DEP CORRESPONDENCE RE: TRANSFER STATIONi
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Joanne Scott
From:
Beth Rennard
Sent:
Monday, October 01, 2007 9:43 AM
To:
Joanne Scott
Subject: TRANSFER STATION
Follow Up Flag: Follow up
Flag Status: Red
Attachments: Transfer Station Code Review.doc
Joanne, here are my notes from our conversation with DEP. After our conversation, I called
allan hanscom from Beta regarding MEPA process. Alan said he has already started the process
and MEPA said that they will come out for a site visit and then open the process up for public
comment period. The Board of Health will get notice and then members can send in there
concerns/questions. MEPA will, if necessary, request reports or studies from the applicant and
then they will issue a report to the City. From our conversation with DEP and Beta, that is
where and how we should address the air quality concerns. Thoughts? Beth
Elizabeth Rennard, Esq.
City Solicitor
City Hall
93 Washington Street
Salem, MA 01970
978-619-5631
978-744-1279 (fax)
10/2/2007
310 CMR 16.00: Site Assignment Regulations for Solid Waste Facilities
Part L• Procedures for Submission & Review of Site Assignment
Part II: Board of Health Public Hearings
Part III: Application Fee
Part IV: Site Suitability Criteria
16.21: Alternative Use of Assigned Site
(3) Specific Use Site Assignment. Where a site is assigned for a specific solid waste
purpose, a different solid waste activity shall not be conducted at the site except in
accordance with a new or modified site assignment, except as allowed at 310 CMR
16.21(3)(a) or (b):
(b) Handling Facility at a Closed or Inactive Landfill or Combustion Facility Site. A site
which has been assigned for use as a landfill or combustion facility which has been
closed or is in the process of imminently closing shall not require a new or modified site
assignment to obtain an approval for the storage, transfer or processing of solid waste
when:
1. the facility does not receive solid waste in excess of the tonnage limits stated in the
site assignment for landfilling, or combustion or processing;
• Because there was no tonnage stated in the original 1960 assignment,
then there is a need for a "new or modified" site assignment? DEP
limited tonnage to 100 ton per day. DEP has determined that this is a
minor modification.
16.22: Modifications to and Rescissions and Suspensions of Site Assignments
(3) Minor Modifications to Site Assignments at the Request of the Facility Owner or
Operator.
Any request to modify a site assignment that is not subject to 310 CMR 16.22(1) or (2),
including any request to modify conditions established by the Board of Health in the site
assignment, or to increase daily or annual tonnage limits, except as specified at 310 CMR
16.22(4), are deemed to be "Minor Modifications." The Board of Health may modify a
site assignment to address a minor modification, at the request of the facility owner or
operator, without requiring the filing of a new application by the applicant or site
suitability report by the Department, provided the Board of Health provides public
notice and holds a public hearing in accordance with the requirements of 310 CMR 16.00
prior to deciding on the minor modification.
• This is a Minor Modification because it is an increase in daily or annual
tonnage? Yes, but the DEP won't give a report.
• The Board of Health may modify site assignment without requiring
application or site suitability report from the Department, at the request
of the applicant, but most provide public notice and hold public hearing.
Does this mean that we could require application fee and department
review? No 16.08 refers to a site suitability for new site or expansion -
16.30 applies here. BOH wants to do more than is required, but
technically cannot require it
16.08 (5) (d) Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA).
1. The application shall include a demonstration that:
a. the MEPA process does not apply; or'
b. the MEPA process does apply and the Secretary has determined that an EIR is
required; or
c. the MEPA process has already been completed and the Secretary has issued a
certificate or a determination that no FIR is required.
2. The first Technical Review Period (TRI) as specified under the Timely Action and Fee
Provisions Regulations, 310 CMR 4.00, shall not be completed until the Secretary's final
certificate has been issued.
16.22 (5) MEPA Review.
Any modifications to the site assignment may require the filing of a Notice of
Project Change pursuant to 310 CMR 11. 10, MEPA Regulations. Should a Notice of
Project Change be required the applicant shall comply with 310 CMR 16.08(5)(d) prior to
submitting a new site
assignment application.
• Has MEPA been involved? Is there an EIR? MEPA will be involved
and will determine what if any reports or studies are to be done.
16.30: Fees
(1) Application Fees
(a) General. The Application Fee is a fee which is paid by an applicant to the board of
health. The board of health may use the fee for eligible costs of reviewing technical data,
obtaining technical assistance and conducting a public hearing. The Application Fee shall
be assessed as two separate fees:
1. Technical Fee (technical review and technical assistance); and
2. Public Hearing Fee (cost of notice, recording, HO's duties, facilities).
• Technical Fee assessed upon receipt of application? NO
• Used for reviewing application Suitability Report, MDPH's response,
public comments?NO
• Confusion between (2) (c) 3. c., "determining what other data should
be obtained, the means to obtain it and its potential significance. And
4., Excluded costs, "...otherwise generating new data, or performing
independent analyses of environmental impacts
Public Hearing Fee assessed upon receipt of Department Report?NO
16.40: Site Suitability Criteria
• Impacts of closed landfill o nresidential well water will be evaluated by DEP?
• Impacts of Solid Waste Handling Faciltiy on residential well water will be
evaluated by DEP?
(4) General Site Suitability Criteria
(b) Traffic and Access to the Site.
No site shall be determined to be suitable or be assigned as a solid waste management
facility where traffic impacts from the facility operation would constitute a danger to the
public health, safety, or the environment taking into consideration the following factors:
1. traffic congestion;
2. pedestrian and vehicular safety;
3. road configurations;
4. alternate routes; and
5. vehicle emissions
• How is this evaluated? Can new data be generated modeling what is likely to be
the traffic impact from this facility vs. what potentially could be placed on this
property?
DON'T NEED TO DO ANY OF THESE TESTS — APPLYING STANDARDS FOR
NEW SITE
ONLY NEED TO HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING — NOT FORMAL PROCESS AS
DESCRIBED FOR NEW SITE
310 CMR 16.00: Site Assignment Regulations for Solid Waste Facilities
Part I: Procedures for Submission & Review of Site Assignment
Part 11: Board of Health Public Hearings
Part III: Application Fee
Part IV: Site Suitability Criteria
16.21: Alternative Use of Assigned Site
(3) Specific Use Site Assignment. Where a site is assigned for a specific solid waste
purpose, a different solid waste activity shall not be conducted at the site except in
accordance with a new or modified site assignment, except as allowed at 310 CMR
16.21(3)(a) or (b):
(b) Handling Facility at a Closed or Inactive Landfill or Combustion Facility Site. A site
which has been assigned for use as a landfill or combustion facility which has been
closed or is in the process of imminently closing shall not require a new or modified site
assignment to obtain an approval for the storage, transfer or processing of solid waste
when:
1. the facility does not receive solid waste in excess of the tonnage limits stated in the
site assignment for landfilling, or combustion or processing;
• Because there was no tonnage stated in the original 1960 assignment,
then there is a need for a "new or modified" site assignment?
16.22: Modifications to and Rescissions and Suspensions of Site Assignments
(3) Minor Modifications to Site Assignments at the Request of the Facility Owner or
Operator.
Any request to modify a site assignment that is not subject to 310 CMR 16.22(1) or (2),
including any request to modify conditions established by the Board of Health in the site
assignment, or to increase daily or annual tonnage limits, except as specified at 310 CMR
16.22(4), are deemed to be "Minor Modifications." The Board of Health may modify a
site assignment to address a minor modification, at the request of the facility owner or
operator, without requiring the filing of a new application by the applicant or site
suitability report by the Department, provided the Board of Health provides public
notice and holds a public hearing in accordance with the requirements of 310 CMR 16.00
prior to deciding on the minor modification.
• This is a Minor Modification because it is an increase in daily or annual
tonnage?
The Board of Health may modify site assignment without requiring
application or site suitability report from the Department, at the request
of the applicant, but most provide public notice and hold public hearing.
Does this mean that we could require application fee and department
review?
16.08 (5) (d) Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA).
1. The application shall include a demonstration that:
a. the MEPA process does not apply; or
b. the MEPA process does apply and the Secretary has determined that an EIR is
required; or
c. the MEPA process has already been completed and the Secretary has issued a
certificate or a determination that no FIR is required.
2. The first Technical Review Period (TRI) as specified under the Timely Action and Fee
Provisions Regulations, 310 CMR 4. 00, shall not be completed until the Secretary's final
certificate has been issued.
16.22 (5) MEPA Review.
Any modifications to the site assignment may require the filing of a Notice of
Project Change pursuant to 310 CMR 11. 10, MEPA Regulations. Should a Notice of
Project Change be required the applicant shall comply with 310 CMR 16.08(5)(d) prior to
submitting a new site
assignment application.
• Has MEPA been involved? Is there an EIR?
16.30: Fees
(1) Application Fees
(a) General. The Application Fee is a fee which is paid by an applicant to the board of
health. The board of health may use the fee for eligible costs of reviewing technical data,
obtaining technical assistance and conducting a public hearing. The Application Fee shall
be assessed as two separate fees:
1. Technical Fee (technical review and technical assistance); and
2. Public Hearing Fee (cost of notice, recording, HO's duties, facilities).
• Technical Fee assessed upon receipt of application?
• Used for reviewing application Suitability Report, MDPH's response,
public comments?
