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Transylvania County, NC
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Pin: 8597-53-8878-000
Owner:
DAVIDSON RIVER VILLAGE LLC
PO BOX 880
PISGAH FOREST.NC 28768
Sale Date: 200801
88-05 Industrial Waste LF (Island)
Parcels
Zoning:
Land Value: $138 ,040
Bldg Value: $0
Year Built:
XFOB Value: $0
Assessed Value: $138,040 Sale Price: $0
Acres: 38.940
Heated Sq.Ft.: 0
Township: 2
Deed Book: 444
Deed Page: 530
Sale Inst: WD
Sale Imp: V Legal Address: L2 OFF US HWY 64
Other Attributes
at point 895871, 573927
Zoning: Map Grid:
None Tile Name: 859715
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COMMUNICATION
(Record of item checked above)
TO: File -88-05 Glatfelter Process LF FROM: Troy Harrison DATE
6/30/10
TIME
10:00 AM
SUBJECT
Meeting with Bernard Kelly, RENOVA Partners LLC
SUMMARY OF COMMUNICATION, CONCLUSIONS, ACTIONS TAKEN OR REQUIRED
On Wednesday June 30, 2010 Allen Gaither, Regional Engineer and I went to the offices of the
former Ecusta facility in Pisgah Forest, NC and met with Bernard Kelly, Business Manager with
RENOVA Partners, LLC (RENOVA). The meeting began at approximately 10:00 AM. The meeting
was originally scheduled with Mike Singer, however he was unavailable.
The property is owned by Davidson River Village, LLC which is a subsidiary of RENOVA. The Letter
of Closure (88-05) issued on 11/18/10 lists Ecusta Real Estate 2, LLC as the landowner and P. H.
Glatfelter as the landfill owner/operator. This was discussed. A revision of the Letter of Closure may
be necessary.
A drawing of proposed uses for the property was shown which included a road and building on the
landfill. Mr. Kelly said the meeting today was to discuss the road and permitting process. Allen gave
an overview of the permitting process which is a maximum of 15 months. It was discussed that
different State agencies are involved in this property. I mentioned that the landfill is operated by P/H.
Glatfelter and nothing can be done without their consent. In addition, nothing can be done without the
approval of the Solid Waste Section.
I agreed to copy Davidson River, LLC on correspondences.
SME
ENVIRONMENTAL• CIVIL• GEOTECHNICAL •WATER• COMPLIANCE
June 7, 2010
Mr. Mike Cody
Glatfelter
Special Projects & Analytical Services Manager
228 S. Main St.
Spring Grove, PA 17362
Subject:
Dear Mike:
Process Landfill
Pisgah Forest, North Carolina
Gas Monitoring Data -April 201 O
10048.00
2010 0507mc.doc
Enclosed please find the results of gas readings obtained by Sevee & Maher Engineers, Inc.
(SME) from the former Process Landfill in Pisgah Forest, North Carolina. The purpose of
obtaining the gas readings is to comply with the North Carolina Department of Environment and
Natural Resources (NCDENR) request for a landfill gas assessment. The procedures used by
SME, the data collected, and an assessment is described below.
BACKGROUND
The Process Waste Landfill site began operation in 1956. The site is an island in the Davidson
River and is separated from the former papermaking facility by a canal. The site encompasses
an area of approximately twenty-four acres. There have been several different mill owners
throughout the site's operational history. The site was permitted to receive non-hazardous
waste in compliance with NCDENR permit #88-05. The site's permit to operate expired on
December 31, 2002. No waste was placed in the landfill after that date. The landfill was
capped in 2004 with a soil cover consisting of 2 feet of soil. There was no gas venting system
installed as part of the closure. This site, before its closure, was accepting solid waste
consisting of paper dust, paper waste, office waste, construction and demolition debris, and
cardboard generated by plant operations.
LANDFILL GAS ASSESSMENT
Landfill gas is generated by the anaerobic decomposition of organic material in the landfill. The
two main constituents in the gas are methane and carbon dioxide, which each typically make
up about 50 percent of the landfill gas volume. Landfill gas generation is primarily a function of
the types and age of waste that are landfilled. In particular, the waste's organic content and
nature, and moisture content, are important to the rate the waste decomposes and generates
landfill gas. The types of waste that have been documented as being landfilled at the Process
Waste Landfill typically decompose and generate landfill gas at a rate lower than typical
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municipal solid waste. Therefore the Process Waste Landfill would not be expected to
generate large quantities of landfill gas. This is confirmed by visual observations of the closed
landfill which is capped with two feet of soil and vegetated. At the time of or visit there were not
signs of excessive gas generation such as stressed or dead vegetation.
The gas study consisted of determining if landfill gas is present in and around the landfill by
installing 43 temporary monitoring points, one per acre, within the landfill boundary, locations
outside the landfill boundary, and measuring methane content at these locations and in the
headspace inside the three existing monitoring wells. The gas monitoring locations were
spaced evenly across the site and set by a surveyor. The location of the gas monitoring probes
is shown on Figure 1, attached.
A methane equivalent was measured with a portable gas meter, GEM 2000, capable of
measuring methane in the percent by volume ranges. The meter was calibrated and field
checked in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations, see attached calibration
data.
