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AGENDA LEBANON CITY COUNCIL JUNE 26, 2019

9. NEW BUSINESS:

9.B – PRESENTATION & DISCUSSION WITH SANBORN HEADRE: STATUS OF LANDFILL OPERATIONS & OVERVIEW OF PFAS

BACKGROUND

With the regulation of PFAS on the horizon, it is important to understand how this may affect business operations at the Solid Waste Facility.

Representatives of Sanborn Head Engineering will be present to review the status of the landfill and discuss current information on PFAS.

ACTION

No action is required by the Council. Item is for informational purposes only.

Included in this Section:

1. PowerPoint Presentation: Solid Waste Management Update – Lebanon Regional SolidWaste Facility (City Council Meeting, Lebanon, NH, June 26, 2019) by Sanborn Head

Lebanon City Council June 26, 2019

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Solid

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Sol

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Fac

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City

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Agen

da

Sanb

orn

Hea

d In

trod

uctio

n

Land

fill H

isto

ry, C

apac

ity, a

nd F

utur

e

PFAS

Ove

rvie

w

Prop

osed

Ord

inan

ce

2


Page 22

Sanb

orn

Hea

d –

Firm

Ove

rvie

w

Priv

atel

y ow

ned

firm

est

ablis

hed

1993

10

0% e

mpl

oyee

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ned

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ulti-

disc

iplin

ary

engi

neer

ing

team

with

a fo

cus

in so

lid w

aste

man

agem

ent

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prox

imat

ely

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empl

oyee

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dqua

rter

ed in

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cord

, NH

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ovid

ing

solid

was

te co

nsul

ting

ser v

ices

to th

e Ci

ty si

nce

2010

3


Page 23

Land

fill H

isto

ry, C

apac

ity, a

nd F

utur

e

Fa

cilit

y Ba

ckgr

ound

Fu

ture

Pha

se II

I

Recl

amat

ion

of U

nlin

ed L

andf

ill

Fu

ture

Pha

se IV

An

ticip

ated

Sch

edul

e

4


Page 24

55

PH

AS

E

II-C

PH

AS

E

II-B

PH

AS

E

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PH

AS

E

I-B

PH

AS

E

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SE

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UN

LIN

ED

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ND

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D

C&

D

LAN

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LL

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UTE

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RE

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LIN

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CE

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R

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le E

arth

Leba

non

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onal

Sol

id W

aste

Fac

ility

FUTU

RE

P

HA

SE

III

FUTU

RE

P

HA

SE

IV

NO

RTH


Page 25

Site

Bac

kgro

und

Ci

ty a

ccep

ts ~

60,0

00 to

ns/y

ear o

f was

te

from

21

neig

hbor

ing

com

mun

ities

Ap

prox

imat

ely

8-9

year

s of c

apac

ity

rem

aini

ng w

ithin

act

ive

phas

es

In 2

009

the

City

app

roac

hed

the

NH

DES

rega

rdin

g Ph

ase

III, b

ut p

roje

ct d

id n

ot

mov

e fu

rthe

r

6


Page 26

Rece

nt P

roje

cts

Ph

ase

II-C

GCCS

(201

8)

Leac

hate

For

ce M

ain

Repl

acem

ent (

2018

)

LFGT

EDe

sign

RFP

Issu

ed (2

019)

B u

sine

ss P

lan

Upda

te (2

019)

7


Page 27

Prop

osed

Pha

se II

I Foo

tpri

nt

Roug

hly

5-ac

re

foot

prin

t (re

duce

d fr

om 2

009

prel

imin

ary

desi

gn)

Ex

pect

ing

300,

000

to

800,

000

C Y o

f ad

ditio

nal c

apac

ity

Leac

hate

man

agem

ent

syst

em ti

ed in

to

exis

ting

infr

astr

uctu

re

8

PH

AS

E

II-C

FUTU

RE

P

HA

SE

III

PH

AS

E

II-B

Rou

te 1

2A


Page 28

Unlin

ed L

andf

ill R

ecla

mat

ion

& F

utur

e Ph

ase

IV F

ootp

rint

Tw

o-ph

ase

deve

lopm

ent

Re

clam

atio

n (e

xcav

atio

n)

Deve

lop

area

for f

utur

e w

a ste

dis

posa

l

Ex

cava

ted

mat

eria

l fro

m

unlin

ed la

ndfil

l to

be

segr

egat

ed; w

aste

dis

pose

d in

Pha

ses I

I-C &

III

Re

-rou

te e

xist

ing

leac

hate

fo

rce

mai

n an

d w

ater

line

ar

ound

Pha

se IV

Ph

ase

IV li

ner s

yste

m to

be

tied

to P

hase

s I-A

and

I-B

9

FUTU

RE

P

HA

SE

IV

PH

AS

E

I-A

PH

AS

E

I-B

Rou

te 1

2A


Page 29

Clos

ed U

nlin

ed L

andf

ill

Recl

amat

ion

Eval

uatio

n Pr

oces

s1.

