{"id":5453,"date":"2013-08-30T17:55:32","date_gmt":"2013-08-30T21:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=5453"},"modified":"2014-06-18T03:12:09","modified_gmt":"2014-06-18T07:12:09","slug":"landfill-pipeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/landfill-pipeline.html","title":{"rendered":"Landfill pipeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/9633071490\/\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3815\/9633071490_84a550ce00_m.jpg\" ><\/a>\r\nApparently \r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/videos-of-the-landfill-gas-energy-meeting-2013-04-15.html\">\r\nADS&#8217;s landfill gas project<\/a>\r\nwants to take in methane from the closed old landfill, as well,\r\naccording to a public notice today that proposes\r\na pipeline from the old\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/qpublic7.qpublic.net\/qpmap4\/map.php?county=ga_lowndes&#038;parcel=0058%20%20002C&#038;extent=2548829+299823+2548989+299983&#038;layers=parcels+streetnum+roads+parcel_sales\">\r\nEvergreen Landfill<\/a>\r\nto the\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/qpublic7.qpublic.net\/qpmap4\/map.php?county=ga_lowndes&#038;parcel=0058%20%20004&#038;extent=2545583+292416+2552383+302184&#038;layers=parcels+streetnum+roads+parcel_sales\">\r\nPecan Row Landfill<\/a> that has the natural gas turbine.\r\n\r\nNevermind\r\nthe\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/07\/landfill-pcb-violation.html\">\r\n$27,500 fine for PCBs<\/a> or\r\nthat\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/atlanta-trash-and-tva-coal-ash-to-be-shipped-to-lowndes-county.html\">\r\ncoal ash in the landfill<\/a> that nobody on the Lowndes County Commission\r\nor Valdosta City Council or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/lowndes-county-says-it-doesnt-know-whos-on-a-board-to-which-it-appoints-members.html\">Deep South Solid Waste Authority (SWA)<\/a> can be bothered to check on.\r\nNevermind the\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/tipping-fees-no-contract-no-list-of-fees-no-details-of-expenses.html\">\r\nunaccounted for<\/a> tipping fees\r\nor\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/tipping-fees-vs-host-fees-from-veolia.html\">host fees<\/a>.\r\nI wonder if cutting through that vegetative buffer will let the coal ash and PCBs reach the Withlacoochee River more easily?\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/98706376@N00\/9633071490\/sizes\/z\/\" title=\"Location of proposed pipeline from Evergreen Landfill to Pecan Row Landfill\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3815\/9633071490_84a550ce00_z.jpg\" alt=\"Location of proposed pipeline from Evergreen Landfill to Pecan Row Landfill\"><\/a>\r\n<br>\r\nThe yellow path indicated for the pipeline is just a guess.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nIn the VDT today,\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.georgiapublicnotice.com\/view\/full_story\/23484498\/article-PUBLIC-ADVISORY-NOTICE?phrase_match=pipeline\">\r\nPUBLIC ADVISORY NOTICE<\/a>,\r\n<blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\nThe proposed project located west of Valdosta, in Lowndes County, GA\r\nalong Wetherington Lane near the Pecan Row Landfill facility (2995\r\nWetherington Lane, Valdosta, GA, 31601) involves buffer\r\nencroachments necessary to install a 30-inch gas pipeline. This\r\npipeline will <!--more-->connect the nearby Evergreen Landfill to the proposed\r\nPecan Row Landfill gas to energy facility. The pipeline easement\r\nwill be maintained after construction to an herbaceous vegetation\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2013\/04\/atlanta-trash-and-tva-coal-ash-to-be-shipped-to-lowndes-county.html\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:right;border:none;width:200px\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-F1THpy0fLU8\/T33eXgJOtTI\/AAAAAAAALrU\/prk_Bp7h3bQ\/s1600\/Coal+Ash+EZBase2.JPG\"><\/a>\r\nlevel. The project will require buffer disturbance of 30 linear feet\r\nalong an unnamed tributary to Spring Branch.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\nThis work requires a stream buffer variance complying with the rules\r\nof the Georgia Dept. of Natural Resources,\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gaepd.org\/Documents\/rules_exist.html\">\r\nEnvironmental Protection Division<\/a>,\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rules.sos.state.ga.us\/cgi-bin\/page.cgi?g=GEORGIA_DEPARTMENT_OF_NATURAL_RESOURCES\/ENVIRONMENTAL_PROTECTION\/EROSION_AND_SEDIMENTATION_CONTROL\/index.html&#038;d=1\">\r\nChapter 391-3-7<\/a>. Plans may be viewed at and\/or written\r\ncomments submitted to GAEPD, Program Manager, Non-Point Source\r\nProgram, Erosion and Sedimentation Control Unit, 4220 International\r\nParkway, Suite 101, Atlanta, GA, 30354.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n00058809\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p>\r\n8\/30\/13\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p>\r\nI added the links and drew the annotations on a county tax assessors map.\r\n\r\nHere&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/epd.georgia.gov\/sites\/epd.georgia.gov\/files\/related_files\/site_page\/GAEPD_Stream_Buffer_Mitigation_Guidance_Revised_April_2011.pdf\">more legible version<\/a> of what\r\nChapter 391-3-7 means.\r\n<p>\r\n<strong>Update 2014-06-18:<\/strong> Fixed that last link, and put <a href=\"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?attachment_id=9374\">a copy on the LAKE blog<\/a> in case GA EPD moves it again. -jsq\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apparently ADS&#8217;s landfill gas project wants to take in methane from the closed old landfill, as well, according to a public notice today that proposes a pipeline from the old Evergreen Landfill to the Pecan Row Landfill that has the natural gas turbine. 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