Update November 27 2009 Professional Municipal Administrators Edward

Update November 27, 2009 Professional Municipal Administrators Edward Evans Executive Director

Government of Newfoundland & Labrador Waste Management Strategy – May 2007 Ø Divert 50% of materials going to disposal by 2015; Ø Reduce number of waste disposal site by 80% by 2020; Ø Phase out use of unlined landfill site by 2020; Ø Full province wide modern waste management by 2020. Ø Central Newfoundland waste management system operational by 2011

Key Components of Waste Management ØSource separation Ø Collection Ø Local waste management facilities (LWMF) Ø Material Recovery Facility (MRF) Ø Compost facility Ø Construction & Demolition Debris facility Ø Household Hazardous Waste facility Ø Second generation Landfill (lined landfill)

Study Area Boundary 50 – Towns, 38 – LSD’s, 19 – Unincorporated Areas

Source Separation – Two Bag (wet/dry) Advantages Ø efficient single-pass collection (lower collection costs) Ø the production of compost; Ø the stabilization of Wet waste residue; Ø the inability to hide unacceptable wastes (e. g. HHW, yard waste) in transparent bags. Ø compost carts not required Ø less education of the public required (sorting is simpler) Ø control of recovery rates occurs at the facility instead of in the home or curb, providing the flexibility to respond to market demands

Wet Bag (green transparent) ØBaby wipes, bandages, cotton swabs, diapers ØGrass clippings, leaves ØAll food scraps, meats, tea bags ØPaper plates (dirty) ØAnything that could contaminate recycles in the Dry bag belongs in the Wet bag

Dry Bag (blue transparent) ØAluminum cans, juice cans ØAll types of cardboard and paper products ØFabrics, clothes ØAll types of plastics

Transportation Analysis Centroid

Regional Landfill Site Selection – Constraint Criteria Ø Ø Ø Ø Ø Land Slope - < 12% Public Roads – 300 m Water bodies & Stream – 150 m Residential Dwellings – 1. 6 km Parks – 1 km Water Supplies & Water Shed Area – Avoidance Minimum Soil Cover of 2 m Airport – 2 km. Potable wells – 1 km. Electrical service - Opportunity

Preferred Regional Site

RWMF Concept Plan

Administration Building

Weight Scales

Public Drop Off

C&D Storage

Typical MRF

MRF Concept Plan

Semi-automatic MRF

MRF Products

Major Components of Compost Facility ØPre-processing Ø First stage composting Ø Second stage curing Ø post-processing

Compost Facility Concept Plan

First Stage Composting in-vessel

Second Stage Curing

Post Processing

Typical Compost Facility

Selected HHW System ØOne central HHW depot and a HHW depot at each LWMF

HHW Typical Facility

Update Regional Site RS 01 Clearing and Grubbing Tender: (Woodco) - Completed RS 02 Site Roads (Marine Contractors) - Final contract payment to be made RS 03 Well Drilling (Pius Sullivan & Sons Ltd. ) - 4 th borehole being drilled for administration building - Water wells to be drilled over the next two weeks RS 04 Landfill: - Landfill design on hold pending approvals from DOE - Alternate liner design submitted to Environment for approval July 31, 2009 - Stream buffers from landfill sent to environment for approval July 13, 2009

RS 08 Power • Received preliminary contribution in aid (127, 000) amount. NF Power continuing to get CIA amount approved internally. • Poles installation completed on site • Wires stringing to start next week • Expecting power to be available before Christmas RS 09 Telephone & Data Communications • Expressions of interest to be called • Aliant working on advising what services are available RS 10 Site Buildings : (Bluebird Investments) • Administration Building - Foundations complete - Erection of walls ongoing • Scale House - Foundations complete - Erection of walls ongoing • Maintenance Garage - Foundations poured

