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.