Update
November 27, 2009
Professional Municipal
Administrators
Edward Evans
Executive Director
Government of Newfoundland & Labrador
Waste Management Strategy – May 2007
 Divert 50% of materials going to disposal by 2015;
 Reduce number of waste disposal site by 80% by 2020;
 Phase out use of unlined landfill site by 2020;
 Full province wide modern waste management by 2020.
 Central Newfoundland waste management system operational by
2011
Key Components of Waste Management
Source separation
 Collection
 Local waste management facilities (LWMF)
 Material Recovery Facility (MRF)
 Compost facility
 Construction & Demolition Debris facility
 Household Hazardous Waste facility
 Second generation Landfill (lined landfill)
Study Area Boundary
50 – Towns, 38 – LSD’s, 19 – Unincorporated Areas
Source Separation – Two Bag (wet/dry)
Advantages
 efficient single-pass collection (lower collection costs)
 the production of compost;
 the stabilization of Wet waste residue;
 the inability to hide unacceptable wastes (e.g. HHW, yard waste) in
transparent bags.
 compost carts not required
 less education of the public required (sorting is simpler)
 control of recovery rates occurs at the facility instead of in the home or
curb, providing the flexibility to respond to market demands
Wet Bag (green transparent)
Baby wipes, bandages, cotton swabs, diapers
Grass clippings, leaves
All food scraps, meats, tea bags
Paper plates (dirty)
Anything that could contaminate recycles in the Dry bag
belongs in the Wet bag
Dry Bag (blue transparent)
Aluminum cans, juice cans
All types of cardboard and paper products
Fabrics, clothes
All types of plastics
Transportation Analysis
Centroid
Regional Landfill Site Selection –
Constraint Criteria
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Land Slope - < 12%
Public Roads – 300 m
Water bodies & Stream – 150 m
Residential Dwellings – 1.6 km
Parks – 1 km
Water Supplies & Water Shed Area – Avoidance
Minimum Soil Cover of 2 m
Airport – 2 km.
Potable wells – 1 km.
Electrical service - Opportunity
Preferred Regional Site
RWMF Concept Plan
Administration Building
Weight Scales
Public Drop Off
C&D Storage
Typical MRF
MRF Concept Plan
Semi-automatic MRF
MRF Products
Major Components of Compost Facility
Pre-processing
 First stage composting
 Second stage curing
 post-processing
Compost Facility Concept Plan
First Stage Composting in-vessel
Second Stage Curing
Post Processing
Typical Compost Facility
Selected HHW System
One central HHW depot and a HHW depot at each
LWMF
HHW Typical Facility
Update
Regional Site
RS01 Clearing and Grubbing Tender: (Woodco)
- Completed
RS02 Site Roads (Marine Contractors)
- Final contract payment to be made
RS03 Well Drilling (Pius Sullivan & Sons Ltd.)
- 4th borehole being drilled for administration building
- Water wells to be drilled over the next two weeks
RS04 Landfill:
- Landfill design on hold pending approvals from DOE
- Alternate liner design submitted to Environment for approval July 31, 2009
- Stream buffers from landfill sent to environment for approval July 13, 2009
RS08 Power
• Received preliminary contribution in aid (127,000) amount. NF Power continuing to get CIA
amount approved internally.
• Poles installation completed on site
• Wires stringing to start next week
• Expecting power to be available before Christmas
RS09 Telephone & Data Communications
• Expressions of interest to be called
• Aliant working on advising what services are available
RS10 Site Buildings : (Bluebird Investments)
• Administration Building
- Foundations complete
- Erection of walls ongoing
• Scale House
- Foundations complete
- Erection of walls ongoing
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Maintenance Garage
- Foundations poured
RS11 Leachate Treatment
• Final Pre-design report on leachate treatment option issued and sent to Environment
for approval Sept 09, 2009
RS12 Compost:
• Pre-design report completed and issued this week
RS14 Access Road and Site Work (Marine Contractors)
• Rock on slopes.
