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Hancock County Landfill
This permit was issued in compliance with Federal Subtitle “D” regulations. Such items as ground water monitoring, explosive gas monitoring, site location demonstrations, liner installation, surface water drainage, leachate control, Subtitle D required procedure for testing and operations and they have all been implemented successfully. To satisfy the OEPA requirements, Steven C. Wilson P.E., P.S., the Hancock County Engineer, has been contracted by the commissioners to act as sanitary engineer for the landfill. The Hancock County Sanitary Landfill is permitted as a Municipal Solid Waste Landfill facility. This means that the facility can accept municipal and industrial solid waste, but no infectious or hazardous waste materials. The average ground elevation is 795 feet and the current vertical expansion will rise to a final elevation of 915 feet. The
landfill operates with two leachate pump stations, each equipped
with two 100 gallon per minute pumps which are automatically
controlled. The leachate is hauled off site, tested, and treated
at the Findlay Water Pollution Control Facility. The landfill
has three sedimentation ponds. These ponds collect surface water
drainage, sediment settles to the bottom, and the water is then
discharged into the Rocky Ford Creek watershed.
Methane gas and ground water are also monitored in the immediate area of the landfill. There are currently 55-methane gas monitoring wells which are tested monthly. There are also 26 ground water monitoring wells, which are tested quarterly.
A Green Energy Alternative:
Here's what makes methane gas recovered from landfills such a compelling option: • Its's a renewable source of energy. As long as we have solid waste, we'll have methane. Landfills continue producing the gas for 20-30 years after they're closed. Landfill-derived methane gas is used primarily in two ways: As a "direct-use" fuel. Methane gas is recovered by wells drilled into a landfill, transported via a network of pipes to an on-site processing facility, then piped to nearby industrial plants. Typically, the gas is used to fuel boilers, burns or other combustion equipment. To generate electricity. Recovered methane gas also can be used to fuel engine-generators that produce electricity on-site at the landfill. This electricity is then sold to a local utility or other electrical consumers.
Here's what's in it for you: Landfill owners: Private industry or municipalities: Utilities: mailing address: 300 S. Main Street • Findlay, Ohio 45840 • Phone: 419-424-7210 • Fax: 419-424-7416 |
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