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Monroe County Solid Waste Management Plan STATE OF MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY LANSING DEii\ RICK SNYDER C. HEIDI GRETHER GOVERNOR DIRECTOR June 1, 2017 Mr. J. Henry Lievens, Chairperson Monroe County Board of Commissioners 125 East Second Street Monroe, Michigan 48161-2197 Dear Mr. Lievens: The locally approved amendment to the Monroe County Solid Waste Management Plan (Plan Amendment) received by the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) on February 18, 2016, is hereby approved with modifications. The Plan Amendment required modifications that were sent to the Monroe County Designated Planning Agency contact, Mr. Daniel Rock1 on December 1, 2016, and a follow-up modification letter on February 17, 2017. The approval of the modifications, dated April 21, 2017, was received from the Monroe County Board of Commissioners (BOC). Upon approval by the DEQ, the Plan Amendment revises the entire Plan and should be viewed as a stand-alone document. The following modifications were made to the Plan Amendment: Throughout the Plan Amendment, the phrase "Mixed Waste Processing" has been used; however, this term is not defined. Based on our conversations, Monroe County is actually referring to a Solid Waste Processing Facility. Therefore, the term "Mixed Waste Processing Facility" throughout the Plan Amendment shall be replaced with the ,, term "Solid Waste Processing Facility. Page 10, FACILITY DESCRIPTION, Arbor Hills Landfill, the Operating Status check box for "Construction Permit" shall be marked as this facility has a construction permit. This same item shall be changed on page 47 of the Plan Amendment. Page 16, FACILITY DESCRIPTION, Adrian Landfill, Inc., the Operating Status check box for "Open, but closure pending" shall be marked instead of "Open" as this is the current status of this facility. This same item shall be changed on page 52 of the Plan Amendment. Page 17, FACILITY DESCRIPTION, Sauk Trail Hills Landfill, the Operating Status check box for "Closed" shall not be marked and the "Open" check box shall be marked instead as this facility is active and accepting solid waste for disposal. This same item shall be changed on page 53 of the Plan Amendment. Mr. J. Henry Lievens 2 June 1, 2017 Page 19, FACILITY DESCRIPTION, DTE Monroe Power Plant Ash Basin, the Operating Status check box for "Construction Permit" shall be marked as this facility has a construction permit. This same item shall be changed on page 55 of the Plan Amendment. Page 20, FACILITY DESCRIPTION, Consumers Energy- J.R. Whiting Plant, the Operating Status check box for "Construction Permit" shall be marked as this facility has a construction permit. This same item shall be changed on page 56 of the Plan Amendment. Page 23, FACILITY DESCRIPTION, Riverview Land Preserve, the Operating Status check box for "Construction Permit" shall be marked as this facility has a construction permit. This same item shall be changed on page 59 of the Plan Amendment. Page 27, FACILITY DESCRIPTION, Stevens Disposal & Recycling Service, Inc., the Operating Status check box for "Construction Permit" shall be marked as this facility has a construction permit. This same item shall be changed on page 63 of the Plan Amendment. Page 44, EXPORT AUTHORIZATION, the paragraph indicated by a double asterisk"**", last sentence states, "Additional facilities located within the counties listed above shall be allowed to accept waste generated from Monroe County if an Agreement [Monroe County Solid Waste Disposal Facility Acknowledgement, Consent and Agreement] is signed between Monroe County and the facility." Please note that these Agreements were recently forwarded and are enclosed with this letter (Appendix A) and shall be included in the Plan. Therefore, only these counties that have a signed Agreement that are included in the Plan Amendment are authorized to receive waste from Monroe County as found in Appendix A. Page 45, EXPORT AUTHORIZATION, the paragraph indicated by a triple asterisk"***", the paragraph states, ''Total Type Ill waste is unlimited when exported for disposal into a Type Ill facility. Conditional upon a signed Agreement between the accepting solid waste disposal facility and Monroe County." It shall be noted that Monroe County does not have a signed Agreement with any Type Ill facility located in either of these counties; therefore, while they are identified as a primary disposal county they are not authorized for waste disposal until an Agreement is signed and forwardedto the DEQ. Page 46, SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL AREAS, Designated Solid Waste Disposal Areas Not In Monroe County. second sentence states, "Other disposal area facilities such as transfer stations or processing plants are also utilized upon a signed Agreement." Based upon our discussions it