• Confusion between (2) (c) 3. c., "determining what other data should
be obtained, the means to obtain it and its potential significance. And
4., Excluded costs, "...otherwise generating new data, or performing
independent analyses of environmental impacts
• Public Hearing Fee assessed upon receipt of Department Report?
16.40: Site Suitability Criteria
• Impacts of closed landfill o presidential well water will be evaluated by DEP?
• Impacts of Solid Waste Handling Facildy on residential well water will be
evaluated by DEP?
(4) General Site Suitability Criteria
(b) Traffic and Access to the Site.
No site shall be determined to be suitable or be assigned as a solid waste management
facility where traffic impacts from the facility operation would constitute a danger to the
public health, safety, or the environment taking into consideration the following factors:
1. traffic congestion;
2. pedestrian and vehicular safety;
3. road configurations;
4. alternate routes; and
5. vehicle emissions
• How is this evaluated? Can new data be generated modeling what is likely to be
the traffic impact from this facility vs. what potentially could be placed on this
property?
r
310 CMR 16.00: Site Assignment Regulations for Solid Waste Facilities
Part I: Procedures for Submission & Review of Site Assignment
Part II: Board of Health Public Hearings
Part III: Application Fee
Part IV: Site Suitability Criteria
16.08: Site Assignment Application Submission Requirements
(1) General. Any person wishing to establish a new facility at a New Site or to Expand a
Site onto an area not previously assigned must file a Site Assignment Application
(application) with the board of health and provide copies as specified at 310 CMR
16.08(2).
• Is an application required for this process?
• Does the 10% increase in the footprint require an application?
• Since we do not have original info on the site assignment should
application/forms be submitted for this "defining" of the 1960
assignment?
• Filing the application allows assessment of a Technical Fee as
seen below.
16.30: continued
(2) (b) Assessment of Fee. P. 592
1. Assessment. The board of health, upon the receipt of an application, may assess by a
written notice to the applicant a Technical Fee for said application not to exceed the
maximum amount set forth in 310 CMR 16.99.
2. Form of Payment. The board shall prescribe the amount of the fee and the manner of
payment in writing to the applicant within ten days of the filing of the application in
accordance with 310 CMR 16.08.
16.08 (5) (d) Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA).
1. The application shall include a demonstration that:
a. the MEPA process does not apply; or
b. the MEPA process does apply and the Secretary has determined that an EIR is
required; or
a. the MEPA process has already been completed and the Secretary has issued a
certificate or a determination that no FIR is required.
2. The first Technical Review Period (TRI) as specified under the Timely Action and Fee
Provisions Regulations, 310 CMR 4.00, shall not be completed until the Secretary's final
certificate has been issued.
0 Has MEPA been involved? Is there an EIR?
According to 16.17, the MDPH reviews the application within 60 days of the
start of the review period.
16.21: Alternative Use of Assigned Site
(3) Specific Use Site Assignment. Where a site is assigned for a specific solid waste
purpose, a different solid waste activity shall not be conducted at the site except in
accordance with a new or modified site assignment, except as allowed at 310 CMR
16.21(3)(a) or (b):
(b) Handling Facility at a Closed or Inactive Landfill or Combustion Facility Site. A site
which has been assigned for use as a landfill or combustion facility which has been
closed or is in the process of imminently closing shall not require a new or modified site
assignment to obtain an approval for the storage, transfer or processing of solid waste
when:
1. the facility does not receive solid waste in excess of the tonnage limits stated in the
site assignment for landfilling, or combustion or processing;
• Because there was no tonnage stated in the original 1960 assignment,
then there is a need for a "new or modified" site assignment?
16.22: Modifications to and Rescissions and Suspensions of Site Assignments
(3) Minor Modifications to Site Assignments at the Request of the Facility Owner or
Operator.
Any request to modify a site assignment that is not subject to 310 CMR 16.22(1) or (2),
including any request to modify conditions established by the Board of Health in the site
assignment, or to increase daily or annual tonnage limits, except as specified at 310 CMR
16.22(4), are deemed to be "Minor Modifications." The Board of Health may modify a
site assignment to address a minor modification, at the request of the facility owner or
operator, without requiring the filing of a new application by the applicant or site
suitability report by the Department, provided the Board of Health provides public
notice and holds a public hearing in accordance with the requirements of 310 CMR 16.00
prior to deciding on the minor modification.
It does require a new or modified site assignment because it was originally assigned
as an incinerator (now closed) but the daily tonnage will be in excess of the tonnage
limits stated in the site assignment for combustion, since there were no limits stated
at that time (1960)
This is a Minor Modification because it is an increase in daily or annual tonnage.
The Board of Health may modify site assignment without requiring application or
site suitability report from the Department but most provide public notice and hold
public hearing. Does this mean that we could require application fee and
department review?
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Beth Rennard
From: Carrigan, John (DEP) [John.Carrigan@state. ma. us]
Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 1:46 PM
To: Beth Rennard
Subject: Closure of Salem Landfill
Beth:
This email follow-up our telephone conversation earlier today regarding the closure of the Salem Landfill. As you
know in March 2006, at the request of Mayor Driscoll, myself and other representatives of the Department met
with Mayor Driscoll, you and other representatives of the City to discuss completion of the closure of the Salem
Landfill.
At the meeting the City indicated it was moving forward with an RFP for the sale of property and that this process
would be completed by early to mid -2007. At the time of the meeting the City was in noncompliance with the
timeframes for completing the closure of the landfill. Since the final design of the landfill closure could be
impacted by the final post -closure use and vice versa the Department agreed to allow the City to complete the
RFP process before taking action on the closure.
It is my understanding that the City has received two RFPs for the continued use of the site as a solid waste
transfer station and that one proposal has been selected. As a result, as previously discussed, the Department
anticipates the City and selected proponent will move forward with the closure of the landfill.
This will require modification of the existing Administrative Consent Order to establish a new schedule for the
required activities. The schedule will be based on a reasonable timeframe for completion of the required design
and construction activities. Should the City elect not to proceed as discussed at our March 2006 meeting or
should the City and the proponent fail to provide the Department with an acceptable schedule for completion of
the closure, the Department will take the necessary actions to ensure the prompt closure of the landfill. These
actions may include without limitation, enforcement of the schedule in the existing Administrative Consent Order.
Regards,
JohnC
John A. Carrigan, Chief
Solid Waste Management Section
Bureau of Waste Prevention
Northeast Regional Office Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
205B Lowell Street
Wilmington, MA 01887
Phone: (978) 694-3299
Fax: (978) 694-3499
For Intra -Agency Discussion Only
9/11/2007
Transfer Station
Joanne Scott
From: Joanne Scott
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 2:17 PM
To: 'Carrigan, John (DEP)'; Beth Rennard
Subject: RE: Transfer Station
OK John.
Thank you for the correction.
Joanne
-----Original Message -----
From: Carrigan, John (DEP)[mailto:John.Carrigan@state.ma.us]
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 1:38 PM
To: Joanne Scott; Beth Rennard
Cc: Carrigan, John (DEP)
Subject: RE: Transfer Station
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With regards to the last bullet I estimate the permitting and construction could take a year or more
depending on the proposed structure and the adequacy of the application. The current fee regulations
provide a timeframe of 105 days for a decision on an authorization to construct a large facility, provided
their are no deficiencies in the application. Assuming it would take 6 months to construct the facility a year
would seem to be a reasonable estimate.
JohnC
John A. Carrigan, Chief
Solid Waste Management Section
Bureau of Waste Prevention
Northeast Regional Office Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
205B Lowell Street
Wilmington, MA 01887
Phone: (978) 694-3299
Fax: (978) 694-3499
For Intra -Agency Discussion Only
From: Joanne Scott [mailto:JScott@salem.com]
Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 1:13 PM
To: Beth Rennard
Cc: Carrigan, John (DEP)
Subject: Transfer Station
Dear Beth:
I had a conversation with John Carrigan from the DEP Solid Waste Division, regarding the proposed
increase of tonnage at the Transfer Station.
7/26/2007
Jbanne Scott
From:
Joanne Scott
Sent:
Thursday, April 26, 2007 1:13 PM
To:
Beth Rennard
Cc:
'John. Carrigan@state.ma.us'
Subject:
Transfer Station
Dear Beth
I had a conversation with John Carrigan from the DEP Solid Waste Division, regarding the proposed increase of tonnage
at the Transfer Station.
The following is a summary of that conversation:
• The Site Assignment area needs to be clear. The best solution is to find the document referenced in the BOH
minutes, that is the J.L. Hayden Associates, Inc Report which references "Area 8."
• If that document cannot be found, then the BOH must make a reasonable determination of what was meant in the
original assignment, with your input as City Solicitor, and describe it.
• As long as the new owner's proposal for increase in tonnage takes place within the area assigned by the BOH, the
new owner may apply for a "minor" modification that would require a public notice and hearing by the Board of Health,
in accordance with 310 CMR 16.22 (3)
• The BOH should include its description of the Site Assignment in this public hearing process
• The BOH could approve the increase in tonnage with conditions such as, "This approval is contingent upon
subsequent approval by the DEP" and ..."upon construction of a new structure."
• The new owner must notify the DEP of the change in ownership, regardless of whether the tonnage is increased or
not.
• Once the BOH has approved the increase as described above, the new owner must apply to the DEP for an
"Authorization to Construct a Large Facility." That permitting process through the DEP could take one year or longer.
Mr. Carrigan wanted to make it very clear that the landfill needs to be "closed" in accordance with the existing ACO as
soon as possible regardless of the sale or increase in tonnage. As a party to the ACO, the City is "on the hook."
