solar energy systems on new jersey landfills

SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ON
NEW JERSEY LANDFILLS
• Robert Confer, Bureau Chief
• Mary Anne Goldman, Spvg. Env. Engineer
• Bureau of Landfill & Hazardous Waste
Permitting
• NJDEP – Solid & Hazardous Waste
Management Program
• Phone : 609-984-6985
• www.state.nj.us/dep/dshw/rrtp/bud.htm
Approval Process
• Permit Readiness Checklist
(Office of Permit
Coordination and Environmental Review) (available to
download at http://www.nj.gov/dep/opppc/permitcoor.htm)
• Pre-application Meeting
(Determination of permits & other requirements)
• Landfill Disruption Approval
(Must be obtained
before initiation of site investigation)
• Site Investigation
(To determine what specific
closure requirements are needed prior to installation of
solar energy system)
Approval Process Continued
• Site Remediation Program Process
(Building on Landfills) (N.J.A.C. 7:26C & E)
• Landfill Closure Plan or Landfill Closure Plan
Modification
• Construction
(Closure activities, installation of solar panels, etc.)
• Post-Closure Submissions
(As-built drawings, engineering certification, quarterly
inspection & monitoring reports, etc.)
Landfill Closure N.J.A.C. 7:26-2A.9
Minimum capping requirements:
• Pre-1982 Landfills: Must be covered with
at least 2’ of clean soil. If site is lined, the
landfill cap must have same permeability
as the liner, per N.J.A.C. 7:26-2A.7(i).
Add’l requirements (i.e., leachate & gas
mngt, run on/run off, etc.) on a case-bycase basis.
Minimum Capping Req’ts continued
NJAC 7:26-2A.7
Post 1982 Landfills:
Final Cover - designed to minimize infiltration of liquids into the landfill throughout
closure & post closure.
Elements to be considered:
• Cover System Drainage (designed in
conjunction with use of HELP Model to determine
depth & type of layers, permeability of each layer, etc.)
Minimum Closure Req’ts continued
NJAC 7:26-2A.7
• Slope Stability (stability analysis with F.S.>1.5
required)
• Materials:
(Clay = 12 inches + 6” drainage layer +
12” compacted soil + 6” vegetative layer;
geomembrane = 30 mils except HDPE = 60 mils + 12”
drainage layer + 6” compacted soil + 6”)
• Vegetative Layer:
(Minimum 6” top soil; seeded,
mulched, etc. in accordance with the Standards for Soil
Erosion & Sediment Plan Control, N.J.A.C. 2:90
Closure & Post-Closure Plan
• Solid Waste Facility Permit Application
Form
• Certified Soil Erosion & Sediment Control
Plan
• Plans for Final Capping/Cover, Final
Cover Vegetation & Final Cover
Maintenance including a QA/QC Plan
(N.J.A.C. 7:26-2A.7(i))
Closure & Post-Closure Plan continued
• Plans for Side Slopes & Maintenance of
Side Slopes
• Plans for Stormwater Run-on/Run-off
Controls & Maintenance of Controls
(must be designed to protect the landfill from run-on/
run-off at a min. peak discharge of a 24-hour, 25-year
storm, and in accordance the N.J.A.C. 7:26-2A.7(g))
• Groundwater Monitoring Wells and
Maintenance of Wells
(in accordance with NJPDES regulations, N.J.A.C.
7:14A)
Closure & Post-Closure Plan continued
• Landfill Gas Venting & Evacuation System,
Maintenance & Testing of Gas System
(designed in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:26-2A.7(f))
• Leachate Collection & Control System and
Operation & Maintenance of Leachate
Collection & Control System
(designed in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:26-2A.7(d))
• Facility Access Controls & Maintenance of
Facility Access Controls
(designed in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:26-2A.8(b)25)
Closure & Post-Closure Plan continued
• Conformance of Site to the Surrounding
Area (N.J.A.C. 7:26-2A.9(e))
• Inspections (include items to be inspected,
inspection form, and inspection schedule)
• Closure & Post-Closure Financial Plan –
sets forth the costs & expenses for
implementation of the Landfill Closure &
30-year Post-Closure Period
(N.J.A.C. 7:26-2A.9(f))
• Plan Certification (N.J.A.C. 7:26-2A.9(d))
Closure Plan Modification
• Written description of proposed changes
& supporting documentation
• Engineering plans signed & sealed by a
N.J. P.E.
