Landfill work set to begin
ELKINS The state Landfill Closure Assistance Program will soon begin major projects at the Elkins Randolph patagonia better sweater hoodyCounty Landfill to prepare for its eventual official closure.
LCAP plans to both close and cap the landfill, and to take over itpatagonia yulex reviews operations and long term maintenance. Elkins City Council voted unanimouslypatagonia wetsuit guide this week to allow LCAP patagonia coupon code online0to enter the landfill and proceed with construction activities.
Officials with LCAP plan to provide many services working toward the official closure of the landfill, including placing an interim soil cap over the waste area; reducinpatagonia coupon code online2g the amount of leachate produced; bringing the wells and well roads into compliance; conducting maintenance activities such as mowing, road maintenance and leachate collection system cleaning; and conducting storm water outfill monitoring.
This is just giving them permission to come on the property and do these things, City Attorney Gerri Roberts said of the ordinance prior to Council s vote Thursday.
All of the funding for this comespatagonia outlet store reno out of the LCAP fund that the City of Elkins paid into over the years, Roberts said. So therpatagonia coats discount for boyse s no cost, no additional cost, for the city for any of this.
We re talking about a massive project here that would be almost cost prohibitive for any municpatagonia pro deal discountipality, she said. This is a wonderful situation for the City of Elkins for them to come in and do this.
Councilman Mark Scott said it was important for citizens to understand that, if they see construction or activity in the landfill in the coming weeks, it is all ppatagonia coupon code online1art of the closure process. He said he wanted the public to know nothing is being dumped there.
Operations Manager Bob Pingley said LCAP may pay to have the landfill hooked up to a municipal sewer line at spatagonia coupon code onlineome point, which would eliminate the current need to haul leachate away in trucks.
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin signed the landfill bill House Bill 4339 in June at Elkins City Hall. Del. Denise Campbell, D Randolph, was the lead sponsor of the bill.
The Landfill Closure Assistance Program was established to help close landfills and was funded by a special revenue of $3.50 per ton imposed upon the disposal of solid waste at any solid waste disposal facility in West Virginia. Elkins missed the deadline to apply for funds to aspatagonia everlong review 100sist with the closure of the landfill, but will be able to apply for these funds with the passage of House Bill 4339.
Other sponsors of the bill were Del. William Hartman, D Randolph, Del. Bill Hamilton, R Upshur, Del. Isaac Sponaugle, D Pendleton, and Del. Dana Lynch, D Wpatagonia guide jacket versusebster.
Campbell said the bill was needed because the deadline for applications for statpatagonia guide pants dickiese assistance to close landfills was in 2000, but the city of Elkins did not apply.
The Elkins Randolph County Landfill was closed in Sepatagonia coupon code online3ptember 2011, but the landfill faces about $333,700 in annual operating costs and $262,274 in outstanding debt. The landfill has not generated any revenue since its closure.