I will see you this afternoon.
Sincerely,
Joanne
MITT ROMNEY
Governor . ,.
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.:': . : KERRY HEALEY .
.'lieutenant Governor .
Bruce Thlbodeau l 20 20 -
City of Salem _.
Department of Public Works
120 Washington Street
Salem, MA 01970
RE: SALEM - Solid Waste
Salem Landfill
Corrective Actions Alternatives Analysis
Conditional Approval
File # W062414
Facility # 39974
Dear Mr. Thibodeaux
The Metropolitan Boston)Northeast Region of. the:Department.of Environmental Protection, Dlvmon+of -
Solid Waste Management has received your application for approval of the Corrective Action Alternatives Analysis
(CAAA) for closure of the Salem Landfill, Swampscott'Road,'Salem, Massachusetts (BWP SW 24 Corrective
Action Alternative Analysis, Transmittal Number W062414). The application was prepared onyour:behali by
BETA Group, Inc., Norwood, Massachusetts.
The recommended alternative provides for.
I'. Demolition of the existing transferstation;(former incinerator) and replacement with a new
structure designed foruse as a transfer station.
2. Excavation of construction & demolition waste from the culverted crossing offoresfRiver with
reconstruction of the culvert and crossing. C&D materials are to be disposed of within the
existing landfill.
3. Excavation of waste (ash and MSW)4mm along Forest River with relocation of the waste to
_ within the existing landfill. The finished slope along Forest.River will be graded at:a:slope of . .
3 horizontal to 1 vertical (3:1, a 33% grade).
4. Construction of a new retaining wall in the vicinity of the existing transfer station (incinerator)
building to facilitate relocation.ofthe waste materials (ash, MSW and C&D) while retaining the.
necessary separation.of grades between the front.and rear of the .new transfer station building.
5. Capping of the waste materials with:a flexible membrane mer (FML) cap
6. The finished grade of the capped landfill will have a minimum,gradient of 5%.
7. Construction of a new salt shed west of Forest River.
This information is available In alternate format Call Donald M. Games, ADA Coordinator, at 1.617-556-1057. TDD Servles-1-800.298-2207.
Io Floor, One Winter Street; Boston, MA 02108• Phone (617) 6546500 • Fax (617) 656-1049 • TDD # (800) ZB-2207
DEP on the Word Wide Web: http://�.state.ma.us/dep
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Salem
Salem Landfill
Corrective Action Alternative Analysis
Conditional Approval
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As described in the application, the C&D materials from the demolition of the existing transfer station
(incinerator) building will be used as backfill for the building foundation. The Department concurs that the C&D
materials - both from demolition of the existing building and from relocation of materials from the culvert area -
may be used to backfill the building foundation hole and re -grade the area around the existing foundation.
The application proposes to effect the use of the C&D debris as backfill pursuant to a Beneficial Use
Determination (a BUD, 310 CMR 19.060). The Department has determined that a BUD is not the appropriate
mechanism for the effecting the use of the C&D as proposed by this project. In consideration of the origin and
character of the C&D debris, the debris must be placed as part of the waste materials in the landfill, and the landfill
cap extended to include the transfer station foundation. The Department will entertain disposal of the C&D
materials in this manner as an integral component of the site remediation and landfill closure design.
Based on the site use history and the soil conditions identified by the Comprehensive Site Assessment
(CSA), the Department has determined that the construction of the salt shed does not require Department approval.
The Department approves the CAAA and concurs with the selection of Option 4 for the design of closure
of the landfill subject to the following conditions:
1. The closure design shall:
Extend the limits of the cap to cover the C&D waste materials. In accomplishing this
extension of the cap, either the FML may be extended under the new building with the
FML and related layers designed to accommodate the loads, or the building foundation
shall be integrated into the impervious layer of the cap.
b. Design the new building foundation to protect the building and its occupants from
explosive gases.
2. The Corrective Action Design (CAD, i.e. the closure plans) application shall be signed by the
appropriate official of the City of Salem Reports, plans, etc., shall be signed and sealed by the
engineer of record. Each shall include certification pursuant to 310 CMR 19.011, as required.
3. The Department reserves the right to amend, modify, suspend or revoke this approval as necessary to
protect the public health, safety or the environment, or as otherwise necessary to insure compliance
with applicable law and/or regulation.
4. The City shall obtain and comply with the requirements of all applicable state, federal and local laws,
regulations, and permits. Concurrently with submitting the CAD application the City shall submit
documentation that the applications for such other permits and approvals as may be required have
been applied for.
5. In consideration of the commercial operating nature of the transfer station by Northside Carting
Inc. and the interdependence of the reconstruction of the transfer station on the corrective action
design, the Departmenfs review of the CAD shall not be subject to the exemption from application
fees granted to municipalities. The application shall be subject to payment of the applicable fees
for privately owned/operated facilities as established at 310 CMR 4.00.
6. The Department reserves the option to require Northside Carting, Inc. to obtain a permit, issued to
Northside Carting, Inc., for future operation of the facility, and/or otherwise pay an annual
compliance fee as applicable to privately operated facilities.
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Conditional Approval
NOTICE OF RIGHT TO APPEAL
The City of Salem (the City") is hereby notified that it may within twenty-one (21) days file.a request that this ,
decision be deemed a provisional decision under 310. CMR 19.037(4)(b), by submitting a written statement of the basis
' on which the City believes it is aggrieved, together with any supporting materials. Upon timely filing of such a request
the decision shall be deemed a provisional decision with an effective date twenty-one (21) days after the Departments
- receipt of the request Such a request shall reopen the administrative record, and the Department may rescind, -
supplement, modify, or reaffirm its decision. Failure by the City to exercise the right provided in this section shall
constitute a waiver of the City's right to appeal.
AAuoeal. Any person aggrieved by the issuance of this decision, except as provided for under -310 CMR -
19.037(4)(b), may file an appeal for judicial review of said decision in accordance with the provisions of M.G.L. c. 11;1,
s.150A, and M.G.L. c. 30A, not later than thirty (30) days following the receipt of the final decision.. The stmMing of a .
person to file an appeal and the procedures for filing such appeal shall be governed by the provisions of M.G.L. c..30A.
Unless the person requesting an appeal requests and is granted a stay of the terns and conditions of the decision by a
court of competent jurisdiction, the decision shall remain effective.
Notice of Action. Any aggrieved person intending to appeal this decision to the Superior Court shall first:
provide notice to the Department of their intention to commence such action. Said notice of intention shall include the
Department file number and shall identify with particularity the issues and reasons why it is believed the decision was
not proper. Such notice shall be provided to the Office of General Counsel of the Department and the Regional Director
for the regional office which processed the application. The appropriate addresses to which to send such notices are:
General Counsel
Department of Environmental Protection
One Winter Street - 3rd Floor
Boston, MA 02108
Regional Director
Department of Environmental Protection
NERO
One Winter Street - 5" Floor
Boston, MA 02106
No allegation shall be made in any judicial appeal of this decision unless the matter complained of was raised at
the appropriate point in the administrative review procedures established in those regulations, provided that a matter may
be raised upon, a showing that it is material and that it was not reasonablypossible with due diligence to have been raised
during such procedures or that matter sought to be raised is of critical importance to the environmental impact of the
permitted activity.
The Department reminds you that pursuant to the Administrative Consent Order (ACOP -NE -01-4005), the City
was required to complete closure of the landfill by November 1, 2004. On October 28, 2004 the Department forwarded
to the City; via your consultant, BETA Group; an agreement for extension of the ACOP. to November 1, 2005 for
completion of the closure of the landfill. The City has not executed that extension. The Department will entertain
discussion to reasonable extension of the ACOP deadlines. However, it is necessary that the City submit, within
twenty-one (21) days of this notice, to the Department a schedule for completion of the project design (the Corrective
Action Design [CAD]) and construction of the landfill closure:
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Should you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact David Adams at 617 -654 -6677 -
sincerely,
David C. Adams
Environmental Engineer
Solid Waste Management
JAC/DCA/dca
enclosure: Fact Sheet
cc:
Salem Board of Health
Salem, MA
jscott@salem com
Alan D. Hanscom, PE
BETA Group, Inc.
315 Norwood Park South
Norwood, MA 02062
Robert George
Northside Carting, Inc.
12 Swampscott Road
Salem, MA 01970
John A. Carrigan
Section Chief
Solid Waste Management
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FACTSHEET
Salem Landfill & Transfer Station
Corrective Actions Alternatives Analysis
Size: total site: 9.2 acres
landfill: not provided
Other Department Approvals Effecting this Application:
Administrative Consent Order
ACOP -NE -01-4005
effective date: April 4, 2002
amended: negotiation pending
Comprehensive Site Assessment
File Number: W044286
approved: March 2, 2004
Submissions with this Application:
report
City of Salem, Massachusetts
Corrective Action Alternative Analysis .
Salem Landfill
12 Swampscott Road
Salem, Massachusetts
March 2005
Discussion:
File Number: W062414,
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Pursuant to 310 CMR 19.011 and 19.030(10 & 11) a "responsible official" of the
applicant (the City of Salem) is required to sign the application. The City has not signed
the Corrective Action Alternative Analysis (CAAA) application. In consideration of the
need to proceed to design of this project and the degree of conformity of the selected
option to a standard design, the Department has elected to waive the signatory
requirement for this application. It will be necessary that the appropriate "responsible
official" of the City of Salem sign the application for review of the Corrective Action
Design.
