Class I Waste Transfer Station/C&D Recycling Facility
Environmental Land Services is a diversified construction company specializing in site development, underground utilities, demolition, land clearing, excavation, roll-off containers, and trucking. ELS owns/operates a concrete recycling plant which produces 500,000 tons of aggregate materials per year and also owns/operates a coquina (shell) quarry. ELS is currently expanding into the municipal solid waste and construction and demolition debris recycling industry to better serve their customers.
CLIENT INFORMATION
- Client Since: 2010
- Location: Bunnell, Florida
- Industry Sector: Corporation
OPPORTUNITY
Client required design and permitting services for an approximately 21-acre, 900 ton-per-day, municipal solid waste (MSW) transfer station and construction and demolition (C&D) debris recycling facility. The client wished to renovate existing industrial buildings for a MSW transfer station and to house a single-stream C&D and commercial paper recycling operation. Specific requirements included:
- Flagler County permitting, including Site Development Plan Application, applicable building permits, and Special Exception zoning;
- Florida Department of Environmental Protection Construction and Operation permit for a Class I municipal solid waste transfer station and Construction & Demolition Debris waste processing facility (WPF); and
- Florida Department of Environmental Proection Environmental Resource Permit (ERP) for a stormwater management system.
SOLUTION
Permitting requirements included:
- Operations Plan;
- Topographic and boundary survey (to one-foot contours extending 150 feet from the site boundary);
- Geotechnical Engineering report;
- A detailed Engineering Report and civil engineering design to include: site plan, grading and drainage plan, fence details, landscape buffers, signage details, and prohibitions;
- General technical requirements, such as financial responsibility and cost estimates;
- Odor Control Plan;
- Reclamation and Closure Plan;
- Turning lane engineering design;
- Preparation of the permit application forms;
- Architectural, structural, leachate control, and utilities for municipal waste transfer station and scale house buildings; and
- Facility construction management.
The Construction & Demolition Debris Recycling area was designed and permitted for outdoor processing and storage and also included a groundwater monitoring plan. Additionally, a due diligence report (Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment) was prepared to meet Small Business Association loan requirements to evaluate the environmental condition of the former lumber yard property.
SUCCESS
- All permitting completed on time and on budget.
- Florida Department of Environmental Protection permits obtained within four months.
- Construction & Demolition Debris recycling facility capable of 1,680 ton-per-day throughput.
- Facility is open and fully operational.
- HSA Golden currently is currently performing ongoing groundwater quality monitoring and reporting.