• Rock for sedimentation pond to be placed
• Deficiencies remaining
Site Office
• Site office set up on Maintenance Garage parking lot
Local Waste Management Facilities
LWMF Concept Plan
Typical LWMF
Typical LWMF
Local Waste Management Facilities
Clearing & Grubbing TS01: (Professional Grading Ltd)
• Release of holdback to be made
Site Buildings TS02 (Bluebird Investments)
• Fogo: concrete work 100% complete
• Gander Bay: concrete work 100%
• NWI: Starting concrete work this week
Civil Works TS05 (Cougar Engineering & Const)
• Fogo: completed
• Gander Bay: completed
• NWI: completed
• Indian Bay: 75% complete
• Terra Nova: completed
• Point Leamington: completed
• Buchans Junction: May be started in two weeks
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Replace Septic tanks and disposal fields with Mini-bio STP. GSC has issued
certificates of approval. Waiting on acceptance of draft agreement from STP
contractor.
Draft Certificate of Approval
• Comments of draft regulations submitted to DOE
Project Master Schedule
• Land fill should be completed by fall of 2010.
• Transfer Stations should be completed by end of 2010
Staffing Requirements
Regional Waste Management Facility
Manager
Administration (2)
Equipment Forman
Scale House Operators (2)
Site Supervisors – Landfill (2)
Process Supervisor – Compost
Process Supervisor – Dry recyclables
Equipment Operators (4)
Laborers (30 full time, 20 part-time)
Security (2)
LWMF
One Part Time Employee at Each Facility
Tipping Fee
ITEM
CAPITAL COST AMORTIZATION OPERATING
COSTS
COSTS
ANNUAL COST
COST PER TONNE
TO CNWMA
Local Waste Management Facilities
Disposal Site ( landfill )
Materials Recovery Facility (MRF)
Compost Facility
Household Hazardous Wastes
(Regional Site Only)
Construction & Demolition Debris
Public Drop-off
Public Education
Administration
Capital For Equipment
Revenue From Recovered Materials
$15 400 000
$10 300 000
$18 000 000
$25 500 000
$0
$0
$0
$0
$842 412
$1 854 800
$1 275 600
$622 775
$842 412
$1 854 800
$1 275 600
$622 775
$20.75
$45.69
$31.42
$15.34
$200 000
$300 000
$300 000
$0
$0
$0
$71 500
$48 850
$46 000
$105 000
$251 000
$455 938
-$824 264
$71 500
$48 850
$46 000
$105 000
$251 000
$455 938
-$824 264
$1.76
$1.20
$1.13
$2.59
$6.18
$11.23
-$20.30
TOTALS
$79 100 000
$0
$4 749 611
$4 749 611
$117.00
Cost Per Person
$39.83
$9 100 000
Existing Disposal Sites
Closeout Costs
42 Existing Sites
 $215,000 Average Closeout Cost Per Site
 Gander is Largest Site at a Cost of $1,990,000
$9,000,00 Total Closeout Costs
Governance Model
The Central Newfoundland Waste Management Authority will finance with
capital funding from government sources or through public/private
partnerships, manage, and operate the waste management system for the
Greater Central Newfoundland region which includes the area from Terra
Nova National Park in the east, Buchans in the west, north to and
including Fogo Island.
The Board of Directors of the Authority will make decisions pertaining to:
- The construction and operation of regional solid waste disposal sites
including a facility designated in the regulations as a regional facility; and,
- The charging of user fees on Municipal Authorities, areas under development
control or unincorporated areas benefited by a regional facility.
Board members will operate in accordance with the expectations of the
Regional Services Board Act.
The initial Board of Directors will have the added responsibility of guiding the
construction of the waste management facilities, establishing costs for users,
initiating stakeholder communication and involvement, developing the Board
operating policies, approving the By-laws and essentially building the Authority.
It is expected that the nature of the Board will evolve as the waste management
system becomes more firmly established. The Board at the outset will play a
larger management role, but over the first term a shift towards a predominantly
policy making Board of Directors should be anticipated. During the start-up
period, the Authority Board will have engaged professional staff to manage and
operate the facilities.
In order to most adequately represent all parties, and to maintain a manageable
size board, the board would then be comprised of seventeen (17) directors, twelve
(12) voting members, the Chairperson and four (4) non-voting members. Every
town, community or local service district within the central region will have a
representative on the Board of Directors, nominated directly or through a regional
representation. The Minister of Municipal Affairs will appoint board members.
Voting Members – 13
One (1) member from each of the regional waste management zones
7
One (1) member from the large towns; Gander and Grand Falls-Windsor 2
One (1) member from town’s with no transfer stations
1
One (1) member from Norris Arm & Norris Arm North
1
One (1) member for the three (3) towns over 3000 population
1
The Lieutenant-Governor in Council shall appoint a chairperson.