• Schedule for implementation
Permit Coordination
• One stop permitting process provides a
single source of contact at DEP
• Determination of all required permits by
full Departmental permitting team
(Permit Identification Form)
• Early identification of any potential
problems or issues (Readiness Checklist)
Considerations in the
Design of Solar Energy Systems
• Settlement – Effects of differential
settlement on solar system; type and
weight of foundation and solar energy
system; weight of construction equipment;
type, depth and age of waste, and;
measures to minimize effects of settlement
Design Considerations Continued
• Side Slope Stability - cover system
design; solar foundations; snow & ice
loading
• Landfill Cover – measures to prevent
damage to cap during construction &
methods of repair if needed; compliance
with Landfill Disruption Approval, as per
N.J.A.C. 7:26-2A.8(j)
Design Considerations Continued
• Stormwater/Run-off – measures to
minimize erosion & stormwater structures
designed for expected higher flow
• Routine Cap Maintenance – vegetation
management; erosion inspections & cover
maintenance; inspection & maintenance of
gas & leachate collection systems; gas
migration & surface monitoring, etc.
Other Permits/Approvals
• Land Use (Stream Encroachment, Wetlands,
CAFRA, etc.)
• Air Pollution (venting of landfill gases
equipment, as per N.J.A.C. 7:27-8.2(c)17)
• Well Drilling (needed for all wells within or
outside of landfilled area)
• N J Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System (NJPDES) (for surface &
groundwater discharges)
Other Permits/Approvals continued
• New Jersey Highlands Council
• N J Pinelands Commission
• Green Acres
• Fish & Game
Stormwater Requirements
• Construction Activity Stormwater
General Permit (5G3) (required when more
than one (1) acre of land will be disturbed)
• Stormwater Run-off Quantity &
Control Requirements* – Minimum
design & performance standards
require compliance with one of the
three standards listed below:
Stormwater Requirements continued
1.)
Demonstrate through
hydrologic & hydraulic analysis
that post-construction runoff
does not exceed preconstruction runoff for 2, 10
and 100-year storm events;
Stormwater Requirements continued
2.) Demonstrate through hydrologic &
hydraulic analysis that postconstruction peak runoff does not
exceed preconstruction peak
runoff for 2, 10 and 100-year
storm events & that any increased
volume or change in timing will not
result in increased flood damage
at or downstream of the site;
Stormwater Requirements continued
3.) Design stormwater management
measures so that the postconstruction peak runoff rates for
the 2, 10 and 100-year storm
events are 50, 75 and 80%, respectively, of the preconstruction
peak runoff rates
* New stormwater criteria are currently
being developed. Until completed,
approval of stormwater mngt systems
will be done on a site-specific basis.
