New Life for Landfills One Man’s Trash Another Man’s Treasure

The Early Years, I Don’t Think It Is The Operator Holding Crackers

The Redevelopment Checklist Regulatory Requirements Capping Post Closure Escrow Operation and Maintenance Biannual Updates Accounting Audits

The Redevelopment Checklist Environmental Concerns Wetlands Leachate Soil Vapor Ecological Considerations Unknowns That Need to be Investigated Natural Resource Injury

The Redevelopment Checklist Structural Issues Load Distribution Dynamic Compacting Pilings Geomembranes

Maybe not so desirable

Landfill Redevelopment – The Time is Right Regulatory Evolution – Redevelopment Option Not Available Until Recently NJDEP Created The Office of Brownfield Reuse Foster Public/Private Partnerships in Redeveloping Brownfield Sites Community Involvement and Buy-in is Critical Aspect of Redevelopment Plans

Landfill Redevelopment is The Right Thing To Do Landfills Represent Underutilized Land Use – Usually Near Major Metropolitan Centers Reuse is Possible With Proper Project Planning and Engineering and Institutional Controls and Monitoring Use of Waste Materials Can Eliminate Use of Existing Landfill Space or Creation of New Disposal Sites Reuse Provides Funding Mechanism to Off-Set Project Costs Redevelopment Can Create Community Asset and Achieve Administrative Goals, Revitalize Communities, and Enhance Tax Base

Redevelopment Initiatives In NJ NJ Governor has Created Policies and Incentives to Support Redevelopment Commerce Department has many Programs for Financing Redevelopment NJDEP has Created New Initiatives and Programs for Redevelopment Sites Remediation Programs Consider Redevelopment in Decision-Making

Redevelopment Meets Administrative Goals Stop Urban Sprawl Reuse and Revitalize Existing Infrastructure Create Tax Ratables Reinvigorate Neighborhoods and Communities Provide Open Green Space and Parks in Urban Areas

Patterson Avenue Landfill - Project Background 22 Acre Co-Disposal Landfill Located in Hamilton, NJ USA Landfill Certified Closed in 1979 with Two (2) Foot Permeable Soil Cover Post-Closure Care Including General Landfill Maintenance and Monitoring

Patterson Avenue Landfill Site Location Map

Patterson Avenue Landfill Redevelopment Proposal

Reuse at Patterson Avenue Landfill Approximately 80,000 Cubic Yards of Material Will be Used Soils and Recyclables Potentially Coming From Government Financed Projects – Creates Double Win – Reuse and Lower Project Costs Materials Will be Capped with “Clean” soils to Eliminate Exposure Risk

Engineering Considerations Soils and Recyclable Materials Have Varying Physical Properties Slope Stability Analyses Must Be Performed to Ensure Adequate Factors of Safety Settlement and Its Impact on Site Features Must be Anticipated and Evaluated Materials with Potential Adverse Health Impacts Must be Encapsulated to Eliminate Exposure Pathways

Engineering Considerations To Heed Pilings Sealing Around The Methane Conduit Assuring Methane Migration Geomembrane Active Vapor Control Passive Vapor Control –Parking or “Crawl” Space

And We Joke About The Plumbers Crack. This Methane Closed The Building

Not Distributing The Load So Well

There Is Methane, And There Is Liability

Consider Controlling The Methane Entering Your Building

NJDEP Web Links New Jersey Site Remediation Program NJ Office of Brownfield Reuse NJ Site Remediation Program Regulations NJ Division of Solid & Hazardous Waste NJ Technical Requirements for Site Remediation NJ Redevelopment Resource Kit NJ DEP GIS