The CAAA reviews 5 options. The first 2 options ([Option 1] the need for "more
stringent closure actions" than defined in 310 CMR 19.112 and [Option 21 the ability to
allow a "less stringent closure actions than defined in 310 CMR 19.112) and the "no
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Corrective Actions Alternatives Analysis
build" option [Option 5] are only summarily described and examined. The focus of the
report is a "standard" option [Option 3] and a "modified" option [Option 41.
Options 2 and 5 are rejected as not meeting :the goals of the regulatory standards for
Landfill closures.
Option 1 is rejected.as the results of the Comprehensive Site:Assessment (CSA) did not
indicate aneed.
The City s engineers recommend the selection :of .Option 4 for the closure of the landfill:
Under Option 3:
* The existing landfill would be capped with a low permeability soil or FML
cap. J.
* All waste would be retained within the existing waste limits.
* The RiverFront of the Forest River would be remediated by ..
i. excavating the waste from the edge of the river,
ii. constructing a concrete bin type retaining wall along the edge of
the river,
iii. backfilling the retaining wall with the excavated waste.
This option would not make any changes to the existing transfer station or other
improvements to the site outside of the existing limits waste.
Option describes using an FML to construct the cap along the slopes facing the nver.
As described the FML would be placed at a.gradient of 3:1, and excavated waste would ..:
be "stored" behind a retaining wall constructed next:to the river.- The Department
assumes it ismeant that the excavated waste will be used as permanent backfill behind:
the retaining.wall:. .
The described River Front remediation would result in waste materials being.placed
above the cap. This element of the design does not comply with minimal requirements
for the capping of the waste material. However, the design is amenable to alteration to:
correct this deficiency.'
Under Option 4 the landfill would be capped with a low permeability soil or FlvI cap as
included at Option 3. In addition:
* The old incinerator building (of which part is used as the existing transfer.
station) would be razed.
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* The River Front of the Forest River would be remediated by excavating
waste from along the river and regarding the landfill slope' (currently
varying from 1:1 to 2:1) to a gradient of 3:1.
* Forest River will be further remediated by removal of the C&D waste
materials from the area of the culvert and reconstructing the river crossing
with clean fill.
* The C&D debris from razing the incinerator, along with the waste
excavated from the River Front would be used to backfill the area of the
incinerator building.
* A new transfer station, with access driveways and aprons, would be
constructed.
* A new salt shed would be constructed on the portion of the property on the
opposite side of the Forest River (the area currently used for the Town's
leaf & yard waste composting area.).
As proposed the new building would retain the same setback from the street side property
line as the current building (circa 40 feet).
Option 4 proposes to use the C&D debris and excavated waste as fill under the new.
transfer station pursuant to a Beneficial Use Determination (BUD). This type of approval
will hof likely be appropriate. However, the design will likely be amenable to extension
of the waste area and cap to beneath the new transfer station building.
Option 4 includes construction of a new salt shed on the property. As identified in the
plans available at this time, the area where the salt shed is proposed has not been used for
solid waste (ash, MSV) disposal. The area is currently being used for leaf & yard waste
composting - an activity exempt pursuant to 310 CMR 16.05(4)(b). As described in the
CSA and noted on the plan included with the CAAA, waste disposal at the site was;
limited principally to the portion of the site east of Forest River. Some construction &
demolition waste (C&D debris) disposal also occurred within the immediate vicinity of
the Forest River as part of establishing access across the Forest River to the portion of the
west of the river - an approximately160 foot reach of the river was placed into a culvert
and the river channel at the culvert was filled with C&D debris materials.
The Department, therefore, deems the portion of the site west of the Forest River (not
including the area of C&D disposal) to be a separate and distinct area from the waste
disposal area of the site. Therefore, the area where the salt shed is to be located is not
subject to review and approval as a post closure use for the purpose of constructing a salt
shed as proposed.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Metropolitan Boston — Northeast Regional Office
y2lif � y
Governor BOB DURAND
seerstavy
LAUREN A LISP
Commissioner
Mr. Stanley Bornstein
City of Salem
Department of Public Works
93 Washington Street
Salem, Massachusetts 01970
Dear Mr. Bornstein:
June 19, 2002
RE: SALEM— Solid Waste
Salem Transfer Station/Landfill
BWP SW 12-ISA/CSA Scope of Work
Conditional Approval
Transmittal No. W 027657
The Metropolitan Boston/Northeast Regional Office of the Department of Environmental
Protection, Bureau of Waste Prevention, Division of Solid Waste Management (the 'Department"),
has completed the review of the Town of Salem's application (BWP SW 12, Transmittal No. W
027657) for an Initial Site Assessment (ISA) and Comprehensive Site Assessment (CSA) Scope of
Work for Salem Landfill and Transfer Station, located on Swampscott Road, in the City of
Salem,
The Salem Landfill and Transfer Station is located near the intersection of Swampscott
Road and Highland Avenue in the western portion of Salem. The property where the landfill is
located is approximately S acres in size and has been owned by the City of Salem since at least
1928. A landfill incinerator was operated by the City of Salem from 1963 through 1968. A
portion of the property was used to dispose of ash generated at the on-site incinerator, A transfer
station has been operated by the City of Salem from 1963 tllro4gh 1994, Northeast Carting Inc.
(NCI) has operated the transfer station on the property since 1994 to the present,
The Department has reviewed the information presented in the ISA/ CSA Scope of Worlc
pursuant to 310 CMR 19.000 (Solid Waste Management Regulations,) and the established
guidelines presented in Department's guidance document; Iandiill Trnitnirnl Cnridenr , Mamualy
(DEP Publication No, SWMID: 001-91-G; Rev, 5/97),
Thio lnrhPIn" lan le a nahla N almrnato (nrmat by eo6lng our ADA Coordinator at (617) 3746673.
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Based on this review, the Department, acting under the authority of the M,G.L, c. 111, S.
150A and 310 CMR 19.000, hereby approves the Town of Salem application for an ISA/CSA
Scope of Work for the Salem Landfill with the following conditions:
(1) CSA Compliance Reporting
The CSA shall be performed in accordance with the following
a. The Landfill Technical Cnidanre Manual; '
b. 310 CMR 19.150 (5) rnTnpmb&ncive Cite Assessment; and
C. The Conditionally approved CSA Scope of Work.
If there is a need to make any significant deviations from the tasks contained in the
Conditionally approved CSA Scope, or from any other Department protocols, the Town
shall obtain written approval from the Department prior to undertaking such changes,
(2) Drilling program, Groundwater Monitoring Wells.
a, Well installations, testing, and sampling shall be performed in accordance with the
Department's guidance document #WSC-310-91: RranAard Rnferencee for
C ! 1v4nnitm n,CWPlla (Standard References), 1
b. The Department requires that one (1) additional well be constructed next to one of
the proposed downgradient monitoring wells and completed as a deep and shallow
well couplet for the purpose of determining the vertical extent of potential
groundwater contamination and vertical hydraulic gradient. The well screens ofthe
shallow and deep well couplet should be separated by at least 10 feet.
If the additional well is installed in bedrock, the bedrock shall be cored to a
minimum depth of 10 feet to confirm refusal. The rock core shall be logged as
described in CPrtion I, Rock Classification OfR andard References. The core
sample should provide information regarding rock type and degree of fracturing and
should be assessed as to the potential for fluid migration through the rock. The
methodology for evaluating the potential for fluid migration should be presented in
the Draft CSA along with sample field data sheets,
C. The ISA indicates that piping, possibly associated with an underground storage tank
(UST) was present on-site at the time of the site inspection (Salem LSA; page 21),
The presence of piping indicates that the UST is also still present. Therefore, the
Department requires an investigation of the area around the UST consisting of the
following:
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Conditional Approval
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1, Research of the Town and Fire Department records to determine the age,
capacity and dimensions of the UST;
2, Evaluation and analysis of the contents of the UST to determine the
volume of any liquids remaining in the UST and the depth to the bottom
of the UST;
3. The installation of three soil borings on the north, south and west sides
of the UST to extend to a depth below the bottom of the UST;
4, Logging and field screening of soil sampleswith aflame or photo -
ionization detector (PIF or FID), and
5. Soil sample collection and analysis for total petroleum hydrocarbons
(TPID, EPA method 8020, and EPA method 8310. Massachusetts DEP
methods volatile petroleum hydrocarbons (VPI-) and Massachusetts
DEP extractable petroleum hydrocarbons (EPI -7 can be substituted for
the above EPA methods,
If soil analysis indicates the presence of petroleum or hazardous compounds,
monitoring wells shall be installed in the area surrounding the UST for further
evaluation of the soil and groundwater conditions,
(3) Extent of Refuse:
Vertical and horizontal extent of refuse at the site must be determined through the
use of test pits or other means.
(4) Determination of Hydraulic Conductivity:
The hydraulic conductivity of all major stratigtaphic units shall be determined. An
evaluation should be conducted to detemmine all the major smatigraphic units at the site,
(5) Groundwater Analytical Parameters
In addition to the analytes listed on Page 12 of the CSA Scope of Work, the
fallowing compounds must be Included: methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isobutyl ketone,
and acetone. In addition, unknown peaks having intensities greater than five times the
background intensity shall be identified (Method 8260 is detailed in the EPA publication
SW -946, entitled Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste); '
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Conditional Approval
Transmittal No. W 027657
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(6) Surface Water Sampling and Analysis Plan
Based on the results of the surface water sampling, the need for additional surface
water sampling should be considered.
