Field Office Compliance - Assistance

Assistance ID - 35821
Central Disposal Systems, Inc - 311308153
21265 430th St Lake Mills, IA 50450
Winnebago County

FO 2

Report
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6/28/2011 DNR received a June 27, 2011, letter from Waste Management’s Debra McDonald advising that the storm water basins at Central Disposal had been impacted by leachate seeps and that they were near capacity. This happened in 2005 and DNR allowed, after analytical testing, Waste Management to discharge directly to surface water, on a one time basis with a written warning that if it happened in the future they would need to get an NPDES Permit. Michelle Johnson and I called the new site manager, Tom Buchholz. The wet weather has caused leachate seeps and, since storm water has been impacted by leachate, it cannot be discharged as typical runoff. Ms. McDonald suggested that, after testing, they should be allowed to discharge the storm water as they were allowed to do in 2005. We advised Mr. Buchholz that DNR would work toward a solution with Waste Management on this, but they should not automatically assume that they would be allowed another “emergency” discharge. Mr. Buchholz was having the ponds sampled and he hoped to have the results in time for our previously-scheduled meeting next week. DAVID MILLER
State of Iowa DNR Home Site Policy
Leading Iowans in caring for our natural resources
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