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Hancock County Landfill

10400 Allan Township Road 107, Findlay Ohio 45840

Landfill pictureThe original Permit-to-Install was issued by the Ohio Department of Health to the Hancock County Board of Commissioners in 1969. This permit allowed the use of 30 acres for the purpose of land filling at the present location on Allen Township Road 107. The landfill has continually expanded since its’ opening. In 1986, the environmental engineering firm, Malcolm Pirnie, Inc. was hired to provide professional engineering services for the future development of the landfill. In 1994, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA) issued the fourth Permit-to-Install to the Hancock County Commissioner's. This permit allowed vertical expansion of 45 acres over the old landfill and 50 acres of horizontal expansion to the west.

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.

Hancock Sanitary Landfill Personnel:

 

Steve Trutt; Landfill Manager
Don Moses; Assistant Manager
Daniel Hickey; Assistant Manager
Henry Hurst
John VonStein
Jason Crow
Tom Glaser
Alan Gunhouse
Chris Decker
Cindy Kuhlman

Third Party Environmental Consulting: 

Malcolm Pirnie, Inc.
Wesley M. Rhiel, P.E. Senior Project Engineer
 

BBC&M Engineering, Inc.
 Stephen Pasternack, Ph.D., P.E. Vice President


Landfill Hours of Operation
Monday - Friday 7:00am to 4:30pm
Saturday
7:00am to 11:30am


320 South Main Street • Findlay, Ohio 45840 • Phone: 419-424-7210 • Fax: 419-424-7416
 

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