MPCA will hold meeting April 11 on changes at C&D Landfill near Hawick

For release: March 30, 2012

Contact: Forrest Peterson, 320-441-6972

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MPCA will hold meeting April 11 on changes at C&D Landfill near Hawick

Willmar, Minn. ― The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has scheduled a public meeting for 6 p.m., Wednesday, April 11, at the Roseville Town Hall in Hawick, to present information and take questions about a change in the operation of the C&D Landfill.

Since 2009, C&D Landfill, Inc. has operated a Class I demolition landfill on about 4.1 acres of a 41-acre parcel northwest of Hawick, across Highway 23. In January the MPCA approved the company’s request for a Class II demolition landfill permit. During the public notice period for the permit change, the MPCA received a request for a public information meeting.

As a Class II demolition landfill, C & D is allowed to accept additional wastes, including asbestos-containing materials; previously affixed carpet and carpet padding from construction, remodeling, repair and demolition buildings; demo-like industrial wastes composed of wood, concrete, porcelain fixtures, shingles or window glass; plastic sheeting from construction or remodeling projects; nonrecyclable cardboard packaging mixed with other construction and demolition waste in a dumpster; and fiberglass, such as wash tubs, hot tubs, wash basins, or other fiberglass structures.

The landfill has an engineered liner on the bottom, a leachate-collection system above the liner system, and a surrounding groundwater-monitoring system. As a condition of the permit, the MPCA and Kandiyohi County require that the facility establish a financial assurance for the proper operation, closure, postclosure care and potential corrective action.

 

Broadcast version:

Operation of the C-&-D Landfill near Hawick will be the topic of a public meeting at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 11, at the Roseville Town Hall in Hawick. Staff from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency will be on hand to present information and take questions about the C-&-D demolition landfill, which has received a Class II permit to accept additional wastes.

The landfill is located northwest of Hawick across Highway 23. It has an engineered liner on the bottom, a leachate-collection system above the liner system, and a surrounding groundwater-monitoring system. As a condition of the permit, the M-P-C-A and Kandiyohi County require that the facility establish a financial assurance for the proper operation, closure, postclosure care, and corrective action.

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