Facts and Figures
Permit to Operate: New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Effective: August 1, 2001 through July 31, 2011
Permitted Footprint Area: 95 acres of a 615-acre site
Facts of Interest
- Opening Date: May 13, 1993
- Expected Life Span: 8 to 10 years from opening day at 800 to 1,000 tons-per-day (for constructed footprint Stages I and II)
- Design Capacity: 1,945 tons-per-day
- Total Air Space (95 Acres): 12.6 million cubic yards (Design); 14.5 million cubic yards (Modified)
- Maximum Depth of Waste at Time of Completion: 190 feet
- Leachate Storage: 1.5 to 2 million-gallon capacity in glass-lined, above ground storage tanks
- Construction Costs: $35 million for Stages I and II (not including design, testing, land acquisition and supervision).
Environmental Monitoring
Quarterly environmental monitoring and testing is performed under the direction of the Monroe County Department of Health. This work includes the monitoring and testing of 42 groundwater monitoring wells, six off-site homeowner wells and 10 surface water sites (2 on-site storm water retention ponds and eight sites in adjacent wetlands and Hotel Creek), leachate, air quality and noise.
Host Community Benefits
- Annual Payments Made During Operation Years:
- Town of Riga—minimum $450,000
- Bergen Fire Department (Maintenance and Capital Reserve Fee)
- Byron-Bergen Central School District to support environmental education efforts.
- Property Value Protection Program provided for homes located in the landfill’s immediate vicinity as of its construction permit date.
- Citizen Advisory Board (CAB) was formed to serve as liaison between the County of Monroe and the local community. The CAB meets at the landfill a minimum of four times-per-year to receive operational updates and discuss related issues.
- Water service provided to homes near the landfill plus connection to the Bergen Water System.
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