Prel

imin

ary

Expl

orat

ion

as P

art o

f Pha

se II

I H

ydro

geol

ogic

Stu

dy2.

Type

I-B

Perm

it M

odifi

catio

n

Feas

ibili

ty S

tudy

Sco

pe o

f Wor

k3.

Feas

ibili

ty S

tudy

Im

plem

enta

tion

of th

e Sc

ope

of W

ork

4.Fe

asib

ility

Rep

ort

5.La

ndfil

l Rec

lam

atio

n W

ork

Plan

6.Co

ntin

genc

y Pl

an

10


Page 30

11

Antic

ipat

ed S

ched

ule

Sche

dule

sub

ject

to c

hang

e


Page 31

Disc

ussi

on /

Que

stio

ns

12


Page 32

PFAS

Ove

rvie

w

PF

AS In

trod

uctio

n an

d H

ealth

Effe

cts

So

urce

s of P

FAS

in M

unic

ipal

Sol

id W

aste

PF

AS in

Lan

dfill

Lea

chat

e

Cycl

ing

of P

FAS

Betw

een

Land

fills

and

W

aste

wat

er T

reat

men

t Pla

nts

PF

AS T

reat

men

t Opt

ions

and

Cos

ts

13


Page 33

Build

ing

Trus

t. En

gine

erin

g Su

cces

s.

PFAS

In th

e U

.S. N

ews

Fede

ral R

egis

ter

Not

ice

May

25,

201

6

Con

trove

rsia

l ATS

DR

R

epor

tLe

tters

to E

PA fr

om

Con

gres

s

PFAS

Act

ion

Plan

Febr

uary

14,

201

9


Page 34

PFAS

–A

clas

s of c

hem

ical

s

Fluo

roca

rbon

tail

St

rong

bon

ds

Hyd

roph

obic

Li

poph

obic

Va

ryin

g le

ngth

Br

anch

ed is

omer

s

Func

tiona

l gro

up

Stro

ng to

wea

k ac

ids

H

ydro

phili

c

Effe

cts c

hem

ical

pr

oper

ties

Sour

ce: D

raft

Toxi

colo

gica

l Pro

file

for P

erflu

oroa

lkyl

s, U.

S. D

epar

tmen

t of H

ealth

and

Hum

an S

ervi

ces,

2015

O OH

FF

FF

FF

FF

FF

FF

FF

Fpe

rflu

oroo

ctan

oica

cid

(PFO

A)


Page 35

Build

ing

Trus

t. En

gine

erin

g Su

cces

s.

Stat

ePF

OAPF

OS

Not

esAK

*, CT

*, DE

, IA,

ME,

MA*

, NH

, PA,

RI

70 n

g/L

70ng

/L* A

lso

incl

udes

PFH

xS, P

FHpA

, and

PFN

ACa

lifor

nia

14 n

g/L

13 n

g/L

Mic

higa

n70

ng/L

11 n

g/L

PFOS

val

ue fo

r sur

face

wat

er

Min

neso

ta35

ng/

L27

ng/

L

Nev

ada

667

ng/L

667

ng/L

New

Jers

ey14

ng/

L13

ng/

L

New

Ham

pshi

re (p

ropo

sed)

38 n

g/L

70 n

g/L

Also

70

ng/L

for P

FOA+

PFOS

, 85

ng/L

for

PFH

xS, &

23

ng/l

for P

FNA

New

Yor

k (a

nnou

nced

/lik

ely

to b

e pr

opos

ed)

10 n

g/L

10 n

g/L

Nor

thCa

rolin

a2,

000

ng/L

---

Oreg

on24

,000

ng/

L30

0,00

0 ng

/L

Texa

s29

0 ng

/L56

0 ng

/L

Verm

ont

20 n

g/L

20ng

/LAl

so in

clud

es P

FHxS

, PFH

pA, a

nd P

FNA

Stat

e Gr

ound

wat

er S

tand

ards

, MCL

s,or

Gui

delin

es

Prim

ary

Sou

rce:

ITR

C fa

ct s

heet

tabl

es (h

ttps:

//pfa

s-1.

itrcw

eb.o

rg/fa

ct-s

heet

s/)

DE

, ME

, MA

, MN

, NV,

NH

, NJ,

OR

, and

TX

have

val

ues

for P

FAS

oth

er th

an P

FOA

and

PFO

S a

s w

ell

ng/L

= p

art p

er tr

illion

(ppt

)


Page 36

https://pfas-1.itrcweb.org/fact-sheets/

Build

ing

Trus

t. En

gine

erin

g Su

cces

s.

