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HARRISBURG -- The Department of Environmental Protection has approved the first phase in its evaluation of the proposed Sandy Run Landfill expansion in Broad Top Township, Bedford County. By approving the environmental assessment, DEP now moves to the technical review phase in its evaluation of the project that would expand the landfill by 22.3 acres and extend its life expectancy by nearly 10 years.

ARM provided environmental investigation and engineering services to complete the design and permitting of the Sandy Run Landfill Expansion and Soil Borrow Area and continues to provide engineering services at this site for system upgrades and construction quality assurance (CQA).

"A thorough assessment did not identify any significant environmental or quality of life impacts associated with the proposed expansion," said DEP South-central Regional Director Rachel Diamond. "The waste management program will now proceed with a technical review of the project"s design." Sandy Run Landfill is currently in compliance with the terms of its operating permit and has a permitted average daily waste volume of 750 tons and a maximum daily volume of 900 tons. The company also is proposing to install leachate recirculation and active gas extraction systems to better manage the byproducts of its waste disposal operation.

Sandy Run and ARM developed an innovative landfill expansion approach that will provide sufficient capacity to allow the Sandy Run Landfill to continue to operate for an additional 10 years (the maximum regulatory allowance), while also minimizing the impacts associated with the Project. The Project involves expanding the landfill footprint and extending the operational life of the facility, remediating existing environmental concerns associated with an historic, unlined waste pit at the site, and addressing soil deficiencies. This approach led to the development of a landfill design that included a combination of both lateral and vertical expansions, as well as the relocation of wastes from the existing, unlined waste pit into a portion of one of the proposed double-lined disposal cells, the re-use of the waste pit area to develop a portion of the lateral expansion, and the development of an on-site, approximately 27-acre, soil borrow area.

DEP regional staff held a public meeting and hearing on the proposed expansion last June.