Stormwater Requirements continued
• Stormwater runoff must be calculated in
accordance with the following methods:
1.) USDA Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS)
methodology (description included in TR-55)
2.) Rational Method for peak flow & the
Modified Rational Method for
hydrograph computations (description
included in Appendix A-9 of the “Standards for Soil
Erosion & Sediment Control in New Jersey”)
Typical Solar Panel Installation
Issues to be Resolved
1.) Stormwater Management Criteria in
some cases
2.) Groundwater Management &
3.) Methane Gas Control
SOLAR RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS ON NEW JERSEY LANDFILLS
Landfill Name
PI#
County
Rated
Solar Electric
Project
Municipality
Output
Generating Elements
Status**
(MW)
Project
Start
Actions Required for
Solar, Comments
Disruption
Permit
Status1
Solar Closure
Application
Status
Closure & Post
Closure Plan
Status
Closure
Status
Post
Closure
Status
Project
End
Complete Usage2
Contact Name & Telephone Number
DEP
Program*
DEP Case
Manager
John Londres, PCFACC 856-663-2772
John Burzichelli, Mayor 856-423-8910
BLHWP
BLHWP
Ram Shah
Mark Searfoss
Rick Ricciardi, Marathon Engineering, Inc. 856-2419705
BLHWP
Nick Nader
Solar Projects in:
Operation
1
2
Pennsauken
Essex Chemical
011928
132195
Camden
Gloucester
Pennsauken
Paulsboro
13,000 crystalline panels
5,800 panels
2.1
0.3
Operating
Operating
2006
2001
None
None
NS
NS
Approved
Approved 1996
3
Rollins ***
132185
Gloucester
Logan Twp.
6,580 crystaline panels
1.5
Operating
2010
NA
NA
NS
NS
3.0
Operating
2009
Disruption
Solar approved
11/18/10
NS
5.0
Operating
2010
Simple Closure processed as
Disruption
Approved
11/18/10
NS
Approved 9/25/98
Properly closed
6.0
Operating
2011
closure plan modification
NA
Approved 8/5/10
Approved 10/26/06
Properly closed
Approved
1/15/12
NA
Approved
5/12/11
Approved 1/5/12
NFA issued by SRP
NA
NA
Approved 10/2/11
Approved 2/10/92
Properly closed
Ends 2018
Approved 5/12/11
Properly closed
Pre-1982
Approved
10/18/11
Approved
Not certified
Approved 10/28/93
Received 3/29/11
4
NJMC 1-A
268741
Hudson
Kearny
1.2 MW, rigid-top;
1.8MW, flexible-sides
5
Edgeboro
133590
Middlesex
East Brunswick
9,000 PV panels
Ocean
Stafford
Operating
6
Stafford
Operating
Properly closed
Under EPA as
RCRA Corrective Action
2006
2002
Onsite
Onsite
2012
No approved plan asked for PC Plan in No as-built cert
Dis. Approval
Ends
12/31/26
Ends
5/5/2039
2011
Grid
Thomas Marturano, NJMC 201-460-1700
BLHWP
Sanjay Shah
2011
Grid
Jack Whitman, EDI, 732-227-1356
BLHWP
Shwu-Mei Chen
2011
Onsite
Ed Speitel, Walter's Group, Inc. 856-983-1220
BLHWP
Rob Nitche
--
Grid
John Egnor, Seashore Solar, Inc., 609-743-4526
BLHWP
M. Gerchman
--
Carl Januszkiewicz, Waste Mngt., 732-985-4757
BLHWP
Saara Ali
--
--
Brett Taylor, W. Deptford Solar, 302-993-6993
BLHWP
Saara Ali
--
--
Mark Swyka, Cornerstone Eng., 845-695-0208
BLHWP
Janis Hottinger
--
--
John Towle, First Energy, LLC, 212-935-2500
BLHWP
Rob Nitche
17.9
Design
7
Delilah Road
131817
Atlantic
Egg Harbor
N/A
9.7
Approved
2011
Disruption. Need SRP sign-off
8
L&D
131968
Burlington
Mt. Holly
N/A
2.3
Approved
2011
Closure Plan modification
9
General Engines
133208
Gloucester
West Deptford
N/A
N/A
Approved
2010
Closure Plan modification
10
Princeton
132295
Mercer
Princeton
200 PV panels
11
Bernards
132633
Somerset
Bernards
8,215 PV panels
1.0
Approved
2011
Closure Plan modification
NA
2.9
Approved
2011
Closure Plan modification
NA
Approved 4/1/03
Properly closed Ends 5/28/26
15.9
Pre-Design
Ongoing
--
--
Charles Gallub, Bellmawr Wfrt. Dev., LLC 856-9332204
OBR
Timothy Bartle
Pending
--
--
Lou Ferrara, Wildwood 609-522-2444
BLHWP
Janis Hottinger
NS
--
--
OBR
Timothy Bartle
NS
--
--
--
Grid
12
Bellmawr
131997
Camden
Bellmawr
N/A
N/A
Pre-design
2010
SRP Site
N/A
13
Wildwood
132073
Cape May
Wildwood
N/A
N/A
Pre-design
2010
CP Mod. CP NOD issued 11/
/11. Applicant response req'd.
