HomeMy WebLinkAbout9237T_CapitolTS_HHNTClosureCost_FID1747608_20220929HODGES, HARBIN,
NEWBERRY & TRIBBLE, INC.
Consulting Engineers
September 29, 2022
Ms. Sarah Moutos
Environmental Program Consultant
North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
217 West Jones Street
Raleigh, NC 27603
Re: Capitol Waste Transfer Station
Updated Closure Cost Estimate
HHNT Project No. 5025-046-01
Dear Ms. Moutos:
Hodges, Harbin, Newberry & Tribble, Inc. (HHNT) is in receipt of your email, dated September 16, 2022,
regarding the revised closure cost estimate for the Capitol Waste Transfer Station. Below are your
comments in italics and our responses in bold.
1. Comment: The Section appreciates the cost submittal for Capitol Waste TS. The Section is
going to reject this estimate at this time. We would appreciate a further
understanding why the current estimate of $27,510.00 is significantly lower than
the existing 2022 year financial assurance estimate of $57,988.50. The existing
financial assurance cost is for 1,000 tons of excess waste. It appears the current
cost estimate is only for 635 tons of waste disposal.
Response: The updated closure cost estimate of $27, 510.00 accounts for 635 tons of excess
waste disposal. This value equates to the approximate total tons that would be
received in one operating week based on the tonnage intake documented on
the 2021-2022 Annual Report and 260 operating days per year. One week's
worth of tons is considered the maximum number of tons that would exist on -
site in the event the facility closed.
The $26.00 rate of disposal used for this calculation is based on the
transportation rate by the contracted third party for the site, plus the disposal
fee that Meridian receives at the landfill where Meridian is guaranteeing the
airspace for disposal. This is the rate that would be used in the event the facility
closes. The gate rate that is posted at the site is the rate that small haulers pay,
which do not have contracts with Meridian, should they use the transfer
station un-announced.
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Ms. Sarah Moutos
September 29, 2022
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Should you have any questions, please call.
Sincerely,
HODGES, HARBIN, NEWBERRY & TRIBBLE, INC.
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W. Michael Stubbs, P.E.
Principal / Professional Engineer
WMS/mf
cc: Sherri Stanley, NCDEQ
Josh Daher, Meridian Waste
Murray Long, Meridian Waste