(7) Sediment Sampling and Analysis PIan
In addition to the two proposed sediment sampling locations (up and down stream
locations), a third location shall be sampled from the area of historical leachate breakouts
(described as area of discoloration in ISA). In addition to the analytes listed on page 11 of
the CSA Scope of Work, sediment samples shall be analyzed for the following
parameters:
1. Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
2. Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)
3. Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPfl)
4. 2,3,7,5 - TCDD (indicator for Dioxins and Furans)
( (8) Landfill Gas Characterization
`—� a. In accordance with the T nndiill Technical Gwidan Mann -91, a landfill gas
characterization must be performed for the landfill The following compounds
should be analyzed for the characterization:
• Benzene 1,1,1 -Trichloroethane
• 1,2-Dibromomethane Trichloroethene
• 1,2-Dichloroethane Trichloromethane
• Dichloromethane Toluene
• Tetrachlomethene Vinyl Chloride
Tetrachloromethane Xylenes
EPA TO- 14 may be used in place of the compound list above.
b, Landfill gas characterization shall also include laboratory analysis for fixed gasses:
methane, carbon dioxide, oxygen and nitrogen.
c. Non -methane organic compounds by EPA method 25A or equivalent must be
analyzed.
(9) Field and Lab Quality Assurance /Quality Control Plans
The QA/QC Sampling Plan Analysis must include a trip blank, field blank, lab
�.' blank and blind samples.
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(10) Continued Monitoring
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Following completion of four (4) quarters of sampling for the CSA, the Town shall
continue to conduct environmental, monitoring at the landfill in accordance with 310 CMR
19.132 and the approved CSA Scope, until otherwise approved in writing by the
Deportment. Gas monitoring shall be conducted quarterly, and groundwater monitoring
shall be conducted semi-annually.
Please be advised that the Department reserves the right to require additional assessment and
investigation of the landfill site based on a review of the analytical results. It is the applicant's
responsibility to comply with all other applicable federal, state, and local statutes and regulations as
a prerequisite to conducting the CSA,
Should you have any questions relative to this letter, please contact John Morey at (978) 661-7663.
John P. Morey
Environmental Analyst
S' cerely,
Heidi O°Brien
Deputy Regional Director
cc: Salem Board of Health
John Keenan, Salem City Solicitor, 222 Essex Street, Salem, MA 01970
Robert George, Northside Carting, Inc., 215 Weathersfield, St. Rowley, MA 01969
-C—\ COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
u,p METROPOLITAN BOSTON — NORTHEAST REGIONAL OFFICE
MITT ROMNEY ELLEN ROY HERZFELDER
Governor
Secretary
KERRY ROBERT W. GOLLEDGE, Jr.
Lieutenant Governor Commissioner
Mr. Stanley Bornstein
,_._.__._....__.__CityofSalem --- . _......__.
Department of Public Works
93 Washington Street
Salem, Massachusetts 01970
Dear Mr. Bornstein:
MAR 0 2 2M
RE: SALEM — Solid Waste
— Salem Transfer Station/Landfill -- - --- —
BWP SW 23
Transmittal No. W 044286
Comprehensive Site Assessment
' Conditional Approval
FW'39974
The Metropolitan Boston/Northeast Regional Office of the Department of Environmental
Protection, Bureau of Waste Prevention, Division of Solid Waste Management (the "Department"),
has completed the review of the City of Salem's (the "City) application for a Comprehensive Site
Assessment (CSA) for the Salem Landfill and Transfer Station (the "Site"). Beta Group, Inc, of
Norwood, Massachusetts prepared the CSA on behalf of the City. The CSA was submitted in
partial fulfillment of the requirements of the May 7, 2002, Administrative Consent Order (the
"ACO' between the Department and the City.
The Site is located near the intersection of Swampscott Road and Highland Avenue in the
western portion of Salem. The property is approximately 8 acres in size and has been owned by
the City of Salem since at least 1928. The City operated a solid waste incinerator at the Site from
1963 through 1968. A portion of the property was used to dispose of ash generated by the
incinerator. The City of Salem operated the transfer station at the Site from 1963 through 1994.
Northeast Carting Inc. (NCI) has operated the transfer station on the property since 1994 to the
present.
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The Department has reviewed the information presented in the CSA, pursuant to 310 CMR
19.000 (Solid Waste Management Regulations) and the guidelines presented in the Department's
Landfill Technical Guidance Manual (DEP Publication No. SWMID: 001-91-G, Rev. 5197),
Based on this review, the Department, in accordance with 310 CMR 19.150(2), approves the CSA
with the following conditions:
(1) Drilling and Gas well Installation.
a Within 90 days of the date of this Conditional Approval, the City shall relocate the
three (3) destroyed gas probe wells (SG -2, SG -3 and SG -5) at the site to the
following locations:
1. a point located midway between MW -2 and SG -7 along the eastern edge
of the site,
2. a point immediately adjacent to MW -2, and
3. -a point -immediately south of the transfer station building: -
Well installations, testing, and sampling shall be performed in accordance with the
Department's guidance document 4WSC-310-91: Standard References for
Monitoring Wells (the "Standard References".) and the Landfill Technical Guidance
Manual: �:• •:. .. ..
The landfill gas shall be analyzed for the parameters required by 310 CMR
19.132(4) and in addition for methane, carbon dioxide, oxygen, and nitrogen.
(2) Sediment Sampling and Analysis Plan
a. Within 90 days of the date of this Conditional Approval, the City shall collect two
(2) additional sediment samples from the following locations:
1. the area up -stream of the northern property line in order to access the
upstream concentrations of sediment and local conditions, and
2. the small inlet immediately to the south of the landfill.
(3) Investigation Results
The City shall include the results of the investigations required by conditions (1) and (2)
above in the Corrective Action Alternative Analysis (CAAA). This shall include an analysis of any
trends in the monitoring data, both temporal and spatial. If results of the additional monitoring
indicate that landfill gas or sediment contamination pose a actual or potential significant risk to the
public health, welfare, public safety or the environment then remedial measures, in addition to a
landfill cap, necessary to abate the risk shall be evaluated in the Corrective Action Alternative
Analysis (CAAA).
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2. a point immediately adjacent to MW -2, and
3. -a point -immediately south of the transfer station building: -
Well installations, testing, and sampling shall be performed in accordance with the
Department's guidance document 4WSC-310-91: Standard References for
Monitoring Wells (the "Standard References".) and the Landfill Technical Guidance
Manual: �:• •:. .. ..
The landfill gas shall be analyzed for the parameters required by 310 CMR
19.132(4) and in addition for methane, carbon dioxide, oxygen, and nitrogen.
(2) Sediment Sampling and Analysis Plan
a. Within 90 days of the date of this Conditional Approval, the City shall collect two
(2) additional sediment samples from the following locations:
1. the area up -stream of the northern property line in order to access the
upstream concentrations of sediment and local conditions, and
2. the small inlet immediately to the south of the landfill.
(3) Investigation Results
The City shall include the results of the investigations required by conditions (1) and (2)
above in the Corrective Action Alternative Analysis (CAAA). This shall include an analysis of any
trends in the monitoring data, both temporal and spatial. If results of the additional monitoring
indicate that landfill gas or sediment contamination pose a actual or potential significant risk to the
public health, welfare, public safety or the environment then remedial measures, in addition to a
landfill cap, necessary to abate the risk shall be evaluated in the Corrective Action Alternative
Analysis (CAAA).
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The City shall continue to conduct environmental monitoring at the landfill in accordance
with 310 CMR 19.132 and the approved CSA Scope, until otherwise approved in writing by the
Department This includes conducting the gas monitoring quarterly and groundwater and surface
water monitoring semi-annually.
This decision is issued by the Department under the authority of MGL, Chapter 111,
Section 150A and 310 CMR 19.000. All activities shall be implemented in compliance with 310
CMR 40.0114, Solid Waste Management Facilities, of the Massachusetts Contingency Plan and in
a manner consistent with the Department's April 1991 guidance document -Standard References
for Monitoring Wells WSC-310-91 and the Landfill Technical Guidance Manual.
This decision does not relieve the City of its responsibility to comply with all other
r --- — applicable-staterfederah and local -statutes, regulations;-aud-requirements.- The£ity shall obtain--
Department
btain—Department approval prior to making any significant modifications to the, tasks required by this
decision or any Department protocol.
_ :The Department.may require additional assessmentiand/or remedial activities at the
landfill if, environmental data indicate that past ar:.present activities at the site have contributed to
^ conditions that pose a significant risk to the public health, safety or the environment.
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Should you have any questions regarding this letter, please contact John Morey at (617)
654-6698.
Sincerely,
Sincei
Jahn P. Morey John
Environmental Analyst Sectic
Solid
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John Keenan,
Salem City Solicitor,
222 Essex Street,
Salem, MA 01970
Robert George,
Northside Carting, Inc.,
215 Weathersfield, St.
Rowley, MA 01969
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Bruce Thlbodeau 1jWA xr v I=
City of Salem .
Department of Public Works
120 Washington Street .. .
Salem, MA 01970
RE: SALEM - Solid Waste
Salem Landfill
Corrective Actions.Alteinatives Analysis
Conditional Approval
File # W062414
Facility # 39974
Dear Mr. Tlubodcau:
The Metropolitan Boston/NortheastRegion of the Department of Environmental Protection, Division: of.
