Toa Baja and Landfill Operator Agree To Close Landfill; EPA Issues Order to PR Land Authority
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Contact Information: Michael Ortiz (212) 637-3670, ortiz.michael@epa.gov or Brenda Reyes (787) 977-5869, reyes.brenda@epa.gov
In a move that will protect
people living in the community surrounding Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, the
Municipality of Toa Baja, Puerto Rico, and its landfill operator,
Landfill Technologies Corp., have voluntarily signed an agreement,
called a consent order, with EPA to permanently close the Toa Baja
Municipal Solid Waste landfill and to install and operate a gas
collection and control system. The Puerto Rico Land Authority (PRLA),
the former landfill property owner, declined to enter into negotiations
on the consent order, prompting EPA to issue a separate order directing
PRLA to perform the work required by the consent order and to cooperate
with Toa Baja and the Landfill Technologies Corp.
“This landfill poses a health risk because it is not
up to environmental standards, so closing it is the best way to protect
people’s health, “ said Alan J. Steinberg, EPA Regional Administrator.
“Together with a new solid waste master plan, developed by the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico with EPA input, this and other landfill
closures will improve the way waste in Puerto Rico is handled in the
future.”
The 105-acre landfill opened in the early 1970s and
was operated as two separate landfills, one by the Municipality of
Bayamon and one by the Municipality of Toa Baja. Since the mid 1990s,
when the two landfills merged, Toa Baja has operated the landfill. PRLA
owned the landfill property until 2005, when it transferred the
property to Toa Baja. The landfill currently receives approximately
350,000 tons of solid waste each year.
EPA inspections of the landfill in 2003 and 2006
revealed substantial deficiencies that presented potential threats to
people’s health and the environment. These deficiencies include:
potentially unstable slopes, leachate leaking off site, insufficient
stormwater controls, and inadequate security measures. In addition, the
landfill emits large quantities of gas, without being controlled by a
gas collection and control system. Landfill gas emissions include
hazardous air pollutants, which can cause adverse effects on human
health and the environment.
After extensive negotiations, Toa Baja and Landfill
Technologies, Corp. agreed to the terms of the proposed agreement.
Along with requiring that the existing landfill stop receiving waste
deposits by June 30, 2010, the consent order requires the permanent
closure of the landfill, the installation and operation of a gas
collection and control system, continued operation of the gas
collection and control system after permanent closure, and the
undertaking of appropriate post-closure care, including ground water
monitoring. Intermediate protective measures will be implemented at an
early stage, including protective cover maintenance, slope
stabilization, stormwater and leachate seepage controls, and ground
water monitoring.
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