1202_BurkeCountyEast_LFG_DIN28203_20161212

2211 West Meadowview Rd.
Greensboro, NC 27407

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December 19, 2016

Mr. Chris Hollifield
Burke County
General Services Director/County Engineer
P.O. Box 219
Morganton, NC 28680

RE: Burke County, East Burke Landfill,
Permit Number 12-02
Landfill Gas Monitoring Report – Fourth Quarter 2016
JOYCE Project No. 277.1601.12, Task 04

Dear Mr. Hollifield;

The purpose of this letter is to provide you with the results for the fourth quarter 2016 landfill
gas monitoring event at the closed East Burke Landfill. This was the sixth landfill gas monitoring event
for this facility. Gas probes GP-1, GP-1B, GP-2, GP-3, GP-4, GP-5, and GP-6, which were installed in
June 2015, were monitored on December 12, 2016. During the December 2016 monitoring event,
methane was detected above the lower explosive limit (LEL) in gas probes GP-1, GP-3, and GP-4. No
exceedances were recorded for any of the other probes. These results are consistent with previous
results.

Tables 1 and 2 summarize the methane detections and exceedances for this event, and the
attached Landfill Gas Monitoring Log presents the more detailed results. A site map showing the gas
probe locations is also attached. We have included an EMRF and will forward a copy of this report to
Jaclynne Drummond with the NCDEQ Solid Waste Section. This report should be added to the
facility’s records.

A Landfill Gas Remediation Plan for this facility was submitted on September 14, 2015, and
was approved on September 18, 2015. As proposed, the three passive landfill gas vents were installed
on the site on May 19, 2016. A replacement probe for GP-1, GP-1B, was installed on June 28, 2016.
The next quarterly monitoring event is tentatively scheduled for March 2017. If we can provide any
additional information, please do not hesitate to call me at [phone].

Sincerely,
JOYCE ENGINEERING

Van Burbach, Ph.D., P.G.
Sr. Technical Consultant
Attachments
cc: Jaclynne Drummond, NCDEQ
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LFG
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GP-1 32.4 648
GP-3 18.5 370
GP-4 51.4 1028
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GP-3 18.5 370
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CH4 = Methane
%Vol. = Concentration in pecent-by-volume.
%LEL = Concentration as a percent of the LEL.
LEL = Lower Explosive Limit = 5%Vol.
Table 2: Methane Exceedances -December 12, 2016
Table 1: Methane Detections - December 12, 2016
Burke Co. - East Burke Landfill
Burke Co., East Burke Landfill
Permit # 12-02 Joyce Engineering