Solid Waste Management has received your application for approval of the Corrective Action Alternatives Analysis
(CAAA) for closure of the Salem Landfill, Swam pscoft'Road,''Salem, Massachusetts (BWP SW 24 Corrective
Action Alternative Analysis, Transmittal Number W062414). The application was prepared on your behalf by
BETA Group, Inc., Norwood, Massachusetts.
The recommended alternative provides for:
1. Demolition of the existing transferstation(former incinerator) and replacememvvith'a new
structure designed fmruse as a transferstation.
2. Excavation of construction & demolition waste from the culverted crossing of Forest River with
reconstruction of the culvert and crossing. C&D materials are to be disposed of within the
existing landfill.
3. Excavation of waste (ash and MSW),from along Forest River with relocation of the waste to
_ within the existing landfill. The: finished slope alongForest River will be graded at a slope of
3 horizontal to 1 vertical (3:1, a 33%grade). ..
4. Construction of a new retaining wall in the vicinity of the existing transfer station (incinerator)
building to facilitate relocation of the waste materials (ash, MSW and C&D) while retaining the .
necessary separation,of grades betweenthe front and rear ofthe.newtransfer station building.
5. Capping of the waste materials with a flexible membrane': liner (FML) cap.
6. The finished grade of the capped landfill will have a minimumgradient of .5%.
7. Construction of a new salt shed west of Forest River.
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As described in the application, the C&D materials from the demolition of the existing transfer station
(incinerator) building will be used as backfill for the building foundation. The Department concurs that the C&D
materials - both from demolition of the existing building and from relocation of materials from the culvert area -
may be used to backfill the building foundation hole and re -grade the area around the existing foundation.
The application proposes to effect the use of the C&D debris as backfill pursuant to a Beneficial Use
Determination (a BUD, 310 CMR 19.060). The Department has determined that a BUD is not the appropriate
mechanism for the effecting the use of the C&D as proposed by this project. Inconsideration of the origin and
character of the C&D debris, the debris must be placed as part of the waste materials in the landfill, and the landfill
cap extended to include the transfer station foundation. The Department will entertain disposal of the C&D
materials in this manner as an integral component of the site remediation and landfill closure design.
Based on the site use history and the soil conditions identified by the Comprehensive Site Assessment
(CSA), the Department has determined that the construction of the salt shed does not require Department approval.
The Department approves the CAAA and concurs with the selection of Option 4 for the design of closure
of the landfill subject to the following conditions:
The closure design shall:
a. Extend the limits of the cap to cover the C&D waste materials. In accomplishing this
extension of the cap, either the FML may be extended under the new building with the
FML and related layers designed to accommodate the loads, or the building foundation
shall be integrated into the impervious layer of the cap.
b. Design the new building foundation to protect the building and its occupants from
explosive gases.
2. The Corrective Action Design (CAD, i.e. the closure plans) application shall be signed by the
appropriate official of the City of Salem Reports, plans, etc., shall be signed and sealed by the
engineer of record. Each shall include certification pursuant to 310 CMR 19.011, as required.
3. The Department reserves the right to amend, modify, suspend or revoke this approval as necessary to
protect the public health, safety or the environment, or as otherwise necessary to insure compliance
with applicable law and/or regulation.
4. The City shall obtain and comply with the requirements of all applicable state, federal and local laws,
regulations, and permits. Concurrently with submitting the CAD application the City shall submit
documentation that the applications for such other permits dud approvals as may be required have
been applied for.
5. In consideration of the commercial operating nature of the transfer station by Northside Carting
Inc. and the interdependence of the reconstruction of the transfer station on the corrective action
design, the Department's review of the CAD shall not be subject to the exemption from application
fees granted to municipalities. The application shall be subject to payment of the applicable fees
for privately owned/operated facilities as established at 310 CMR 4.00.
6. The Department reserves the option to require Northside Carting, Inc. to obtain a permit, issued to
Northside Carting, Inc., for future operation of the facility, and/or otherwise pay an annual
compliance fee as applicable to privately operated facilities.
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NOTICE OF RIGHT TO APPEAL
The City of Salem (the "City") is hereby notified that it may within twenty-one (21) days file.a request that this
decision be deemed a provisional decision under 310 CMR 19.037(4)(b), by submitting a written statement of the basis
' on which the City believes it is aggrieved, together with any supporting materials. Upon timely filing of such a request,
the decision shall be deemed a provisional decision with an effective date twenty-one (21) days after the Departments
receipt of the request, Such a request shall reopen the administrative record, and the Department may rescind, -
'supplement, modify, or reaffirm its decision. Failure by the City to exercise the right provided .in this section shall
'constitute a waiver of the City s.right to appeal.
Anneal. Any person aggrieved by the issuance of this decision, except as provided for under '310 CMR
19.037(4)(b), may frle an appeal for judicial review of said decision in accordance with the provisions of UG.L. c. 11;1,
a. 150A, and M.G.L. c. 30A, not later than thirty (30) days following the receiptofihe final decision.. The standing of a
person to file an appeal and the procedures for filing such appeal shall be governed by the provisions of M.G.L. c..30A..
Unless the person requesting' an appeal requests and is granted a stay of the temps and conditions of the decision by a
court of competent jurisdiction, the decision shall remain effective.
Notice of Action Any aggrieved person intending to appeal this decision to the Superior Court shall.first
provide notice to the Department of their intention to commence such action. Said notice of intention shall include the
Department file number and shall identify with particularity the issues and reasons why it is believed the decision was
not proper. Such notice shall be provided to the Office of General Counsel of the Department and the Regional Director
for the regional office which processed the application The appropriate addresses to which to send such notices are:
General Counsel
Department of Environmental Protection
One Winter Street - 3rd Floor
Boston, MA 02108
Regional Director
Department ofEnvironmental Protection
NERO
One Winter Street - 5'ti Floor
Boston, MA 02108
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No allegation shall be made in an udicial appeal of this decision unless the matter complained of was raised at
the appropriate point in the administrative review procedures established in those regulations, provided that a matter may
be raised upon a showing that it is material and that it was not reasonably possible with due diligence to have been raised
during such procedures or that matter sought to be raised is of critical importance to the environmental impact of the
permitted activity.
The Department reminds you that pursuant to the Administrative Consent Order (ACOP -NE -01-4005), the City
was required to complete closure of the landfill by November 1, 2004. On October 28, 2004 the Department forwarded .
to the City; via your consultant, BETA Group; an agreement for extension of the ACOP to November 1, 2005 for
completion of the closure of the landfill. The City has not executed that extension The Departmaru: will entertain
discussion to reasonable extension of the ACOP deadlines. However, it is necessary that the City submit within
twenty-one (21) days of this notice, to the Department a schedule for completion of the project design (the Corrective
Action Design [CAD]) and construction of the landfill closure_
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Salem Landfill
Corrective Action Alternative Analysis
Conditional Approval
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Should you have any questions concerning this matter, please contact David Adams at 617-654-6677.
Sincerely/,^/
David C. Adams
Environmental Engineer
Solid Waste Management
7AGDCA/dca
enclosure: Fact Sheet
cc:
SalemBoard of Health
Salem, MA
jscott@salem.com
Alan D. Hanscom, PE
BETA Group, Inc.
315 Norwood Park South
Norwood, MA 02062
Robert George
Northside Carting, Inc.
12 Swampscott Road
Salem, MA 01970
7ohnA. Can-igan
Section Chief
Solid Waste Management
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Corrective Actions Alternatives Analysis
Size: total site: 9.2 acres
landfill: not provided
Other Department Approvals Effecting this Application:
Administrative Consent Order
ACOP -NE -01-4005
effective date: April 4, 2002
amended: negotiation pending
Comprehensive Site Assessment
File Number: W044286
approved: March 2, 2004
Submissions with this Application:
report
City of Salem, Massachusetts
Corrective Action Alternative Analysis .
Salem Landfill
12 Swampscott Road
Salem, Massachusetts
March 2005
Discussion:
Pursuant to 310 CMR 19.011 and 19.030(10 & 11) a "responsible official" of the i
applicant (the City of Salem) is required to sign the application. The City has not signed
the Corrective Action Alternative Analysis (CAAA) application. In consideration of the
need to proceed to design of this project and the degree of conformity of the selected
option to a standard design, the Department has elected to waive the signatory
requirement for this application. It will be necessary that the appropriate "responsible
official" of the City of Salem sign the application for review of the Corrective Action
Design.
The CAAA reviews 5 options. The first 2 options ([Option 1] the need for "more
stringent closure actions" than defined in 310 CMR 19.112 and [Option 2] the ability to
allow a "less stringent closure actions than defined in 310 CMR 19.112) and the "no
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Corrective Actions Alternatives Analysis
File Number: W062414
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build" option [Option 5] are only summarily described and examined. The focus.of the
" report is a "standard" option [Option 3] and a "modified" option [Option 4].
Options 2 and 5 are rejected as not meeting:the goals of the regulatory standards for
landfill closures. .
Option 1 is rejected as the results of the Comprehensive Site Assessment (CSA) did not
indicate a need.
The City's engineers recommend the selectiion:of.Option 4 for the -closure of the landfill.'
Under Option 3:
* The existing landfill would be capped with a low permeability soil or FML
cap•
* All waste would be retained within the existing waste limits.