RS 11 Leachate Treatment • Final Pre-design report on leachate treatment option issued and sent to Environment for approval Sept 09, 2009 RS 12 Compost: • Pre-design report completed and issued this week RS 14 Access Road and Site Work (Marine Contractors) • Rock on slopes. • Rock for sedimentation pond to be placed • Deficiencies remaining Site Office • Site office set up on Maintenance Garage parking lot

Local Waste Management Facilities

LWMF Concept Plan

Typical LWMF

Local Waste Management Facilities Clearing & Grubbing TS 01: (Professional Grading Ltd) • Release of holdback to be made Site Buildings TS 02 (Bluebird Investments) • Fogo: concrete work 100% complete • Gander Bay: concrete work 100% • NWI: Starting concrete work this week Civil Works TS 05 (Cougar Engineering & Const) • Fogo: completed • Gander Bay: completed • NWI: completed • Indian Bay: 75% complete • Terra Nova: completed • Point Leamington: completed • Buchans Junction: May be started in two weeks

• Replace Septic tanks and disposal fields with Mini-bio STP. GSC has issued certificates of approval. Waiting on acceptance of draft agreement from STP contractor. Draft Certificate of Approval • Comments of draft regulations submitted to DOE Project Master Schedule • Land fill should be completed by fall of 2010. • Transfer Stations should be completed by end of 2010

Staffing Requirements Regional Waste Management Facility Manager Administration (2) Equipment Forman Scale House Operators (2) Site Supervisors – Landfill (2) Process Supervisor – Compost Process Supervisor – Dry recyclables Equipment Operators (4) Laborers (30 full time, 20 part-time) Security (2) LWMF One Part Time Employee at Each Facility

Tipping Fee

Existing Disposal Sites Closeout Costs Ø 42 Existing Sites Ø $215, 000 Average Closeout Cost Per Site Ø Gander is Largest Site at a Cost of $1, 990, 000 Ø$9, 000, 00 Total Closeout Costs

Governance Model The Central Newfoundland Waste Management Authority will finance with capital funding from government sources or through public/private partnerships, manage, and operate the waste management system for the Greater Central Newfoundland region which includes the area from Terra Nova National Park in the east, Buchans in the west, north to and including Fogo Island. The Board of Directors of the Authority will make decisions pertaining to: - The construction and operation of regional solid waste disposal sites including a facility designated in the regulations as a regional facility; and, - The charging of user fees on Municipal Authorities, areas under development control or unincorporated areas benefited by a regional facility. Board members will operate in accordance with the expectations of the Regional Services Board Act.

The initial Board of Directors will have the added responsibility of guiding the construction of the waste management facilities, establishing costs for users, initiating stakeholder communication and involvement, developing the Board operating policies, approving the By-laws and essentially building the Authority. It is expected that the nature of the Board will evolve as the waste management system becomes more firmly established. The Board at the outset will play a larger management role, but over the first term a shift towards a predominantly policy making Board of Directors should be anticipated. During the start-up period, the Authority Board will have engaged professional staff to manage and operate the facilities. In order to most adequately represent all parties, and to maintain a manageable size board, the board would then be comprised of seventeen (17) directors, twelve (12) voting members, the Chairperson and four (4) non-voting members. Every town, community or local service district within the central region will have a representative on the Board of Directors, nominated directly or through a regional representation. The Minister of Municipal Affairs will appoint board members.

Voting Members – 13 One (1) member from each of the regional waste management zones 7 One (1) member from the large towns; Gander and Grand Falls-Windsor 2 One (1) member from town’s with no transfer stations 1 One (1) member from Norris Arm & Norris Arm North 1 One (1) member for the three (3) towns over 3000 population 1 The Lieutenant-Governor in Council shall appoint a chairperson. 1 (Chairperson will only vote to break a tie) Other officials such as Vice-Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer, will be appointed from the elected board but these officers will still represent their communities or regions. - All voting Board members would be selected from elected municipal councilors or an appointed representative of the Local Service District - Each transfer station region will have a committee made up of elected officials and the chair of that committee will serve on the Central Regional Service Board.

