Calvert Landfill Liaison Committee

Meeting held at FCC Environment Offices

Thursday24th March 2016

Present:

Ms A Rafferty (Chair)FCC Environment

Mr P GaskinCG Parish Councillor

Ms R BellamyCG Resident

Ms S D’AmonCharndon PC

Mr R WebsterEdgcott Parish Councillor

Apologies:

Ms A MacphersonBucks CC

Mr P IrwinBucks CC

Mr B PethickCG Parish Councillor

Mr S PercivalInfinis

Ms L GreenwoodEnvironment Agency

  1. Minutes of Previous Meeting

Agreed

  1. Matters Arising

The S228 paperwork for Brackley Lane had not been seen by the parish councillors and requested FCC to contact S Essam for an update

  1. Site Report

A. Raffertyprovided the following site report:

  1. Site Operation

The current tipping area is currently in the area known as the summer tip which is in pit 5 with a small amount still being placed in the valley of pit 4 and 5. Rail deliveries of spoil continue to arrive on site up to 3 times a day Monday- Friday.

Site is currently accepting waste trains three to 4 days a week which has reduced as expected and detailed in last meeting

The site will be operational on Saturday after Good Friday for the catch-up for road borne waste however no trains are expected

A trial screening of the IBA (Incinerator Bottom Ash) is currently being undertaken on site with a view to screen the material in pit 6 on a permanent basis. An application for this is being progressed

  1. Engineering Works

The bund works in pit 6 continue with the placement of material ongoing. It is expected to be completed on time with the estimated completed date of end of May early June.

The additional capping carried out late last year in pit 4 was not completed due to poor weather conditions. The geotextile was placed however the placement of the protection layer of soils was postponed. This has now recommenced and once this has been completed capping will continue in pit 4. These works are to be undertaken in 2 phases with the second phase estimated to start in late summer.

As before once the capping has been completed then restoration soils will be placed and the site will then have a programme of seeding and planting carried out in accordance with the restoration plan

  1. Leachate

The site continues to work towards 100% compliance with regard to leachate levels as measure against the site’s permit requirements.

In accordance with the approved leachate management plan site had a requirement to remove 3,500m3 per month. Since this approval site has managed to remove in excess of this target (figures below)

Leachate is continuing to be treated by the reverse osmosis (RO) plant

Jan ‘15 / Feb ‘15 / Mar ‘15 / Apr ‘15 / May ‘15 / Jun ‘15 / Jul ‘15 / Aug ‘15 / Sept ‘15 / Oct ‘15 / Nov ‘15 / Dec ‘15
Tankering (t) / 746 / 947 / 798 / 856 / 821 / 732 / 691 / 358 / 323 / 350 / 1708 / 1855
Treatment (m3) / 3807 / 5031 / 3993 / 4616 / 4374 / 4407 / 4173 / 4828 / 4547 / 3706 / 4224 / 4485
Jan ‘16 / Feb ‘16 / Mar ‘16 / Apr ‘16 / May ‘16 / Jun ‘16 / Jul ‘16 / Aug ‘16 / Sept ‘16 / Oct ‘16 / Nov ‘16 / Dec ‘16
Tankering (t) / 1779 / 1953 / 1860
Treatment (m3) / 4577 / 4229 / 4581
  1. Complaints

Odours

Please note that is the raw data and no separation between substantiated and unsubstantiated complaints have taken place.

Individuals / Jan / Feb / Mar / Apr / May / Jun / Jul / Aug / Sep / Oct / Nov / Dec / Total
2013 / 53 / 54 / 41 / 39 / 35 / 18 / 17 / 14 / 18 / 13 / 2 / 2 / 306
2014 / 23 / 14 / 16 / 6 / 13 / 5 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 0 / 85
2015 / 10 / 2 / 3 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 18
2016 / 6 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 7
Incidents / Jan / Feb / Mar / Apr / May / Jun / Jul / Aug / Sep / Oct / Nov / Dec / Total
2013 / 11 / 11 / 7 / 12 / 11 / 4 / 14 / 2 / 6 / 4 / 2 / 2 / 86
2014 / 9 / 7 / 6 / 3 / 7 / 3 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 / 2 / 0 / 41
2015 / 1 / 2 / 1 / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 1 / 7
2016 / 6 / 1 / 0 / 0 / 7

If there is a complaint please provide as much detail as possible. Contact information is as follows;

Calvert Office No. 01296 738837

FCCalso has set an email address for Calvert Landfill

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Please note, the email will only be logged and actioned between the hours of 09:00hrs and 17:00hrs Monday to Friday

  1. Gas Compound Developments

D. Smith submitted the following information:

Power generation has been consistent of around the 14,000kW since the last meeting.

There are no expected major maintenance requirements for the compound for the next few months

Gas Pipework Improvements:

The wells in pit 4 have been re-bentonited where necessary to aid in the gas collection and prevention of any environmental impacts. Additional leachate pumps have been installed in some gas collection wells to aid in the extraction in the area

Drilling

Drilling is likely to commence in the Spring next year once the weather is more clement

  1. Environment Agency Update

L. Greenwood provided the following EA update;

There is not much to report, we received some odour complaints for the site since the last liaison meeting and have not identified any major issues during my recent inspection.

  1. Any Other Business

Planning and permit application for pit 6 is due to be submitted to change it from a waste acceptance site to a site that will be accepting qualifying materials. As part of this there will be an application to allow treatment of the IBA from the EfW to remove the metal content. This is continuing and no further updates can be reported at this time

  1. Date of Next Meeting

16thJune 2016

18:30Site Tour

19:00 Meeting Calvert Landfill Offices

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