* The River Front of the Forest River would be remediated by:
i. excavating the waste from the edge of the river,
ii. constructing a concrete bin type retaining wall along the edge of.
the river,
iii. backfilling the retaining wall with the excavated waste.
This option would not make any changes to the existing transfer station or other
improvements to the site outside of the existing limits waste.
Option describes using an FML to construct the cap along the slopes facing the nver.
As described the FML would be placed ata gradient of 3:1, and excavated waste would
b'e "stored".behind.a retaining wall constructed next:to the river.- The Department
assumes it is meant that the excavated waste will be used as permanent backfill behind ;
the retaining. wall:. .
The described River Front remediation would result in waste materials being placed
above the cap. This element of the design does not comply with minimal requirements
for the capping of the waste material. However, the design is amenable to alteration to-
correct this deficiency.'
Under Option 4 the landfill would be capped with a low permeability soil or FML cap as
included at Option 3. In addition:
* The old incinerator building (of which part is used as the existing transfer.'.
station) would be razed.
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* The River Front of the Forest River would be remediated by excavating
waste from along the river and regarding the landfill slope' (currently
varying from 1:1 to 2:1) to a gradient of 3:1.'
* Forest River will be further remediated by removal of the C&D waste
materials from the area of the culvert and reconstructing the river crossing
with clean fill.
* The C&D debris from razing the incinerator, along with the waste
excavated from the River Front would be used to backfill the area of the
incinerator building.
* A new transfer station, with access driveways and aprons, would be
constructed.
* A new salt shed would be constructed on the portion of the property on the
opposite side of the Forest River (the area currently used for the Town's
leaf & yard waste composting area.).
As proposed the new building would retain the same setback from the street side property
line as the current building (circa 40 feet).
Option. 4 proposes to use the C&D debris and excavated waste as fill under the new,
transfer station pursuant to a Beneficial Use Determination (BUD). This type of approval
will notlikely be appropriate. However, the design will likely be amenable to extension
of the waste area and cap to beneath the new transfer station building.
Option 4 includes construction of a new salt shed on the property. As identified in the
plans available at this time, the area where the salt shed is proposed has not been used for
solid waste (ash, MSV) disposal. The area is currently being used for leaf & yard waste
composting - an activity exempt pursuant to 310 CMR 16.05(4)(b). As described in the
CSA and noted on the plan included with the CAAA, waste disposal at the site was
limited principally to the portion of the site east of Forest River. Some construction &
demolition waste (C&D debris) disposal also occurred within the immediate vicinity of
the Forest River as part of establishing access across the Forest River to the portion of the
west of the river - an approximately 160 foot reach of the river was plated into a culvert
and the river channel at the culvert was filled with C&D debris materials.
The Department, therefore, deems the portion of the site west of the Forest River (not
including the area of C&D disposal) to be a separate and distinct area from the waste
disposal area of the site. Therefore, the area where the salt shed is to be located is not
subject to review and approval as a post closure use for the purpose of constructing a salt
shed as proposed.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS
EXECUTNE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Metropolitan Boston — Northeast Regional Office
Mr. Stanley Bornstein
City of Salem
Department of Public Works
93 Washington Street
Salem, Massachusetts 01970
Dear Mr. Bornstein:
BOB DURAM
secretary
LAUREN A IJB$
Commissioner
June 19, 2002
RE: SALEM— Solid Waste
Salem Transfer Station/Landfill
BWP SW 12-ISA/CSA Scope of Work
Conditional Approval
Transmittal No. W 027657
The Metropolitan Boston/Northeast Regional Office of the Department of Environmental
Protection, Bureau of Waste Prevention, Division of Solid Waste Management (the 'Department"),
has completed the review of the Town of Salem's application (BWP SW 12, Transmittal No. W
027657) for an Initial Site Assessment (ISA) and Comprehensive Site Assessment (CSA) Scope of
Work for Salem Landfill and Transfer Station, located on Swampscott Road, in the City of
Salem,
The Salem Landfill and Transfer Station is located near the intersection of Swampscott
Road and Highland Avenue in the western portion of Salem, The property where the landfill is
located is approximately 8 acres in size and has been owned by the City of Salem since at least
1928. A Iandfill incinerator was operated by the City of Salem from 1963 through 1968. A
portion of the property was used to dispose of ash generated at the on-site incinerator, A transfer
station has been operated by the City of Salem from 1963 through 1994, Northeast Carting Inc.
(NCI) has operated the transfer station on the property since 1994 to the present,
The Department has reviewed the information presented in the ISA/ CSA Scope of Work:
pursuant to 310 CMR 19.000 (Solid Waste Management Regulations,) and the established
guidelines presented in Department's guidance document; T•andrll Tart,nin:al Guidance Manna?
(DBP Publication No, SWMID; 001-91-G; Rev, 5/97),
Tb1e W00100en le a e0ebin U sltmnatt fn,mnt by uOing 01W ADA COWdleimF at (617) 0746072.
205A LCM11 S1, Wilmington, MA, 01007 . Phone (078) 081-7600 . Fox (078) 061-7016 . 7TDq (ale) 661.7070
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Based on this review, the Department, acting under the authority of the XG.L, C. 111, g.
150A and 310 CMR 19.000, hereby approves the Town of Salem application for an ISA/CSA
Scope of Work for the Salem Landfill with the following conditions;
(1) CSA Compliance Reporting
The CSA shall be performed in accordance with the following:
a. The T.andfill Technical Gwidnnnn Vamial� '
b. 310 CMR 19.150 (5) Comprehensive Site ASS cam ntp and
C. The Conditionally approved CSA Scope of Work.
If there is a need to make any significant deviations from the tasks contained in the
Conditionally approved CSA Scope, or from any other Department protocols, the Town
shall obtain written approval from the Department prior to undertaking such changes,
(2) Drilling Program, Groundwater Monitoring Wells.
a, Well installations, testing, and sampling shall be performed in accordance with the
Department's guidance document #WSC-310-91: Standard References for
'k4nnitnring Well (Standard ReferencPA),
b. The Department requires that one (1) additional well be constructed next to one of
the proposed downgradient monitoring wells and completed as a deep and shallow
well couplet for the purpose of determining the vertical extent of potential
groundwater contamination and vertical hydraulic gradient, The well screens of the
shallow and deep well couplet should be separated by at least 10 feet.
If the additional well is installed in bedrock, the bedrock shall be cored to a
minimum depth of 10 feet to confirm refusal. The rock core shall be logged as
described in SPctinn 17 Rn .k C'.laaa;fieafien of Standard References. The core
sample should provide information regarding rock type and degree of fracturing and
should be assessed as to the potential for fluid migration through the rock. The
methodology for evaluating the potential for fluid migration should be presented in
the Draft CSA along with sample field data sheets.
C. The ISA indicates that piping, possibly associated with an underground storage tank
(UST) was present on-site at the time of the site inspection (Salem ISA; page 21),
The presence of piping indicates that the UST is also still present. Therefore, the
Department requires an investigation of the area around the UST consisting of the
following:
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1, Research of the Town and Fire Department records to determine the age,
capacity and dimensions of the UST;
2, Evaluation and analysis of the contents of the UST to determine the
volume of any liquids remaining in the UST and the depth to the bottom
of the UST;
3, The installation of three soil borings on the north, south and west sides
of the UST to extend to a depth below the bottom of the UST;
4, Logging and field screening of soil samples with aflame or photo,
ionization detector (PIF or FID), and
5. Soil sample collection and analysis for total petroleum hydrocarbons
(TPIi), EPA method 8020, and EPA method 8310. Massachusetts DEP
methods volatile petroleum hydrocarbons (VPII) and Massachusetts
DEP extractable petroleum hydrocarbons (EPID can be substituted for
the above EPA methods.
If soil analysis indicates the presence of petroleum or hazardous compounds,
monitoring wells shall be installed in the area surrounding the UST for further
C evaluation of the soil and groundwater conditions.
(3) Extent of Refuse:
Vertical and horizontal extent of refuse at the site must be determined through the
use of test pits or other means.
(4) Determination of Hydraulic Conductivity:
The hydraulic conductivity of all major stratigtaphic units shall be detennined, An
evaluation should be conducted to determine all the major statigraphic units at the site.
(5) Groundwater Analytical Parameters
Tn addition to the analytes listed on Page 12 of the CSA Scope of Work, the
following compounds must be Included; methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isohutyl ketone,
and acetone. In addition, unknown peaks having intensities greater than five times the
background intensity shall be identified (Method 8260 is detailed in the EPA publication
SW -846, entitled Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste);
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(6) Surface Water Sampling and Analysis Plan
Based on the results of the surface water sampling, the need for additional surface
water sampling should be considered.
(7) Sediment Sampling and Analysis Plan
In addition to the two proposed sediment sampling locations (up and down stream
locations), a third location shall be sampled from the area of historical leachate breakouts
(described as area of discoloration in ISA). In addition to the analytes listed on page I 1 of
the CSA Scope of Work, sediment samples shall be analyzed for the following
parameters:
1. Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
2. Polynuclear Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs)
3, Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (TPH)
4. 2,3,7,8 - TCDD (indicator for Dioxins and Furans)
(8) Landfill Gas Characterization
a. In accordance with the Landfill Techninal Cmidance Mammal,, a landfill gas
characterization must be performed for the landfill. The following compounds
should be analyzed for the characterization:
• Benzene 1,1,1 -Trichloroethane
• 1,2-Dibromomethane Trichloroethene
• 1,2-Dichlowethane Trichloromethane
• Dichloromethane Toluene
• Tetrachlomethene Vinyl Chloride
• Tetrachloromethane Xylenes
EPA TO -14 may be used in place of the compound list above.
b, Landfill gas characterization shall also include laboratory analysis for fixed gasses:
methane, carbon dioxide, oxygen and nitrogen.
c. Non -methane organic compounds by BPA method 25A or equivalent must be
analyzed,
(9) Field and Lab Quality Assurance /Quality Control Plans
The QA/QC Sampling Plan Analysis must include a trip blank, field blatik, lab
�.' blank and blind samples.
