STATE OF SOLID WASTE IN NEBRASKA

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1 STATE OF SOLID WASTE IN NEBRASKA By David B. Haldeman Land Management division administrator

2 LB 1101 Solid Waste Programs Study Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality Engineering Solutions & Design, Inc. Available On Our Website

3 No Small LF Partial Exemptions Law Responsibility On Political Subdivisions Open Dump Sites-5,000 Population Five Site Study Of Open Dump Assessment Bordering States Created Interesting Dynamics Of the 22, Only 5 Private No Regulation Of Haulers First Closure Of A Subtitle D-Sarpy County Yes We Do Have A Siting Statute How Did We Get Here?

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7 Waste Management - Pheasant Point Douglas York York Landfill County Maximum Capacity (year) Number of Years of Remaining Landfill Life Beatrice Area Solid Waste Agency Gage Butler County Landfill, Inc. Butler City of Alliance Box Butte City of Gering Scotts Bluff City of Hastings Adams City of Holdrege Phelps City of Kimball Kimball City of Lincoln Lancaster Grand Island Hall G&P Development, Inc. Seward J Bar J Land, Inc. Keith Kearney Buffalo Lexington Dawson Loup Central Landfill Association Loup L.P. Gill Inc. Dakota NE Nebraska Solid Waste Coalition Stanton Sidney Cheyenne Valentine Cherry

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9 Two Unfortunate Baby-South Dakota (Found) Four Year Old (Mystery) Between Christmas And New Years Day 70 Feet Excavation Evidence Cell Phones, Medical Waste, Frozen Food, And. Landfill Searches

10 Facility Name Types of Wastes Received Facility s Maximum Amount of Storage (in cubic yards) AltEn, LLC City of Beatrice City of Fremont City of Grand Island* City of Holdrege City of Scottsbluff Doernemann Prairieland Dairy, LLC Organic waste from on-site anaerobic digester (includes manure, thin stillage, and food waste) Sewage sludge and yard waste Sewage sludge and yard waste Sewage sludge, straw, and wood chips Sewage sludge, yard waste, corn stalks, and livestock bedding Sewage sludge and yard waste Paunch manure, yard waste, and other organic materials Livestock waste, food waste, yard waste, paper/cardboard, and wood chips 70, ,000 35,000 50,000 10, , , ,000 TOTAL MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF STORAGE FOR ALL PERMITTED SITES 567,900

11 $1.25 Per Ton (Municipal Landfills) 50% By Statute-Fixed Is A Problem Annual Operating Fees-Regulation Permit Fees-Regulation Transfer Stations-Scotts Bluff & Sarpy What Are Fees?

12 Type of Application Facility Type Initial ($) Major Modification ($) Renewal ($) Initial Application for Existing Facility ($) Municipal Solid Waste Disposal Area 15,000 7, ,500 Construction and Demolition Disposal Area 1, Fossil Fuel Combustion Ash Disposal Area 2,500 1, Delisted Waste Disposal Area 45,000 22,500 2,250 4,500 Industrial Waste Disposal Area 3,100 1, Solid Waste Compost Site 3,100 1, Material Recovery Facility 1, Solid Waste Transfer Station Other Solid Waste Processing Facility Land Application Unit for Repeated Disposal or Treatment of Special Wastes 3,100 1,

13 INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT REVENUE VS EXPENDITURES FY03 TO FY14 $4,000,000 $3,500,000 $3,000,000 Cash Fund Balance AMOUNT $2,500,000 $2,000,000 Total Revenues Disposal Fee Annual Fee Investment Income Total Expenditures Direct Wages Government Aid $1,500,000 $1,000,000 $500,000 $0 FY 03 FY 04 FY 05 FY 06 FY 07 FY 08 FY 09 FY 10 FY 11 FY 12 FY 13 FY 14 FISCAL YEAR

14 Nebraska Is A Net Exporter Scrap Tire Bales Most In State Use Is Alternative Daily Cover At 2 Landfills We Had 2 Crumb Rubber Processors (Ambient Grind And Cryogenic) Why Are Scrap Tires So Vexing?

15 Use Five-Year Average (in tons) In-State Use as Alternative Daily Cover * 8,605 Processed into Crumb Rubber 6,015 Landfilled Out of State 5,322 Out-of-State Use as Alternative Daily Cover ** 3,904 Out-of-State Use as Tire-Derived Fuel 1,953

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19 We Learned From Kansas, Iowa, And Missouri During Floods Of 1993 Four Permanent Facilities (Red Willow County, Grand Island, Lincoln, Omaha) Collection Events Household Hazardous Waste?

20 Tornados Avian Influenza African Swine Fever (Hope Not) Disasters Happen

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26 Blowing Litter Dust Odor Illegal Dumping Of C&D Waste Community Burn Sites Fire Training Exercises Landfills in Close Proximity To Communities Violations-Big Headaches

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30 Questions?