N/A
NS
14
Monroe
132191
Gloucester
Monroe
N/A
3.0
Pre-design
2010
SRP Site
N/A
15
WDI Keyport
133613
Monmouth
Keyport
N/A
5.0
Pre-design
2010
16
Fenimore
132518
Morris
Roxbury
N/A
10.0
Predesign
2009
17
Mt. Arlington
132499
Morris
Mt. Arlington
N/A
N/A
Pre-design
2009
N/A
Approved
2/24/10
Approved
5/27/11
18
Southern Ocean
132557
Ocean
Ocean Twp.
28,000 panels; 11 inverters
7.2
Pre-design
2009
SRP Site
Full Closure, Highlands & Land
Use Approvals Req'd
Closure Plan Mod. - Highlands
Approval Req'd
CP Mod. - Pinelands Approval
Req'd
NA
NS
Approved 10/6/11
Ongoing
NS
Approved 7/21/92
Not
implemented
NS
Approved 2003
Properly closed
Ongoing - no final cert
Approved
8/2/94
Ends 2033
Trevan Houser, Land Resource Sol., LLC 856-2734415
Mark Bellin, Keyport Energy Group 908-601-2601
Richard Bernardi, Strategic Partners, LLC 609-9549001
OBR
Timothy Bartle
BLHWP
M. A. Goldman
--
--
Daren Phil 973-398-2120
BLHWP
Rob Nitche
--
Grid
Joseph Lachawiec, Mayor 609-693-3302
BLHWP
M .A. Goldman
--
--
Dan Galletta 609-652-7131
BLHWP
Rob Nitche
---
---
Thomas Marturano, NJMC 201-460-1700
Thomas Marturano, NJMC 201-460-1700
OBR
BLHWP
Timothy Bartle
Sanjay Shah
--
--
Jim Conway, Deputy Mayor 856-546-8611
BLHWP
Rob Nitche
--
--
Robert Potter, Project Navigator, LTD, 714-388-1809
BLHWP
Ram Shah
--
--
Edward Dennis, RV&W Engineers, 609-645-7110
BLHWP
Rob Nitche
25.2
19
Preliminary
Florence
Recontouring
Burlington
Florence Twp.