1
(Chairperson will only vote to break a tie)
Other officials such as Vice-Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer, will be appointed
from the elected board but these officers will still represent their communities or
regions.
- All voting Board members would be selected from elected municipal councilors
or an appointed representative of the Local Service District
- Each transfer station region will have a committee made up of elected officials
and the chair of that committee will serve on the Central Regional Service Board.
Larger towns will appoint one from elected officials.
Three (3) towns over 3000 population will jointly appoint a board member
but this member must alternate between the three towns.
Norris Arm and Norris Arm North will appoint one member which will
alternate between the two communities. (For the Interim, one representative
will sit with the board and the other with the Technical Committee. The person
sitting with the board will carry the vote.)
The Authority will recognize the Technical committee. The Chairperson of the
Technical Committee will be asked to sit as a non-voting board member.
Terms of Members
With the exception of the chairperson, a member appointed to a board shall
serve a term of 2 years with the right to be re-appointed for a further term of 2
years and shall be ineligible for a further re-appointment until at least 2 years
after the expiration of his or her last term as a member of the board.
Central Newfoundland Waste Management Authority
Representation by Directors
1 Director
1 Director
1 Director
1 Director
Gander
Grand Falls - Windsor
Bishop Falls - Botwood - Lewisporte
Norris Arm - Norris Arm North
1 Director
(Centroid Zone)
Appleton - Comfort Cove - Newstead – PeterviewBadger - Embree - Porterville – Baytona – Glenwood - Sandy
Point - Benton - Laurenceton - Stanhope - Birchy Bay - Little
Burnt Bay -Wooddale - Brown’s Arm - Loon Bay-Campbellton Michael’s Harbour
1 Director
(Zone 1)
Buchans - Buchans Junction - Millertown
1 Director
(Zone 2)
1 Director
(Zone 3)
1 Director
(Zone 4)
Cottrell’s Cove - Northern Arm - Fortune Harbour -Phillip’s
Head -Glover’s Harbour – Pleasantview -Leading Tickles - Point
Leamington Moore’s Cove - Point Of Bay
Boyd’s Cove - Horwood - Ragged Harbour – Bridgeport – Indian
Cove - Salt Harbour – Chanceport - Kettle Cove - Shoal Harbour
Change Islands - Little Harbour – Stoneville - Cobb’s Arm Merritt’s Harbour–Summerford - Cottlesville - Moreton’s Harbour
-Sunnyside - Crow Head – Newville -Tizzard’s Harbour Fairbanks-Hillgrade - Paradise - Too Good Arm - Green Cove Pike’s Arm – Twillingate- Hatchett Harbour - Port Albert - Valley
Pond - Herring Neck - Purcell’s Harbour - Virgin Arm-Carter’s
Cove
Fogo -Fogo Island Region - Joe Batt’s Arm - Barr’d Islands Shoal Bay - Seldom - Little Seldom - Stag Harbour – Tilting
1 Director
(Zone 5)
1 Director
(Zone 6)
1 Director
(Zone 7)
Aspen Cove - Gander Bay South - Carmanville - Musgrave
Harbour - Deadman’s Bay - Main Point – Davidsville –
Frederickton – Ladle Cove - Gander Bay North - Noggin
Cove
Cape Freels North -Hare Bay - Centreville - Wareham Trinity - Indian Bay – Dover – Lumsden - Greenspond New - Wes - Valley
Burnside - St. Chad’s -Glovertown - St. Brendan’s - Cull’s
Harbour-Happy Adventure - Terra Nova – Charlottetown Salvage – Traytown- Eastport - Sandy Cove – Gambo Sandringham
Construction Schedule
Construction Schedule
• 2009
Road Networks
• 2011
Compost Facility
• 2010
Administration Building
Scale Houses
Transfer Stations
Household Hazard Waste
Facilities
C & D Site
Landfill Site
Leachate Treatment Area
Maintenance Building
• 2012
Material Recovery Facility
• 2013
Full Operation
Contact Information
Edward Evans
Executive Director
Central Newfoundland Waste Management
126 Roe Avenue, PO Box 149
Gander, NL A1V 1W5
Ph: 256 – 2299 Fax: 256 - 4206
Email: info@cnwmc.com
Web Site: www.cnwmc.com
Central Newfoundland Solid Waste
Management Study
BAE Newplan Group Ltd.
Wayne Manuel P.Eng
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