Rumpke Monroe County Resource Recovery Facility Request for Determination of Need and Plan Consistency July 2020
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Rumpke Monroe County Resource Recovery Facility Request for Determination of Need and Plan Consistency Submitted to: Monroe County Solid Waste Management District July 2020 Prepared with Assistance of Aptim Environmental & Infrastructure, LLC Rumpke Waste & Recycling retained Aptim Environmental & Infrastructure, LLC (APTIM), to assist in the development of this Request for Determination of Need and Plan Consistency for the Rumpke Monroe County Resource Recovery Facility. APTIM’s expertise supplements the in-house capabilities of the Rumpke team, particularly with respect to assessing need for the proposed facility. APTIM’s core solid waste consulting expertise includes assisting units of government and private sector companies to plan for future waste management needs, prepare market assessments, plan and design waste and diversion facilities, navigate regulatory approval processes, and construct facilities of all types. The APTIM team assisting Rumpke on this project has developed 15 new or expanded transfer and recycling facilities in the past decade, with a design area exceeding 450,000 square feet and combined daily capacity of 17,000 tons. More broadly, they have experience on more than 185 transfer stations and recycling facilities across the U.S. with throughputs ranging from 50 tons per day to more than 3,000 tons per day. Many of these developments required demonstrating the need for the facility, just as Monroe County requires, and the APTIM team is expert in conducting needs assessments. Rumpke Monroe County Resource Recovery Facility Request for Determination of Need and Plan Consistency Table of Contents Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................................... 1 Section 1.0 Rumpke Waste & Recycling: An Overview .............................................................................. 4 1.1 Rumpke’s Services ......................................................................................................................... 5 1.2 Monroe County Operations ............................................................................................................ 7 Section 2.0 About the Rumpke Monroe County Resource Recovery Facility ........................................... 8 2.1 Facility Location .............................................................................................................................. 8 2.2 Facility Description ......................................................................................................................... 9 2.3 Proposed Area to be Served ........................................................................................................ 11 2.4 Material Types and Throughput ................................................................................................... 14 2.5 Regulatory Approval Process ....................................................................................................... 14 Section 3.0 Need for the Rumpke Monroe County Resource Recovery Facility ..................................... 15 3.1 Essential Infrastructure Needs .................................................................................................... 15 3.2 Enhanced Opportunity for Recycling ........................................................................................... 19 3.3 Emissions Reductions .................................................................................................................. 24 Section 4.0 Plan Consistency .................................................................................................................... 26 4.1 Alignment with Recycling Objectives and Goals ......................................................................... 26 4.2 Alignment with Disposal Objectives and Goals .......................................................................... 28 4.3 Alignment with District Planning Principles ................................................................................ 28 Section 5.0 Conclusion .............................................................................................................................. 30 Rumpke Monroe County Resource Recovery Facility Request for Determination of Need and Plan Consistency Page ii Figures Figure 1 Rumpke, Then and Now ................................................................................................................. 4 Figure 2 Rumpke Collection Fleet ................................................................................................................ 5 Figure 3 Rumpke Single-Stream Recycling Processing Operation ............................................................. 5 Figure 4 Recycling Operations at Medora Sanitary Landfill ....................................................................... 6 Figure 5 Rumpke Corporate Headquarters ................................................................................................. 7 Figure 6 Proposed Facility Location ............................................................................................................. 8 Figure 7 Preliminary Site Concept .............................................................................................................. 10 Figure 8 Artistic Rendering of Proposed Facility ....................................................................................... 11 Figure 9 Primary Area to be Served ........................................................................................................... 12 Figure 10 Permitted Solid Waste Facilities in Indiana Counties with Population over 100,000 ............................................................................................................. 16 Figure 11 Principal Landfills and Transfer Stations Serving the Primary Service Area ............................ 17 Figure 12 Hoosier Transfer Station Rates ................................................................................................... 18 Figure 13 Plastic Bales Exiting Baler ............................................................................................................ 21 Figure 14 Brightmark’s Ashley Plastics-to-Fuel Facility ............................................................................... 23 Figure 15 Indiana-Based Recyclable Material End Markets ...................................................................... 24 Figure 16 Processed, Baled Recyclables ..................................................................................................... 26 Figure 17 Prepared Clear Glass Cullet ......................................................................................................... 27 Figure 18 Recyclables Delivered to Recycling Facility ................................................................................ 29 Tables Table 1 Waste Disposal Quantities: 2015-2019 ..................................................................................... 13 Table 2 Recycling Quantities: 2015-2018 ............................................................................................... 13 Attachments Attachment 1 Letters of Support from Local Customers for the Rumpke Monroe County Resource Recovery Facility Attachment 2 Letters of Support from End-User Markets for the Rumpke Monroe County Resource Recovery Facility Rumpke Monroe County Resource Recovery Facility Request for Determination of Need and Plan Consistency Executive Summary Rumpke Waste & Recycling (Rumpke) is proposing to develop the Rumpke Monroe County Resource Recovery Facility (“RRF” or “Facility”), a recycling and waste transfer campus designed to enhance recycling capabilities in Monroe County and provide efficient transportation of recycling and waste materials to end markets. The RRF is well-located and will support increased recycling, waste reduction, competition, and resiliency of essential infrastructure. As the initial phase in Facility development, Rumpke is seeking certification from the Monroe County Solid Waste Management District (District) that the RRF is needed and consistent with the District’s Solid Waste Management Plan (Plan) to comply with Monroe County Ordinance 2007-18 and Chapter 360-2 of the Monroe County Code, which states: That any proposed solid waste management facility that is required to obtain a state permit or registration, prior to applying for any state permit or registration, must provide to the Monroe County Board of Commissioners written certification from the Monroe County Solid Waste Management District that the proposed facility is needed, and consistent with the district solid waste management plan. Rumpke has prepared this Request for Determination of Need and Plan Consistency (Request), which indicates the RRF is both needed and consistent with the Plan because it will stimulate: Increased recycling and landfill diversion. The RRF will provide local recycling capabilities not currently available in the District at a permanent regional recycling center, consistent with the goals of the District’s solid waste management plan. These enhanced recycling capabilities will drive increased recycling and reverse the trend of flat recycling quantities in the market. Enhancements will be introduced through a phased development approach to support community goals both environmentally and economically and will include: • Establishment of a glass recycling hub, increasing access to glass recycling