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Minutes - Regular Meeting <br /> Solid Waste Advisory Board <br /> March 5, 2009 <br /> Approved April 2, 2009 <br /> Attendance : Jan Sassaman, Bonnie Norwood, Doug Guild, Linda Bowerman, Al Vickers, <br /> Remus Smith, Michelle Grunwald, and BJ Tipton <br /> Staff: Blair Pollock, Paul Spire, Hary Howard, Mike Meagher and Wanda McCain <br /> Guest: Lenoard " Rip " Ford - Draper Aden, Bonnie Hauser - Orange County Voice, Louis <br /> Zeller - Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, Greg Peverall - Waste Management, <br /> and Peter Haviland - Wheelabrator <br /> Audience / Speakers - Virginia Leslie, Carolyn Cole, Susan Dayton- BREDL, Richard <br /> Eckberg, Chris Heaney, Peter Childres, Robert Campbell, Susan Walser, Chip Dodd, Bob <br /> Sallach, Ernie Parker, Tony Blake, Tracy Kuhlman <br /> 1 . Open & Welcome - Sassaman states that there is a lot on the agenda and a lot of <br /> guests here tonight. Thanks to those that have come to give presentations . To the <br /> citizens here your interest is appreciated . For those that want to speak please sign in. <br /> 2 . Adoption of Minutes from February 5 SWAB meeting Norwood moves to accept. <br /> Vickers 2nd . Passes unanimously <br /> 3 . Board Member Comments Deferred <br /> 4 . Landfill Groundwater Monitoring Program - Corrective Measures Public Meeting <br /> Wilson states that there are a series of groundwater wells as well as [methane] gas <br /> wells surrounding the landfills . They are a warning system in the event there is a <br /> chemical release . Some chemicals have been detected . As a result we are required to <br /> develop a corrective measures plan. Tonight Rip Ford with Draper Aden Associates <br /> is here for the public meeting to discuss the nature of the issue and what is planned to <br /> do to correct the problem . <br /> Ford states that this is a fairly technical subject. When talking about the assessment of <br /> corrective measures, it is the study to figure out what might we do to take care of the <br /> groundwater contamination . <br /> The active MSW landfill is on the south side of Eubanks Rd . , the active C &D landfill is <br /> on the north side . We are interested in the old MSW landfill which is now closed and <br /> located on the north side Eubanks . It started accepting waste in 1972 and served the <br /> community for about 23 years . It stopped accepting waste in 1995 . Since then it' s <br /> been a matter of maintaining the landfill cover and the other systems . When going <br /> into one of these studies one of the first things we look at is geology of the area . A lot <br /> of that work was done years ago . Every time a bore hole is drilled more geological <br /> information is gathered . After that the attention is turned to the type of geological <br /> setting and the water . <br /> 1 <br />