1202_Burke_EastBurke_MSWLF_LFGExtensionRequest_FID1818400_20230928

LaBella
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September 27, 2023
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 #3
Burke County, East Burke Landfill, Permit No. 12-02
Project No. 2233479, Phase 06
Dear Jackie:
On behalf of Burke County, LaBella Associates is submitting this request for an extension for
implementation the Landfill Gas Remediation Plan (LGRP) for the East Burke Landfill (Permit #
12-02). 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). In April 2020, you approved an extension for the installation of
proposed gas intercept trenches at the East Burke Landfill to Fiscal Year 2022 (FID 1401388) due
to the County's plans to build a new convenience center and then close the East Burke
Convenience Center and the fact that installation of the trenches will be extremely difficult
while the East Burke Convenience Center is operating. In October 2021, due to delays to the
County's plans for the new convenience center, you approved an additional request for an
extension to FY-2023 (FID 1616316).
Construction of the new convenience center began earlier this year; unfortunately, there have
been more delays in the construction due to site conditions and the large amount of grading
needed. The construction contractor now estimates that the new convenience center will not
be completed until March 2024.
LaBella has prepared plans and bid documents for the trench construction at both the East
Burke and Kirksey Drive Landfills, which assume the construction at both sites will be
completed by one contractor in one mobilization. However, the trenches at East Burke Landfill
cannot be installed until the East Burke convenience center is closed, and the East Burke
Convenience Center cannot be closed until the new convenience center is opened. We request
an additional extension to June 2024 for construction of these trenches.
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If you have any questions, please contact me at [phone] or [e-mail].
Thank you.
Respectfully submitted,
La Bella Associates
Van Burbach, PhD, PG
Senior Technical Geologist
cc: Mark Delehant, Burke County