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2018 Annual Report: Armstrong Spallumcheen Recycling and Disposal Facility Ministry of Environment Operational Certificate No. MR 15284 SUBMITTED TO: Ministry of Environment, Penticton, B.C. PREPARED BY: Dale Danallanko, Recycling and Disposal Facilities Operations Manager Nicole Kohnert, P.Eng., FEC, Manager Regional Engineering Services Jamie Jaffary, Engineering Technician Submitted by: Reviewed and endorsed by: Nicole Kohnert, P.Eng. Mike Fox Manager Regional Engineering Services General Manager, Community Services DATE: April 2019 2018 Annual Report: Armstrong/Spallumcheen Recycling and Disposal Facility TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................1 2. BACKGROUND ..................................................................................................................1 3. FACILITY OPERATIONS: 2018 ..........................................................................................2 3.1 DISPOSAL METHOD .................................................................................................. 2 3.2 RECYCLING ................................................................................................................ 3 3.3 QUANTITIES AND SITE LIFE...................................................................................... 4 3.4 FACILITY OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE EXPENDITURES ................................ 4 4. OPERATIONAL MONITORING/INSPECTIONS ..................................................................4 5. ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING ......................................................................................5 5.1 2018 ANNUAL ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING REPORT ...................................... 5 5.2 GROUND AND SURFACE WATER MONITORING RECOMMENDATIONS ............... 5 5.3 LANDFILL GAS MANAGEMENT ................................................................................. 5 5.4 EROSION .................................................................................................................... 8 5.5 LITTER, DUST AND VECTOR CONTROL .................................................................. 8 5.6 LEACHATE MANAGEMENT ....................................................................................... 8 5.7 TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY ...................................................................................... 9 6. FINANCIAL .........................................................................................................................9 7. DESIGN, OPERATIONS AND CLOSURE PLAN ................................................................9 TABLES & FIGURES TABLE 1 - Summary of CH4 Readings from Landfill Gas Compliance Monitoring Wells ............ 6 TABLE 2 - Summary of CH4 Percentages and Pressure Readings from Passive Wells…………6 FIGURE 1 - Site Map of Landfill Gas Monitoring Wells in 2018 .................................................. 7 ATTACHMENTS ATTACHMENT A - 2018 Environmental Monitoring Report.......................................................11 ATTACHMENT B - 2018 Annual Report, Armstrong/Spallumcheen Poplar Leachate Project ...12 ATTACHMENT C - Regional District of North Okanagan Municipal Solid Waste Management Bylaw No. 2659, 2014 ...............................................................................................................13 i. 2017 Annual Report: Armstrong/Spallumcheen Recycling and Disposal Facility 1. INTRODUCTION The Armstrong/Spallumcheen Recycling and Disposal Facility (ASRDF) is located within the District of Spallumcheen in the Regional District of North Okanagan (RDNO) at 3367 Powerhouse Road, approximately 2.0 km north of the center of the City of Armstrong. The legal description of the properties on which the ASRDF is situated is Lots 4 and 5, Plan 2997; Lot 6, Plan 1847; Lot A, Plan 17833; Lot B Plan 1825 except Plan 17833; all of Section 4, Township 35; and that part of Lot 6 on Plan B1525, Plan 185; Section 5 Township 35; Kamloops (formerly Osoyoos) Division Yale District. The RDNO also owns adjacent properties: Lot 2, Plan 21202 (1901 Stardel Drive), Lot 3, Plan 21202 (1872 Stardel Drive), and Lot 1, Plan 12928 (3651 Powerhouse Road) which serve as landfill buffer. The site, owned by the RDNO, is approximately 17.6 hectares including all nine lots and serves the communities of Armstrong, Spallumcheen, Enderby, Splatsin and Okanagan Indian Reserve, and the surrounding Electoral Area (F). The location plan is presented as part of the 2017 Environmental Monitoring Report. The ASRDF was operated by GFL Environmental Inc. under a contract with the RDNO during 2018. The Scale Attendant and Inspector positions at the ASRDF were filled by RDNO staff. The ASRDF has a maximum permitted filling rate of 80 cubic meters per day. The works authorized are a sanitary landfill and related appurtenances. 