Upland Landfill Waste Discharge Application 7295 Gold River Highway - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Upland Landfill

Waste Discharge Application

7295 Gold River Highway Campbell River, British Columbia

Upland Excavating Ltd.

Engineering Consultant: GHD Limited

Presentation Agenda

• Project Background
• Site Plan and Environmental Controls
• Landfill Design
• Additional Information Developed
• Additional Investigations and Studies
• Updated Hydrogeologic and Hydrologic Characterization
• Conceptual Site Model

Background ‐ Upland in the Community

Upland Group is one of the largest and most diverse construction companies on Vancouver Island. Active member of the Campbell River community and economy since 1969. Upland Group strives to maintain a solid reputation for providing a professional work ethic with honest, trustworthy employees and management. Constantly looking for new, more efficient methods and equipment to meet the needs of the clients and community. Operations include:

• Gravel extraction, custom crushing, aggregate supply
• Highway, road, subdivision construction
• Logging road construction
• Spawning channel restoration
• Hydroelectric construction
• Pipe line and mining construction
• Land reclamation
• Concrete production
• Construction, demolition, and land clearing disposal
• Asphalt and concrete recycling

• Existing Permit PR‐10807 (June 2, 1992)
• Waste Discharge Application submitted May 27, 2016 to the MOE for an Operational Certificate
• Design and Operated as per Landfill Criteria for Municipal Solid Waste, Second Edition (June 2016)
• Landfill to receive only non‐hazardous solid waste:
• Construction and demolition waste
• Land clearing debris
• Non‐hazardous contaminated waste soil
• Material recovery/recycling:
• Clean wood
• Asphalt
• Concrete
• Steel
• Upgraded Landfill Approximate Site life:
• 20 years
• 500,000 cubic metres of capacity

Background ‐ Project Overview

• Lined Cells near Centre of

Property

• Leachate Treatment System to

East including:

• Aeration pond
• Contingent settling pond
• Infiltration pond
• Treated leachate quality will

meet applicable Schedule 6 Drinking Water Standards

• Groundwater Monitoring

locations are located throughout the Site

• Water quality at the property

boundary will also meet applicable Schedule 6 Drinking Water Standards

Site Plan and Environmental Controls

• The landfill will have a base liner system composed of (from

bottom to top):

• Compacted native ground
• Geosynthetic clay liner
• HDPE geomembrane liner
• Non‐woven geotextile
• Leachate collection pipes within a granular drainage

blanket

• Woven geotextile
• The base of the landfill will be sloped to convey leachate to a

single sump location for extraction and treatment

Leachate Collection System and Base Liner

• Vegetated, Sand and Geosynthetic

Clay Liner Cover

• 3H:1V Side Slopes
• 10H:1V Top Plateau
• Landfill Disconnected from Pit Walls
• Except on lined Southern

Slope

• Surface Water Diversion Berm
• Constructed on top of

excavation to prevent run‐on from south of Landfill outside

• f aggregate pit
• Surface Water from Closed Landfill
• Conveyed to base of pit for

infiltration

Landfill Final Contours

Additional Information Developed

• Compliance with June 2016 Landfill Criteria
• Landfill Criteria Compliance Checklist
• Increase Hydrogeologic and Hydrologic Characterization
• Four monitoring wells installed between Site and McIvor Lake
• A downgradient monitoring well installed
• Additional hydraulic monitoring completed
• Watershed divide refined with additional topographic survey data
• Test pits and survey to map near surface bedrock
• Include additional Monitoring Wells in Environmental Monitoring Plan
• Environmental Monitoring Program Updated
• Confirmation /Assessment of Applicable Water Quality Standards and Guidelines
• Registered Professional Biologist retained to assess presence of Aquatic Receptors

Additional Information Developed (Cont.)

• Financial Security
• Financial Security Plan Developed in accordance with Landfill Criteria
• Location and Volume of Existing Waste
• All non‐recyclable waste to be relocated to lined landfill
• Existing location and approximate volume determined
• Provision of Leachate Level Monitoring
• Environmental Monitoring Program Updated
• Leachate level monitoring part of 2017 Design, Operation, Closure Plan
• Calculation of Permit Fees
• Permit fee for discharge of waste and treated leachate calculated for Stage 1

Additional Investigations and Studies

• 5 Additional Monitoring Wells
• Additional Groundwater and Surface Water

Monitoring

• 9 Test Pits and Bedrock Outcrop Survey to Map

Bedrock Ridge

• Hydraulic Monitoring to Confirmed Gradients
• Refined Location of Watershed Divide
• Updated Site Impact Assessment
• Aquatic Receptor Assessment Completed
• Assessed and Confirmed Applicable Water Quality
• Updated Conceptual Site Model

Bedrock Contours

Overburden Groundwater Contours

Regional Watersheds

Refined Watershed Divide

Conceptual Site Model (West to Southeast)

Conceptual Site Model (North‐Southeast)