N/A
N/A
Preliminary
2012
20
Galloway
133473
Atlantic
Galloway
N/A
N/A
Preliminary
2010
Closure Plan modification
NA
21
22
Kingsland
NJMC 1-E
193272
155955
Bergen
Bergen
Lyndhurst
Lyndhurst
N/A
N/A
Preliminary
Preliminary
2009
2009
SRP Site
Full Closure Plan
NA
23
Lumberton
131959
Burlington
Lumberton
3.0
Preliminary
2009
Closure Plan modification
24
Buena Vista
Cumberland
Buena
N/A
N/A
15,120 PV panels; 7
inverters
400 PV Panels
1.0
Preliminary
2011
NS
25
Commercial
132085 Cumberland
Commercial
N/A
2.0
Preliminary
2011
Closure Plan modification
26
Kinsleys
133551
Gloucester
Deptford
N/A
N/A
Preliminary
2010
27
Robt Hawthorne/
National Park
132192
Gloucester
National Park
N/A
8.5
Preliminary
2011
28
Erie
131898
Hudson
Kearny
N/A
N/A
Preliminary
2009
Closure Plan modification
NA
NS
--
--
Thomas Marturano, NJMC 201-460-1700
BLHWP
Sanjay Shah
29
ILR
268918
Middlesex
Edison
N/A
15.0
Preliminary
2011
Closure Plan modification
NA
NS
Approved 5/17/88
Properly closed
Ends
--
--
Khaled Benslimane, Sadat Assoc., 609-826-9600
BLHWP
Janis Hottinger
30
J. Manville-Dukes
132648
Somerset
Hillsborough
N/A
2.5
Preliminary
2011
Closure Plan modification
NA
NS
Approved 12/6/96
Properly closed
Ends
12/31/26
--
--
Michael Amorosa, Somerset Co. 908-231-7024
BLHWP
Janis Hottinger
31
Ingersoll-Rand
132755
Warren
Phillipsburg
N/A
N/A
Preliminary
2010
SRP Site
N/A
NS
--
--
pending
OBR
William Lindner
NS
Incomplete
NA
NS
Approved 11/1/95
Properly closed
NS
NS
NA
NA
NS
Approved 2/21/96
NA
Properly closed
but no cert
Closure Plan modification
NA
NS
Approved 9/1/92
Full Closure Plan
Doing under RI
NS
NS
NA
Properly closed Ends 2/6/17
Closure Approved thru
No as-built cert
permit but no pc plan
--
--
Andy Mayer, Kinsleys LF, 856-227-5477
BLHWP
Saara Ali
--
Grid
Josh Pills, National Park Boro, 856-845-3891
OBR
Ron Wienkowski
32.0
TOTAL:
**Project Status:
Preliminary
Pre-design
Design
Approved
Construction
Operating
PI#
73.1
MW
Interest expressed; feasibility determined
Planning phase: Owner/contractor, consultants selected; meetings w/DEP to discuss permits; issues
id'd
Project scope finalized & designed; permits applied for & obtained; DEP approval imminent
Closure Plan modification issued; construction imminent
Active project installation (may include landfill closure work)
Construction complete; producing electricity
Program Interest Number: site identifier used in NJDEP'S NJEMS Permit Management System
Disruption Permit Status1
NS - Not submitted to date
End Usage2
Onsite - Direct use of electricity at site or nearby
Issued - DEP Approval Issued
Grid
Pending - Under review by DEP
NOD - NOD issued by DEP; awaiting response
Approved or Complete - All closure work done;
as-built cert. approved
Incomplete - Insufficient submittal
NA - Not applicable
--
- Site connected to electric utility grid
- Unknown at this time
* BLHWP - Bureau of Landfill & Hazardous Waste
*OBR - Office of Brownfields
Permitting, Solid & Hazardous Waste Program
Reuse, Site Remediation Program
609-984-6985
609-292-1251
*** Currently owned by Bridgeport Disposal, LLC & Clean Harbors
Contact: Robert Confer, Bureau Chief, Bureau of Landfill and Hazardous Waste Permitting
Timothy Bartle, Section Chief, Office of Brownfield Reuse
(609) 292-1251
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Landfills
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Updated June 15, 2012
Pennsauken Renewable Energy Park
PPL Renewable Energy
• Consists of a 2.8 MW lfg to energy system
and a 2.6 MW photovoltaic (solar) system
• Operational: June 2006
• Provides electricity to Aluminum Shapes in
Camden County
Pennsauken Renewable Energy Park
Pennsauken Renewable Energy Park
Pennsauken Renewable Energy Park
BP – Essex Chemical Plant
Solar panels located on closed gypsum landfill in
southwest portion of a large industrial site in
Paulsboro, New Jersey
DEP Contacts
• Landfill & Hazardous Waste Permitting
Bob Confer, (609) 984-6985
• Permit Coordination & Envt’l Review
Ruth Foster, (609) 292-3600
• Brownfield Remediation & Reuse
Tim Bartle, (609) 984-2001