To obtain public comments on the draft injection well permit for Waste Management Inc. of Florida, who applied on February 26, 2016 for a permit to operate an injection well system (File No. 341964-001-UO/1I, WACS 101022). The project is located at ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

The Department of Environmental Protection announces a public meeting to which all persons are invited.

DATE AND TIME: June 21, 2016, 10:00 a.m.

PLACE: Waste Management of Dade County, 8801 N.W. 93rd Street, Medley, Florida 33178

GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: To obtain public comments on the draft injection well permit for Waste Management Inc. of Florida, who applied on February 26, 2016 for a permit to operate an injection well system (File No. 341964-001-UO/1I, WACS 101022). The project is located at 9350 Northwest 89th Avenue, Medley, Florida 33178. The facility will operate a non-hazardous Class I injection well system, consisting of one injection well (IW-1), with sixteen-inch diameter steel casing set to 2,778 feet below land surface (bls) and a ten-inch diameter fiberglass reinforced plastic (FRP) tubing set to 2,767 feet bls, and a total depth of 3,512 feet bls. The injection well is used for the disposal of leachate collection system water from the Medley Landfill. Additional leachate waste streams from other landfill facilities may be authorized through minor permit modifications as detailed in the draft permit. The maximum permitted flow volume for the injection well is 3.02 million gallons per day.

During the public comment period provided in Rule 62-528.315, F.A.C., any interested person may submit written comments on the draft permit. All comments shall be considered in making the final decision and shall be answered as provided in Rule 62-528.330, F.A.C. More information or a copy of the draft permit, fact sheet, and application may be obtained by contacting: Douglas Thornton, Engineering Specialist, DEP, 2600 Blair Stone Road, MS 3530, Tallahassee, Florida 32299-2400, phone: [phone]. The above address is the office processing the permit.

Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 48 hours before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Toni Lomen at [phone]. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).