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Bryan W. Shaw, Ph.D., Chairman <br />Buddy Garcia, Commissioner <br />Carlos Rubinstein, Commissioner <br />Mark R. Vickery, P.G., Executrue Director <br />TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY <br />Protectrny Texas by Reducrng and Preuenting Pollution <br />October 12, 2009 <br />[vlr. Shawn Napier, P.E., <br />Director of Public Works <br />Citv of Paris <br />P. O. Box 9037 <br />Paris, Texas 75461-9037 <br />Re: City of Paris Landfill - Lamar County <br />Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) - Permit No. 144 <br />Status of Groundwater [nvestigation Report <br />Tracl<ing Nos. 12827713 and 12851688; RN 102142825 / CN600632269 <br />Dear Mr. Napier: <br />This letter acl<nowledbes that we received a report on groundNvater monitoring activities conducted at the <br />referenced facility in !une and Uecember of 1998, and September of 2008. The report was received under <br />x cover letter dated Septernber 29, 2009, fi-om Mr. Robert S. Ferbend, P.G., of Weaver Boos Consultants <br />LLC Soiithwest, Fort Worth, Texas. The report Nvas provided in response to requests in our letters dated <br />December 10, 2007, and August 5, 2009. We also received a letter from Mr. Ferbend dated September 4, <br />2009, respondi»g to our letter dated August 5, 2009, advising us that the report on groundwater <br />E-nonitoring activities would be submitted b_y October l, 2009. <br />Thank you for the report. The report clocuments past (1998) and recent (2008) sampling of monitor wells <br />and piezometers at the facility, and indicates that volatile organic compounds and metals are present in <br />groundwater at levels above groundwater protection standards. The report also provides an inventory of <br />the monitor " ells and piezometers, and offers recommendatioiis regarding their future use. <br />The goal for this facility is to be able to close as required by Title 30 Texas Administrative Code <br />(30 TAC), Chapter 330, Section (§)330.21 (relating to Closure). The applicable closure and post-closure <br />care requirements are detailed in §330.453 (relating to Closure Requirements for Municipa] Solid Waste <br />Landfill Units that Stopped Receiving Waste Prior to October 9, 1991, Type IV Landfills, and Municipal <br />Solid Waste Sites) and §330.463(a) (relating to Post-Closure Care Requirements). The rules in <br />§330.463(a) require tlle owner or operator to con-ect any problems, including iiiipacts to groundwater <br />,uch as those that appear to be indicated by the monitoring results in the September 2009 report. <br />Section 330.463(a)(3) states that if there is evidence of a release from an MSW unit, the executive <br />director may require an investigation into the nature and extent of the release and an assessment of <br />measures necessary to correct an impact to groundwater. Because the facility stopped receiving waste <br />piior to October 9, 1991, the City may pursue << response action under 30 TAC Chapter350 (relating <br />to Texas Rislc Reduction Probram), following the ge»eral outline in §350.3 (relating to Process). <br />For more information about the Texas Risk Reduction Program, please visit our web page at <br />www.tceq.state.tx.usiremediation/trrpitrrp.html. <br />P.O. Box 13087 Austin, Texas 78711-3087 512-239-1000 Internet address: www.tceq.state.tx.us <br />. ~ / <br />