- Larger towns will appoint one from elected officials. - Three (3) towns over 3000 population will jointly appoint a board member but this member must alternate between the three towns. - Norris Arm and Norris Arm North will appoint one member which will alternate between the two communities. (For the Interim, one representative will sit with the board and the other with the Technical Committee. The person sitting with the board will carry the vote. ) The Authority will recognize the Technical committee. The Chairperson of the Technical Committee will be asked to sit as a non-voting board member. Terms of Members With the exception of the chairperson, a member appointed to a board shall serve a term of 2 years with the right to be re-appointed for a further term of 2 years and shall be ineligible for a further re-appointment until at least 2 years after the expiration of his or her last term as a member of the board.

Central Newfoundland Waste Management Authority Representation by Directors 1 Director Gander Grand Falls - Windsor Bishop Falls - Botwood - Lewisporte Norris Arm - Norris Arm North 1 Director Appleton - Comfort Cove - Newstead – Peterview (Centroid Zone) Badger - Embree - Porterville – Baytona – Glenwood - Sandy Point - Benton - Laurenceton - Stanhope - Birchy Bay - Little Burnt Bay -Wooddale - Brown’s Arm - Loon Bay-Campbellton Michael’s Harbour 1 Director (Zone 1) Buchans - Buchans Junction - Millertown

1 Director (Zone 2) 1 Director (Zone 3) 1 Director (Zone 4) Cottrell’s Cove - Northern Arm - Fortune Harbour -Phillip’s Head -Glover’s Harbour – Pleasantview -Leading Tickles - Point Leamington Moore’s Cove - Point Of Bay Boyd’s Cove - Horwood - Ragged Harbour – Bridgeport – Indian Cove - Salt Harbour – Chanceport - Kettle Cove - Shoal Harbour Change Islands - Little Harbour – Stoneville - Cobb’s Arm - Merritt’s Harbour–Summerford - Cottlesville - Moreton’s Harbour -Sunnyside - Crow Head – Newville -Tizzard’s Harbour - Fairbanks-Hillgrade - Paradise - Too Good Arm - Green Cove - Pike’s Arm – Twillingate- Hatchett Harbour - Port Albert - Valley Pond - Herring Neck - Purcell’s Harbour - Virgin Arm-Carter’s Cove Fogo -Fogo Island Region - Joe Batt’s Arm - Barr’d Islands - Shoal Bay - Seldom - Little Seldom - Stag Harbour – Tilting

1 Director (Zone 5) 1 Director (Zone 6) 1 Director (Zone 7) Aspen Cove - Gander Bay South - Carmanville - Musgrave Harbour - Deadman’s Bay - Main Point – Davidsville – Frederickton – Ladle Cove - Gander Bay North - Noggin Cove Cape Freels North -Hare Bay - Centreville - Wareham - Trinity - Indian Bay – Dover – Lumsden - Greenspond - New - Wes - Valley Burnside - St. Chad’s -Glovertown - St. Brendan’s - Cull’s Harbour-Happy Adventure - Terra Nova – Charlottetown Salvage – Traytown- Eastport - Sandy Cove – Gambo Sandringham

Construction Schedule • 2009 Road Networks • 2011 Compost Facility • 2010 Administration Building Scale Houses Transfer Stations Household Hazard Waste Facilities C & D Site Landfill Site Leachate Treatment Area Maintenance Building • 2012 Material Recovery Facility • 2013 Full Operation

Contact Information Edward Evans Executive Director Central Newfoundland Waste Management 126 Roe Avenue, PO Box 149 Gander, NL A 1 V 1 W 5 Ph: 256 – 2299 Fax: 256 - 4206 Email: info@cnwmc. com Web Site: www. cnwmc. com

Central Newfoundland Solid Waste Management Study BAE Newplan Group Ltd. Wayne Manuel P. Eng

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