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“We only accept two methods of dealing with leachate,” said Mr. Wright, adding that the department now requires all landfill facilities to have a leachate collection system. To dispose of that collected leachate, there are two options: “connect to a sanitary sewer system, which is not feasible here,” or “pump and haul to a treatment facility,” Mr. Wright said. In exceptional cases of hardship, the department sometimes considers on-site treatment, “but that is frowned upon,” he added, noting that the concentrated leachate can pose a greater threat to health and the environment than the landfill itself.
“We don’t know the ultimate destination of the leachate,” Mr. McCarthy acknowledged.
“We’d like to know where you’re going to put it. We hope not in Jackson District!” responded Mr. Silverman.
According to the department’s chief of technical services, design plans for a landfill must address three main elements before a permit is issued: (1) groundwater protection mechanisms, (2) a leachate collection system and (3) a process for dealing with the leachate. “In your particular case, we assume that would be pump and haul to a facility” that has made a “commitment to handle and treat the volume of leachate produced.”
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