printing of the Lewis & Clark County Landfill Final
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) several references used in the
text of the EIS were inadvertently omitted from Chapter 8
.
REFERENCES of the EIS.
Enclosed is an Errata which includes the omitted references to be
inserted into the appropriate place in the document
We apologize for the omission and any inconvenience it may have
caused
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