NCD980602163_19830118_Warren County PCB Landfill_SERB C_Integrity of landfill containment-OCR

Ronald H. Levine, M.D., M.P.H.
ST A TE HEAL TH DIRECTOR
DIVISION OF HEAL TH SERVICES
P.O. Box 2091
Raleigh, N.C. 27602-2091
January 18, 1983
MEMORANDUM
TO: Lucy Bode, Deputy Secretary
Department of Human Resources
FROM: Ronald H. Levine, M.D., M~P.H.
State Health Director
Division of Health Services
SUBJECT: Warren County PCB Landfill
Current weather conditions prohibit the completion of the landfill's final
construction phase. Until construction can be finished, certain interim
measures need to be implemented immediately to ensure the integrity of
the landfill's containment and operational components. These measures
are as follow:
A. Access Control and Site Security
Procedures to control access and provide protection for the ground-
water monitoring wells and easily damaged landfill components need
to be implemented as soon as possible. This should include an inspec-
tion at least once a week to determine what problems exist. The
contractor is hesitant to put up his final fence until he has completed
the landfill construction. This conceivably could be next April or
May. Local residents currently wander freely around the site.
B. Removal of Water from Leachate Collection System
Water currently inside the landfill needs to be removed immediately
to protect the integrity of the liner system. EPA permit conditions
specify that any water discovered· in the leachate collection systems
be removed on a monthly basis. Sverdrup and Parcel's water removal,
treatment, and disposition system has been designed; but the equipment
has yet to be purchased or installed. A Class II wastewater treatment
plant operator needs to be provided to run the system legally. Addi-
tional items that must be addressed to complete this task are:
1. Manhole covers for treatment works
2. Cover cap for leachate detection system
3. Final length of treatment works effluent line
Jome~ B Hunt Jr/ • Soroh T Morrow, MD . MP H
STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR , DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOl-)RCES SECRflARY
Memorandum
Page 2
January 18, 1983
4. Contingency funds (fuel, etc.) to operate pump stations
5. Any additional activated carbon that may be needed in
treatment works
6. Monitoring and analysis of treated water prior to land
application
7. Final disposition of used (contaminated) activated carbon,
sand filter, treatment works structures, and surface impound-
ment liner
8. Materials to provide N. C. Solid & Hazardous Waste Management
Branch means to determine existence and depth of leachate
C. Carbon Filter for Gas Vent
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