Town of Burstall - Landfill Decommissioning

in progress

The project objective is to decommission and reclaim the landfill of the Town of Burstall, with the best management practices for landfill construction. This landfill site has a surface area of 9.14 hectrares and was permitted to only receive municipal waste during its operation. Our landfill site is currently in operation and is used as a transfer station. The Environmental Site Assessment Level II and the Corrective Action Plan have not been completed; and are included as part of the scope of the project. Decommissioning and Reclamation activities include the design and construction of the final engineered cover, storm water management, recycling, metal, concrete, clean wood piles, installation of monitoring wells, and reclamation activities to ensure it is in conformance with the surrounding lands and the future intended use. The landfill site has been converted to a transfer station where bins are only used. The reclaimed landfill will be owned by the Town of Burstall, which at this time has not future plans. Decommissioning and reclamation of the proposed landfill site 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.