RM of Auvergne No. 76 - Aneroid Landfill

completed

The project objective is to decommission and reclaim the RM of Auvergne No. 76 (RM) landfill, non-compliant with the best management practices for landfill construction. The landfill being decommissioned has an approximate surface area of approximately 3.0 hectares with the area to be clay capped being approximately 1.10 hectares and is currently permitted to operate only as a transfer station and is ready for decommissioning. A Phase II Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) and the Corrective Action Plan have been already completed; therefore, the scope of the project include completing and implementing a Decommissioning and Reclamation plan that is acceptable to the Ministry of Environment’s Landfill Section. Decommissioning and Reclamation activities include the design and construction of the final engineered cover, removal of existing infrastructure, recycling, metal, concrete, clean wood piles, and reclamation activities to ensure it is in conformance with the surrounding lands and the future intended use. Reclaimed landfill will be owned by the RM with the intended use of operating as a transfer station. Decommissioning and reclamation of the proposed landfill will attenuate the generation of leachate which in turn increases capacity to reduce soil pollutants in line with the Environmental Quality Outcomes of the Green Infrastructure Stream of the ICIP.