was Monroe County's intent to allow Type B transfer stations to be used without entering into an Agreement. Therefore, this sentence shall be changed to the following: Other disposal area facilities such as Type A transfer stations or processing plants are also able to be utilized upon execution of a signed Agreement. Type B transfer stations listed may be utilized without execution of a signed Agreement. Mr. J. Henry Lievens 3 June 1, 2017 Page 46, SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL AREAS, the inventory of existing disposal areas, Transfer Stations and Waste Processing Plants subsections, includes the Republic Services of Toledo - Erie Transfer Station; however, this facility does not exist at this time. Therefore, it shall be deleted from each of these subsections as well as the facility description pages found on pages 25 and 61 of the Plan Amendment. Page 87, SELECTED SYSTEM, SITING REVIEW PROCEDURES, Unauthorized Disposal Area Types, first bulleted item, identifies "Non-selected Waste Systems" as a facility type that is deemed inconsistent with the Plan. However, this is not a disposal area type identified in Part 115, Solid Waste Management, of the Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act 1994 PA 451, as amended (Part115). Based upon further review of the Plan Amendment, Monroe County provided clarification of this terminology as specifically referring to municipal solid waste incinerators and waste-to­ energy facilities as described in Appendix B. Therefore, the phrase "Non-selected Waste Systems" shall be changed to Municipal Solid Waste Incinerators and Waste-to­ Energy facilities (Described in Appendix B). Page 88, SELECTED SYSTEM, SITING REVIEW PROCEDURES, Authorized Disposal Area Types, second paragraph states, "Disposal areas at specific sites are identified on pages 86-88, and list according to the type of disposal area activity that is authorized by this Plan." However, these page numbers are incorrect. Therefore, the correct page numbers of 89-92 shall be identified instead. Further, the phrase, "activity that is authorized by this Plan" needs further clarification. Based upon our conversation, Monroe County intended this to mean the types of disposal facilities that are authorized to follow the siting process. Based upon the items discussed above, this paragraph shall be changed to the following: Disposal areas at specific sites are identified on pages 89-92 and are listed according to the types of disposal facilities that are authorized by this Plan to be sited following the siting process. Page 88, SELECTED SYSTEM, SITING REVIEW PROCEDURES, Authorized Disposal Area Types, fourth paragraph discusses the need for a facility to have sponsorship of the county or municipality of which is resides. However, based upon our conversations it was determined that Monroe County did not intend to require sponsorship of a facility and that it was a remnant of the previous Plan. Therefore, this paragraph and any reference to a "sponsored" facility shall be deleted from the Plan. Page 88, SELECTED SYSTEM, SITING REVIEW PROCEDURES, Authorized Disposal Area Types, fifth paragraph states, "Facilities regulated under Part 115 include commercial operations that only dispose of waste that is generated on site. Such proposed commercial operations are consistent with the Plan and are not subject to the siting process." This paragraph is unclear as written and a definable term should be used to provide clarification. Based upon our conversation, it was the intention of Monroe County to allow for the siting of "captive facilities" without the need for them to follow the siting process. Per Section 11525a(5), "captive facility" means a landfill that accepts for disposal only nonhazardous industrial waste generated only by the owner of Mr. J. Henry Lievens 4 June 1, 2017 the landfill or a nonhazardous industrial waste landfill as that is described in Section 11525(3). Therefore, this paragraph shall be changed to the following: Captive facilities as defined in Part 115 are not subject to the siting process and are deemed automatically consistent with the Plan. Pages 88-89, SELECTED SYSTEM, SITING REVIEW PROCEDURES, Authorized Disposal Area Types, Exemptions section, the purpose of this section is unclear and there were many modifications needed to provide clarity. Based upon our conversations it was determined that it would be best to delete this section in its entirety. Therefore, the Exemptions section shall be deleted from the Plan Amendment. Page 89 under the, SELECTED SYSTEM, FACILITIES INCLUDED IN THIS PLAN: It was the intent of Monroe County to deem the proposed Erie Transfer Station, located at 6749 South Dixie Highway, Erie, Michigan 48133 and identified in Attachment B - Maps, as the Erie Services of Toledo site map parcel "Future transfer station
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