Nevada Division of Environmental Protection - Bureau of Waste Management

Waste Solutions & Recycling
Readers Note: This landfill is permitted, but not in operation. It has never received any waste. The landfill owner -- Waste Solutions and Recycling (LLC), has only been granted a permit to initiate the development of a landfill.

Overview - Summary

The Waste Solutions and Recycling landfill will comprise approximately 660 acres of the former Waste Solutions and Recycling-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.

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A prescriptive soil cover has been approved, however Waste Solutions 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. The proposed landfill will be owned and operated by Nevada Resource Recovery Group (Waste Solutions ) of Nevada.

The site was formerly operated by the Kennecott Mining Company (KRMC) as a precious metal mine. Although leaching of stockpiled ore continues, active mining at the site is complete and closure activities are in progress. Waste Solutions intends to utilize the open pit and peripheral surface area for municipal solid waste disposal.

A Request for Suspension of Requirement for Groundwater Monitoring presents evidence that groundwater will not be affected by the operation of a landfill. Groundwater (within approximately 1,500 feet vertically beneath the landfill) and surface water are not present at the site; therefore groundwater monitoring is not being considered at this time. Surface water run-on and run-off will be controlled by engineered systems. No liquid waste will be accepted and the site has a negative moisture flux (evaporation exceeds precipitation).

Request for Suspension of Groundwater Monitoring Requirements

Waste Solutions submitted a Request for Suspension of Requirement for Groundwater Monitoring for a Class I Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) Disposal Site at Waste Solutions and Recycling to the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) in accordance with the provisions applicable to solid waste management systems for Class I disposal sites outlined in the Nevada Administrative Code (NAC) 444.684 through NAC 444.7025. The request was approved.

Description and Design of the Site

The Waste Solutions and Recycling Regional Landfill Project (Waste Solutions and Recycling) site is located in the northeast part of Mineral County, Nevada, and owned by Waste Solution LLC, (Waste Solutions). The project site is on lands formerly controlled by Kennecott Waste Mining Company and operated as a bulk mineable gold and silver mine. Multiple lines of geologic and engineering evidence support the issuance of a MSW Class I Permit for a landfill at the Waste Solutions and Recycling site

Project Parameters

The low volume of water that could infiltrate into the landfill is not significant;
No surface water exists in the vicinity of the Waste Solutions and Recycling site;
The subsurface materials exhibit low moisture contents due to very low rainfall and high evapotranspiration rates;
The vadose zone thickness above groundwater beneath the lowest portion of the landfill is extremely thick;
During the operation of the landfill, run-on and run-off surface water will be controlled by engineered drainage and collection systems;
Liquid wastes are excluded from disposal; and modeling of leachate potential indicates that the site is very dry and unable to generate leachate in significant quantities.
In the event that leachate is generated, redundant engineering controls and naturally occurring conditions will mitigate significant downward migration.

Contact Information
Nevada Division of Environmental Protection Bureau of Waste Management Solid Waste Facilities Branch 901 S. Stewart St., Suite 4001 Carson City, NV 89701-5249 (775) 687 4670	Facility Contact David J. Cline, Vice President Waste Solutions and Recycling LLC 4700 Daybreak Parkway South Jordan, Utah 84095