Field Office Compliance - Complaint


Complaint ID - 9367
Iowa City Sanitary Landfill - 310202116
3900 HEBL AVE. SW Iowa City, IA 52240-5224
Johnson County

FO 6

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8/4/2010 I conversed with Dave Elias on 7/29 & 7/30 on the odor issue. Dave indicated he's only received one complaint about odor (i am not sure who it was or where they live). Dave forwarded me specs of their intentions on expanding into a new cell, which will require them to dig into existing garbage so they can tie into the liner.....he thinks that'll cause odor problems, so it might get worse before it gets better. As far as iam aware, there isn't much that can be done out there, as they just have to keep getting gas collection installed and get the gas sucked out of the cells. KURT LEVETZOW
4/26/2010 On 4/22/10, the wind was blowing out of the SSE, so i drove on the NNW side of the landfill to smell for odors. I didn't smell any on the gravel road NNW of the landfill. I then drove around the subdivision east of the landfill, not to smell for odor, but to talk to people outside in the yards, to see if more people have been smelling the odor. I spoke to five different people in different locations of the large area of homes located between the landfill and 218. None of the five people i spoke to knew what i was talking about (i.e. - non of them have noticed the gas smell from the landfill). I'll do another drive around to question people and also stop back at the landfill to see if they're making any gain on controlling landfill gas. KURT LEVETZOW
3/1/2010 have been investigating this general type of complaint off and on for a year now. Only getting complaints from a few select people, in an area where there are lots of residential homes. Have met with Jon Thomas and Dave Elias, toured the landfill, at times have detected odor myself. A leachate manhole on the SW corner of cell FY 96 is giving off odor and gas can be heard. I recommended they install a single "candlestick" type flare to relieve the gas. Dave said they'll look into it. They're also going to be ripping the western side of those old closed cells out in order to properly construct cell FY10. This process will no doubt cause some odor issues temporarily, but hopefully will relieve some of the surface escaping gas migration issues. Dave has given me permission to tag along with the staff as they monitor for surface emissions this spring. KURT LEVETZOW

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