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READERS NOTE: The Rawhide Landfill is a Class I permitted facility
The Rawhide Landfill comprises approximately 660 acres of the former Rawhide-Denton Mine of KRMC, and will be using the former mine site as a Class I Disposal area. The landfill and surrounding areas are zoned M3 (Open Use) and will be used solely for the purpose of Municipal Solid Waste Disposal in accordance with this permit and the associated documents.
The landfill will proceed through two distinct phases. One (1) below ground and (2) above ground area fill operations. The landfill will install an alternative liner system in the bottom of the pit and benches and an intermediate soil liner at the crest of the landfill. A leachate collection system will be installed in the three main lobes of the landfill and a Landfill Gas Collection system at the intermediate soil cover, once the landfill reaches the pit crest.
A prescriptive soil cover has been approved, however Nevada Resource Recovery Group LLC (NRRG) will operate a "Landfill Test Plot" to evaluate the major environmental components of the landfill; namely 1) the leachate collection system, 2) a prescriptive liner, 3) environmental monitoring systems (e.g. landfill gas and vadose zone monitoring) and 4) an alternative cover.
Project Documents
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