Coun

try

PFOA

PFO

SU.

S. L

ifetim

e H

ealth

Adv

isor

y70

ng/

L70

ng/L

Aust

ralia

560

ng/L

70 n

g/L

Cana

da20

0 ng

/L60

0 ng

/L (B

ritis

h Co

lum

bia)

300

ng/L

Denm

ark

100

ng/L

100

ng/L

Germ

any

100

ng/L

100

ng/L

Italy

500

(hea

lth-b

ased

)10

0 ng

/L (s

cree

ning

)---

Net

herl

ands

---53

0 (h

ealth

-bas

ed)

5.3

(adm

inis

trat

ive)

Nor

way

9,10

0 ng

/L (s

urfa

ce/c

oast

al w

ater

)0.

65 n

g/L

(sur

face

wat

er)

0.13

ng/

L (c

oast

al w

ater

Swed

en90

ng/

L (a

dmin

istr

ativ

e)90

ng/

L (a

dmin

istr

ativ

e &

hea

lth-b

ased

)

Unite

d Ki

ngdo

m10

,000

ng/

L (h

ealth

-bas

ed)

300

ng/L

(adm

inis

trat

ive)

300

ng/L

(hea

lth-b

ased

)30

0 ng

/L (a

dmin

istr

ativ

e)

Inte

rnat

iona

l Gro

undw

ater

Sta

ndar

ds, M

CLs,

or

Guid

elin

es

Prim

ary

Sou

rce:

ITR

C fa

ct s

heet

tabl

es (h

ttps:

//pfa

s-1.

itrcw

eb.o

rg/fa

ct-s

heet

s/)


Page 37

https://pfas-1.itrcweb.org/fact-sheets/

Wha

t is n

g/L

(ppt

)?On

e pp

t wou

ld b

e re

pres

ente

d by

:

A si

ngle

dro

p of

food

colo

ring

in 1

8 m

illio

n ga

llons

of w

ater

1

squa

re in

ch in

250

squa

re m

iles

1

seco

nd in

nea

rly

32,0

00 y

ears

1

ounc

e in

7.5

bill

ion

gallo

ns o

f wat

er

18

Ref

: http

s://w

ww.

safe

oped

ia.c

om/d

efin

ition

/285

0/pa

rts-p

er-tr

illio

n-pp

tand

ht

tp://

ww

w.llo

jibw

e.or

g/dr

m/e

nviro

nmen

tal/c

onte

nt/c

once

ntra

tions

.pdf


Page 38

https://www.safeopedia.com/definition/2850/parts-per-trillion-ppt

http://www.llojibwe.org/drm/environmental/content/concentrations.pdf

Does

PFA

S ca

use

Canc

er?

19

Ev

iden

ce o

f PFA

S ca

rcin

ogen

icity

from

C8

Pane

l st

udie

s and

ani

mal

stud

ies i

s inc

onsi

sten

t and

/or

inco

nclu

sive

Re

sults

of l

ocal

hea

lth st

udie

s hav

e be

en n

egat

ive

or

inco

nsis

tent

H

oosi

ck F

alls

, NY

(201

7) –

only

lung

can

cer s

tatis

tical

ly

elev

ated

Mer

rim

ack,

NH

(201

8) –

no si

gnifi

cant

ly d

iffer

ent c

ance

r ra

tes,

incl

udin

g ca

ncer

s ass

ocia

ted

with

PFO

A

Was

hing

ton

and

Dako

ta C

ount

ies,

MN

(201

8) –

over

all c

ance

r ra

te sa

me

as st

atew

ide

Is

sue

is so

mew

hat m

oot a

s non

-can

cer h

ealth

effe

cts

are

driv

ing

the

70 p

pt H

ealth

Adv

isor

y, a

nd th

is le

vel i

s pr

otec

tive

of p

oten

tial c

ance

r ris

k


Page 39

PFOA

and

PFO

S in

Blo

od: T

rend

s

20

061218243036

0123456 1998

2000

2002

2004

2006

2008

2010

2012

2014

PFOS Concentration (µg/L)

PFOA Concentration (µg/L)

Geo

Mea

n PF

AS Le

vels

in B

lood

(Nat

iona

l Dat

a)Er

ror

bars

= 9

5% c

onfid

ence

inte

rval

PFO

APF

OS


Page 40

Sour

ces o

f PFA

S at

Lan

dfill

s

Co

nsum

er p

rodu

cts

Se

wag

e sl

udge

In

dust

rial

was

tes

Au

to sh

redd

er re

sidu

e*

Debr

is fr

om fi

re cl

eanu

p

Disc

arde

d Fi

re-F

ight

ing

Foam

Ot

her s

ourc

es

21

* -N

o lo

nger

acc

epte

d at

the

land

fill


Page 41

PFAS

in C

onsu

mer

Pro

duct

s(a

dapt

ed fr

om IT

RC F

act S

heet

s htt

ps:/

/pfa

s-1.

