1201_Burke_KirkseyDrive_MSWLF_LFGRequest_FID1401386_20200423

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April 23, 2020
Jaclynne Drummond
Compliance Hydrogeologist
NC Department of Environmental Quality
Division of Waste Management - Solid Waste Section
2090 US Highway 70, Swannanoa, NC 28778
Via Email: [e-mail]
RE: Landfill Gas Remediation Plan — Request for Extension
Burke County, Kirksey Drive Landfill, Permit No. 12-01
Project No. 2192621, Phase 06
Dear Jackie:
On behalf of Burke County, LaBella Associates is submitting this request for an extension on the Landfill
Gas Remediation Plan (LGRP) for the Kirksey Drive Landfill (Permit # 12-01). The LGRP was originally
submitted in June 2018 as a single document presenting plans for landfill gas remediation at both the
Kirksey Drive Landfill (Permit # 12-01) and the East Burke Landfill (Permit # 12-02); however, it was given
two FIDs, one for each site (FIDs 1226715 and 1226717, respectively). The LGRP included installation of
gas vents at the East Burke Landfill and the installation of gas intercept trenches at both the East Burke
and Kirksey Drive Landfills. It is my understanding that after discussing it with you, it was agreed that
the County would install the gas vents in 2019, but that they would put off the intercept trenches until
2020.
We have been working with the County to plan the installation of the gas intercept trenches; however,
the County has now decided that they are going to permanently close the East Burke facility, probably in
summer or fall 2021. Since installing the main gas intercept trench at the East Burke site will require
shutting down the convenience center, the County would like to put that off until after the facility is
permanently closed. More details on this decision are presented in a separate, corresponding letter for
the East Burke LGRP. Since the plans have been to hire a contractor to build the intercept trenches at
both the East Burke and Kirksey Drive sites under one contract and in one mobilization, the County
would like to postpone the whole project, including the Kirksey Drive trenches, until FY-2022. Please let
us know if this is acceptable to the NCDEQ. If you have any questions, please contact me at (336) 790-
[e-mail]. Thank you.
Respectfully submitted,
LaBella Associates
Van Burbach, PhD, PG
Senior Technical Consultant
cc: Miles Champion, Burke County
2211 W. Meadowvlew Road #sos I Greensboro, NC 27407 1 p [phone]
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