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(10) Continued Monitoring
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Following completion of four (4) quarters of sampling for the CSA, the Town shall
continue to conduct envixnnmentaj monitoring at the landfill in accordance with 310 CMR
19.132 and the approved C$A Scope, until otherwise approved in writing by the
Department. Gras monitoring shall be conducted quarterly, and groundwater monitoring
shall be conducted semi-annually.
Please be advised that the Department reserves the right to require additional assessment and
investigation of the landfill site based on a review of the analytical results. It is the applicant's
responsibility to comply with all other applicable federal, state, and local statutes and regulations as
a prerequisite to conducting the CSA,
Should you have any questions relative to this letter, please contact John Morey at (978) 661-7663.
CVf
Jo P. Morey
Bnvironmental Analyst
;Heioe
ydi O°Brien
Deputy Regional Director
cc: Salem Board of Health
John Keenan, Salem City Solicitor, 222 Essex Street, Salem, MA 01970
Robert George, Northside Carting, Inc., 215 Weathersfield, St. Rowley, MA 01969
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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
METROPOLITAN BOSTON — NORTHEAST REGIONAL OFFICE
MITT ROMNEY
ELLEN ROY HERZFELDER
Governor
Secretaxy
EERRYHEALEY
ROBERT W. GOLLEDGE, Jr.
Lieutenant Governor
Commissioner
AR 0 2 2404
Mr. Stanley Bornstein RE: SALEM — Solid Waste
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Department of Public Works BWP SW 23
93 Washington Street Transmittal No. W 044286
Salem, Massachusetts 01970 Comprehensive Site Assessment
�. CantlitionalApproval--•"
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Dear Mr. Bornstein:
The Metropolitan Boston/Northeast Regional Office of the Department of Environmental
Protection, Bureau of Waste Prevention, Division of Solid Waste Management (the 'Department"),
has completed the review of the City of Salem's (the "City) application for a Comprehensive Site
Assessment (CSA) for the Salem Landfill and Transfer Station (the "Site"). Beta Group, Inc. of
Norwood, Massachusetts prepared the CSA on behalf of the City. The CSA was submitted in
partial fulfillment of the requirements of the May 7, 2002, Administrative Consent Order (the
"ACO") between the Department and the City.
The Site is located near the intersection of Swampscott Road and Highland Avenue in the
western portion of Salem. The property is approximately 8 acres in size and has been owned by
the City of Salem since at least 1928. The City operated a solid waste incinerator at the Site from
1963 through 1968. A portion of the property was used to dispose of ash generated by the
incinerator. The City of Salem operated the transfer station at the Site from 1963 through 1994.
Northeast Carting Inc. (NCI) has operated the transfer station on the property since 1994 to the
present.
This information is eviilable in alternate format Cal Debra Doherty, ADA Coerdin iter, at 1-617.292.5565. TDD Service- 1-800.298-2207.
One Winter Street, Boston, MA 02108. Phare (617) 654-6500 • Fax (617) 556.1040 • TDD # (8 00) 288.2207
DEP on the Wortd W ile Web: httpJ/w .state.ma.us/dep
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Salem Landfill
The Department has reviewed the information presented in the CSA, pursuant to 310 CMR
19.000 (Solid Waste Management Regulations) and the guidelines presented in the Department's
Landfill Technical Guidance Manual (DEP Publication No. SWMID: 001-91-G, Rev. 5/97),
Based on this review, the Department, in accordance with 310 CMR 19.150(2), approves the CSA
with the following conditions:
(1) Drilling and Gas well Installation.
a. Within 90 days of the date of this Conditional Approval, the City shall relocate the
three (3) destroyed gas probe wells (SG -2, SG -3 and SG -5) at the site to the
following locations:
1. a point located midway between MW -2 and SG -7 along the eastern edge
of the site,
2. a point immediately adjacent to MW -2, and
-- - - --- 3. -a point -immediately south of the transfer station building: ---- - ---- -- __._
b. Well installations, testing, and sampling shall be performed in accordance with the
Department's guidance document #WSC-310-91: Standard References for
..Monitoring Wells (the "Standard References' and the Landfill Technical Guidance
Manual:
C. The landfill gas shall be analyzed for the parameters required by 310 CMR
19.132(4) and in addition for methane, carbon dioxide, oxygen, and nitrogen.
(2) Sediment Sampling and Analysis Plan
a. Within 90 days of the date of this Conditional Approval, the City shall collect two
(2) additional sediment samples from the following locations:
1. the area up -stream of the northern property line in order to access the
upstream concentrations of sediment and local conditions, and
2. the small inlet immediately to the south of the landfill.
(3) Investigation Results
The City shall include the results of the investigations required by conditions (1) and (2)
above in the Corrective Action Alternative Analysis (CAAA). This shall include an analysis of any
trends in the monitoring data, both temporal and spatial. If results of the additional monitoring
indicate that landfill gas or sediment contamination pose a actual or potential significant risk to the
public health, welfare, public safety or the environment then remedial measures, in addition to a
landfill cap, necessary to abate the risk shall be evaluated in the Corrective Action Alternative
Analysis (CAAA).
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The City shall continue to conduct environmental monitoring at the landfill in accordance
with 310 CMR 19.132 and the approved CSA Scope, until otherwise approved in writing by the
Department. This includes conducting the gas monitoring quarterly and groundwater and surface
water monitoring semi-annually.
This decision is issued by the Department under the authority of MGL, Chapter 111,
Section 150A and 310 CMR 19.000. All activities shall be implemented in compliance with 310
CMR 40.0114, Solid Waste Management Facilities, of the Massachusetts Contingency Plan and in
a manner consistent with the Department's April 1991 guidance document -Standard References
for Monitoring Wells WSC-310-91 and the Landfill Technical Guidance Manual.
This decision does not relieve the City of its responsibility to comply with all other
r--- ---applicable state -federal, and local -statutes, -regulations and -requirements The -City shall -
I Department approval prior to making any significant modifications to the tasks required by this
decision or any Department protocol.
I
The Departmentmay require additional assessment and/or remedial activities at the
r. landfill if environmental data indicate that past.w.present activities at the site have contributed to
conditions that pose a significant risk to the public health, safety or the environment.
t
j Should you have any questions regarding this letter, please contact John Morey at (617)
654-6698. 1
Sincerely, Sincere ,
((�
Jo$m P. Morey John A. Carri
Environmental Analyst Section Chie
Solid Wast Management
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John Keenan,
Salem City Solicitor,
222 Essex Street,
Salem, MA 01970
Robert George,
Northside Carting, Inc.,
215 Weathersfield, St.
Rowley, MA 01969
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Cj-[y OF SALEM
June 22, 1979 HEALTH DEPT•
SPECIAL PERMIT
WETLANDS AND FLOOD HAZARD DISTRICT
MR. ANTHONY V. FLETCHER OF THE
SALEM DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
SALEM, MASS. 01970
On Thursday, June 21, 1979, the Planning Board of the City of Salem held a
public hearing regarding the application of Mr. Anthony V. Fletcher of the Salem
Department of Public Works, for a Special Permit under Section P, Wetlands and
Flood Hazard Districts, of the Salem Zoning Ordinance, with respect to the
installation of drainage pipe and fill for embankment stabilization at rear of
Transfer Station at Swampscott Road Transfer Station.
At a regularly scheduled meeting of the Planning Board on June 21, 1979, the
Board voted, by a vote of six in favor, none opposed, to approve the application
as complying with the requirements for the issuance of the permit with the following
conditions:
1. The work shall be done in accordance with the site plan prepared by City of
Salem Engineering Department, entitled Site Plan, Municipal Transfer Station,
Swampscott Road, Salem, Ma., dated June 9, 1977 and revised May 1, 1979.
2. The inlet and outlet of the 36" diameter pipe and the outlet of the 12" diameter
pipe shall be protected in conformance with Section 258 "Stone for Pipe Ends"
Standard Specifications for Highways and Bridges, Mass. Dept. of Public Works,
Mass. 1973.
3. During all phases of the work erosion and siltation shall be kept to a minimum
by employing procedures recommended in Guidelines for Soil and Water Conservation
in Urban Areas of Mass, USDA Soil Conservation Services, 1975.
I hereby certify that a copy of this decision has been filed with the City Clerk,
and a copy is on file with the Planning Board.
This Special Permit shall not take effect until a copy of the decision bearing
the certification of the City Clerk that twenty days have elapsed and no appeal has
been filed or that if such appeal has been filed, and it has been dismissed or denied,
is recorded in the Essex County Registry of Deeds and is indexed in the grantor index
under the name of the owner of record or is recorded and noted on the owner's
certificate of title. The fee for recording or registering shall be paid by the owner
or applicant.
n
WALTER POWER, III
Chairman, Planning Board
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