itrcw

eb.o

rg/f

act-

shee

ts/)

Pa

per a

nd p

acka

ging

Cl

othi

ng a

nd ca

rpet

s

Outd

oor t

extil

es a

nd sp

ortin

g eq

uipm

ent

Sk

i and

snow

boar

d w

axes

N

on-s

tick

cook

war

e

Clea

ning

age

nts a

nd fa

bric

softe

ners

Po

lishe

s and

wax

es, a

nd la

tex

pain

ts

Pest

icid

es a

nd h

erbi

cide

s

Hyd

raul

ic fl

uids

W

inds

hiel

d w

iper

s

Pain

ts, v

arni

shes

, dye

s, an

d in

ks

Adhe

sive

s

Med

ical

pro

duct

s

22


Page 42

Land

fill L

each

ate

Data

Com

pari

son

23

PFBA

PFBA

PFBA

PFPe

A

PFPe

A

PFPe

A

PFHx

A

PFHx

A

PFHx

A

PFHp

A

PFHp

A

PFHp

A

PFO

A

PFO

A

PFO

A

PFN

A

PFN

A

PFN

APF

DA

PFD

A

PFD

APF

UnD

A

PFU

nDA

PFU

nDA

PFD

oDA

PFD

oDA

PFD

oDA

PFTr

iDA

PFTr

iDA

PFTr

iDA

PFTe

DA

PFTe

DA

PFTe

DA

PFBS

PFBS

PFBS

PFPe

S

PFPe

S

PFPe

S

PFHx

S

PFHx

S

PFHx

SPF

HpS

PFH

pS

PFH

pSPF

OS

PFO

S

PFO

SPF

NS

PFN

S

PFN

SPF

DS

PFD

S

PFD

SM

eFO

SAA

MeF

OSA

A

MeF

OSA

AEt

FOSA

A

EtFO

SAA

EtFO

SAA

4:2

FtS

4:2

FtS

4:2

FtS

6:2

FtS

6:2

FtS

6:2

FtS

8:2

FtS

8:2

FtS

8:2

FtS

0

1000

2000

3000

4000

5000

6000

7000

8000

9000

5 Ve

rmon

t Lan

dfill

s18

U.S

. Lan

dfill

s(L

ang

2017

)Le

bano

n

Concentration in ng/l (ppt)Av

erag

e PF

AS C

once

ntra

tions

in La

ndfil

l Lea

chat

e8:

2 Ft

S6:

2 Ft

S

4:2

FtS

EtFO

SAA

MeF

OSAA

PFDS

PFNS

PFO

S

PFHp

SPF

HxS

PFPe

SPF

BS

PFTe

DAPF

TriD

A

PFDo

DAPF

UnDA

PFDA

PFNA

PFO

APF

HpA

PFHx

APF

PeA

PFBA


Page 43

PFAS

in L

andf

ill L

each

ate

N

atio

nal e

stim

ate

~30

0 kg

/yrf

or N

H P

FAS

anal

yte

list

Le

bano

n La

ndfil

llea

chat

e:4,

000,

000

gal/

yr×

7,85

0 pp

tPFA

S =

0.1

kg/y

r

* Lan

g, e

t al (

2017

),En

viro

n. S

ci. T

echn

ol.51:2197−2205 24


Page 44

PFAS

Rel

atio

nshi

p Be

twee

n La

ndfil

ls a

nd

Was

tew

ater

Tre

atm

ent P

lant

s (W

WTP

s)

25

Do P

FAS

cycl

e be

twee

n la

ndfil

ls a

nd

WW

TPs?


Page 45

Leac

hate

and

Slu

dge

Data

VT

DEC

inve

stig

ated

PFA

S in

land

fill

leac

hate

and

WW

TP sl

udge

(and

WW

TP

influ

ent/

efflu

ent)

29

PFA

S

5 la

ndfil

ls

1 ac

tive

4

clos

ed

6 W

WTP

s

26


Page 46

Trea

tmen

t Opt

ions

Po

tent

ial t

echn

olog

ies

Ac

tivat

ed ca

rbon

Re

sins

Re

vers

e os

mos

is

Pret

reat

men

t

Leac

hate

eva

pora

tion

Ci

ty p

ropo

ses l

each

ate

trea

tmen

t ev

alua

tion

for 2

021

CIP

27

Cos

ts c

ould

be

subs

tant

ial


Page 47

Disc

ussi

on /

Que

stio

ns

28


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