The procedures used to measure the gas concentrations beneath the cover soil were as
follows:
1. A 1-inch diameter geoprobe pipe with a slip-on drive point was hand-driven to a
depth of five feet;
2. A Y-i-inch diameter tube was connected to the base of the pipe and the pipe
raised approximately one inch, which causes the drive point to disconnect and
creates a headspace in the waste (new tubing was used at each location);
3. The GEM 2000 was connected to the sample tube for gas measurement;
4. The GEM 2000 was allowed to stabilize and the maximum reading recorded;
and
5. The meter was purged and the same process repeated for the next location.
The gas measurements were obtained on April 13, 2010. Table 1 provides a summary of the
sample round. Measurements were also taken near each monitoring location to serve as
background readings and are listed in Table 1, under the column "Ambient".
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TABLE 1
GAS MEASUREMENT SUMMARY
Location Description
MP1 0
MP2 I
MP3 I
MP4 0
MP5 0
MP6 I
MP? I
MP8 I
MP9 I
MP10 I
MP11 0
MP12 I
MP13 I
MP14 I
MP15 I
MP16 0
MP17 I
MP18 I
MP19 I
MP20 0
MP21 I
MP22 I
MP23 I
MP24 I
MP25 I
MP26 0
MP27 0
MP27A 0
MP28 I
MP29 I
MP30 I
MP31 I
MP32 I
MP33 0
MP34 0
MP35 0
MP36 0
MP37 I
MP38 I
MP39 I
MP40 0
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Ambient
Methane
Volume%
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
Heads pace
Methane
Volume%
<0.1
33.3
0.5
52
<0.1
<0.1
<0.1
50.8
39.1
5
7.6
64.2
0.8
51.9
27.4
49.5
41
49.3
30.1
63.2
43.5
0.5
49.4
0.1
3.1
49.4
49.0
0.1
79.2
2.1
48.5
1.2
32.8
37.1
<0.1
<0.1
9.6
0.9
53.8
36.5
<0.1
TABLE 1 (cont'd)
GAS MEASUREMENT SUMMARY
Ambient Heads pace
Location Description Methane Methane
Volume% Volume%
MP41 0 <0.1 <0.1
MP42 0 <0.1 <0.1
MW-1 0 <0.1 13.1
MW-2 0 <0.1 <0.1
MW-5 0 <0.1 25.2
Notes:
0 ::: Outside Boundary
I ::::: Inside Boundary
The methane concentrations measured in and around the landfill indicate there is waste
decomposition occurring within the landfill. Although there is some gas detection beyond the
waste boundary, these locations are on the order of 15 to 30 feet off of the waste boundary.
Additional points beyond those taken along the north and south sides were not possible as this
is the edge of the island or stream bank. Of primary interest are the points that are a distance
away from the landfill boundary, for example in the northeast and southeast corners( i.e., 27A,
40, 41, and 34 points). The landfill gas levels at the furthest outside points dropped to below
detection of the meter, less than 0.1 percent volume.
The gas is not expected to migrate laterally away from the landfill along the north and south
sides due to the natural barrier formed by the Davidson River and Davidson River Canal. The
landfill gas will migrate through the path of least resistance and, in this case, the vadose or
unsaturated zone, i.e., the soil zone above the water table. The water table beneath the landfill
is continuous with the surrounding surface water bodies, in this case the River and Canal. The
unsaturated zone beneath the landfill, therefore, cannot extend beyond the island limit.
Therefore, the gas migration can only extend to the stream banks of the island, Process
Landfill, and cannot pose a direct risk to the properties across the River or Canal.
The presence of the landfill gas below the cover is not unexpected however there are no
indications, such as stressed vegetation, or measurement of gas at the surface of the landfill, or
gas pressures observed in the probes that suggest gas is being generated in sufficient
quantities to create a hazard or effect the vegetative growth on the cover. As the methane in
the landfill gas migrates through the cover it is likely being oxidized to some degree by soil
bacterial. Therefore the quantity of gas being generated, as suggested earlier, is likely to be
low.
In conclusion, the landfill is generating measurable concentrations of gas; however, the limit of
influence of the gas migration is constrained by its physical setting to the island, and it is not
being generated at a rate that is influencing the cover's integrity. Since there are no buildings
or structures on the island and no such structures are proposed, it is recommended that no
further action or monitoring is necessary.
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If you have any questions on the information contained in this report, please do not hesitate to
contact me.
Very truly yours,
Attachments
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888-779-PINE(Toll-Free)
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Gem 2000 plus Serial Number 0000 was calibrated to the manufacturer's specifications with JIST
standards.
Model: 2000 plus
Pine No: 13898
Serial No: 0000
lot Number: 10459 35 co2
Calibration Standard Instrument
Output
Carbon Dioxide: 35PPM 35PPM
lot Number:1956 CO
Calibration Standard instrument
Output
CO: 50PPM 50PPM
lot Number:1956 H2S
Calibration Standard instrument
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H2S:25PPM 24PPM
lot Number: 1956 02
Calibration Standard Instrument
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Oxygen: 20.9PPM 20.9PPM
lot Number:1956 CH4
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19.86-21.94 PPM 0%
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specifications, but it is the customer's responsibility to calibrate and maintain this unit in
accordance with the manufacturer's specifications and/or the customer's own specific needs.
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