Eller Whitlock Landfill Closure
KEMRON provided turnkey design and construction services under a contract with the Georgia Environmental Protection Division to close the abandoned Eller – Whitlock municipal solid waste landfill, in Brunswick, Georgia. Preliminary activities included a visual inspection of the solid waste landfill surface, side slopes, and adjacent areas for: waste; the condition and type of any cap material; seeps or leachate outbreaks; erosion; drainage pathways; other areas of concern; landfill control features, methane monitoring system and vents, and ground water monitoring wells; and environmentally sensitive natural resources. KEMRON delineated the limits of waste and thickness of in-place cover soils via test pits and borings. Our evaluation resulted in a limit of waste survey and produced accurate legal description of both the waste footprint and property boundary. KEMRON utilized the results of the limit of waste survey to prepare Construction Quality Assurance (CQA)
Plan, Construction Specifications and Closure and Post Closure Care Plan Drawings that outlined the construction of a 24-inch thick final cover system (a 12-inch soil infiltration layer and a 12-inch final soil cover) and included Closure Post Closure Care Construction Drawings. The groundwater and methane monitoring network was inspected in accordance with the Water Well Standards Act for monitoring wells, including an analysis of the location and construction information of all onsite groundwater receptors and delineation of groundwater receptors within one half mile of the landfill property boundary.
KEMRON completed the construction of the 24-inch thick final cover system and prepared an Erosion Sedimentation and Pollution Control Plan. BMPs in the form of 4,000 linear feet of double row silt fencing and a sedimentation basin were installed. KEMRON regraded 16,000 cubic yards of the 10-acre landfill to promote positive drainage and prepare it for the cover system. 42,000 cubic yards of clean backfill material was imported, placed and compacted over the waste mass. Erosion control matting and vegetative cover we placed to complete the project and obtain a notice of completion.