2. BACKGROUND The ASRDF operated under “Summer Hours” from March 1, 2018 to November 30, 2018. Under Summer Hours, the facility was open Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. “Winter Hours” were in effect from January 1, 2018 to February 29, 2018 and from December 1, 2018 to December 31, 2018. Under Winter Hours, the facility was open Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The ASRDF includes lockable entrance gates, scale house, one vehicle scale (for both inbound and outbound traffic), and electronic weighing and reporting software (Auto Scale 2000). Customers using the facility, with the exception of customers dropping off Blue Bag Recyclables only, are required to stop at the scale house and pay the specified disposal fee based on the type and weight of material disposed. All site visitors, suppliers, consultants and contractors are required to check in and out of the site at the scale house to ensure they are familiar with the emergency, health and safety protocols and so that they are all accounted for at the end of the day. 1 2017 Annual Report: Armstrong/Spallumcheen Recycling and Disposal Facility The Regional District of North Okanagan Municipal Solid Waste Management Bylaw No. 2659, 2014, establishes fees and sets standards for the use of recycling and disposal facilities owned and operated by the regional district. The Bylaw was originally adopted in April 2010 and took effect July 5, 2010. The bylaw has been amended on a number of occasions since 2010. A copy of the version of the Bylaw that took effect on January 1, 2016 and was in effect during 2018 is provided as Attachment B. Prior to 2012, the RDNO solid waste management program operated on a 100 percent user pay system, with no financial contribution from taxation. However, in 2012 the RDNO implemented a region wide tax levy in the amount of $400,000 to provide additional funding for solid waste management. The annual region wide tax levy was $420,000 in 2018. 3. FACILITY OPERATIONS: 2018 This section describes on-site activities during 2018 including disposal methods and recycling initiatives. 3.1 DISPOSAL METHOD The filling method used at the ASRDF is area fill. The site has two tipping areas, one for residential self-haulers (transfer station area or Residential Drop Off [RDO] facility) with four lock block bays (40 cubic yard containers) and one for commercial haulers (landfill face). At the landfill face, the ASRDF operator pushes the refuse into small lifts and compacts the material according to RDNO operational requirements. The operator uses a steel wheel loader to push and compact the refuse on a daily basis. Since mid-January 2012, the RDF Operations Contractor (GFL Environmental Inc.) has used an alternate daily cover system at the ASRDF. At the end of each operating day, after the days refuse is compacted, large steel plates are placed over the active face. The steel plates take the place of daily cover. The steel plate system, known as the ‘Revelstoke Iron Grizzly”, has significantly decreased the need for cover soil at the ASRDF, has decreased the rate at which airspace is being consumed and has increased operational efficiency. The availability of good cover material for intermediate or side cover is an ongoing challenge at the ASRDF, however stockpiled clay material from excavating cells 5 to 7 is available but difficult to dig and haul to the face. Chipped wood waste mixed with soil is often used for cover at the ASRDF. Soil is accepted at the ASRDF at no charge or at a nominal charge and managed according to RDNO policy and procedures and the OC. 2 2017 Annual Report: Armstrong/Spallumcheen Recycling and Disposal Facility 3.2 RECYCLING The following commodities are segregated at the ASRDF and shipped off-site for recycling or are reused on-site: • Batteries: all types of batteries (household and automotive) were accepted and stored in secure containers (to prevent theft) and sold to recyclers (not necessarily under the Provincial EPR programs). NOTE: Batteries were no longer accepted as of November 21, 2018. • Tires: passenger and truck tires with and without rims were accepted near the RDO and recycled under the Provincial Tire Recycling Program. • Yard and Garden Waste: yard and garden waste was stockpiled and ground by the RDNO’s grinding contractor. Ground yard and garden waste was mixed with soil and used for cover. • Wood Waste: dimensional wood waste (clean and dirty) was stockpiled at the site and ground by RDNO’s grinding contractor on a regular basis prior to being used on site for cover, bio-filtration