Attachment 1
A. General Information
The State of Nebraska currently has 23 landfills that are permitted as Municipal Solid
Waste Disposal Areas. Municipal Solid Waste Disposal Areas are permitted to receive
household waste, alone or in combination with other types of wastes such as commercial
solid waste, industrial waste, nonhazardous sludge, or conditionally exempt small
quantity generator waste. Waste types that are statutorily banned from disposal in
Municipal Solid Waste Disposal Areas generally include:
Yard Waste (From April 1 to November 30 annually)
Lead-acid Batteries
Waste Oil
Waste Tires (in any form, except tires that are non-recyclable)
Discarded Household Appliances
Unregulated Hazardous Wastes
Information on the amount (tonnage) of municipal solid waste disposed of in each of the
23 permitted disposal areas (hereafter referred to as “landfills”) is obtained by the
department quarterly. The tonnage records are based on a $1.25 per ton disposal fee
remitted to the department. Waste’s that are used as an alternative daily cover in a
landfill are not considered “disposed” and a fee is not assessed on these materials. For
the purpose of this project, materials used as alternate daily cover should not be sampled
or included in the analysis of the waste characterization study.
Table 1 presents the most current tonnage information for each of the 23 landfills that is
available from the department. The site names that are shaded in Table 1 are the eight
landfills that have been selected for this project. The quarters identified in Table 1 are
calendar quarters (e.g. 1st qtr is the months of January, February, March.) Following
Table 1 is the contact information for each of the eight targeted landfills. The department
does not have any additional information on the geographic areas that the landfill serves,
a breakdown on the percentage of waste disposed by each generator type, or any other
regional or county disposal quantity data.
The rules and regulations that apply to landfills that are permitted to receive municipal
solid waste is Title 132 – Integrated Solid Waste Management Regulations. An
electronic copy of Title 132 can be downloaded from the department’s website at:
http://www.deq.state.ne.us
Table 1
# Site Name
2006, 3rd qtr 2006, 2nd qtr 2006, 1st qtr
Solid Waste Agency of Northwest
3,908
4,582
2,824
1 Nebraska (SWANN)
2,488
2,508
1,857
2 Alliance Landfill
Gering
Disposal
4,318
4,643
3,999
3
638
608
528
4 Kimball Landfill
2,488
1,958
1,686
5 Sidney Area Solid Waste Agency
18,771
31,839
23,258
6 J Bar J Land Inc
Valentine Area Solid Waste
1,262
1,153
717
7 Agency (VASWA)
Lexington Area Solid Waste
9,732
10,841
8,251
8 Agency (LASWA)
6,059
5,917
5,003
9 Holdrege Disposal
11,798
12,203
10,150
10 Kearney Landfill
13,539
13,696
11 City of Hastings Landfill
20,738
20,829
16,379
12 Grand Island Landfill
3,698
4,111
4,260
13 Loup Central Landfill
14 NE Ecology Systems
6,997
6,978
5,381
15 York County Disposal
21,989
23,519
21,035
16 G & P Development
75,310
63,946
59,658
17 Butler Cty Landfill
6,449
6,449
5,184
18 Beatrice Disposal
75,164
73,632
64,267
19 City of Lincoln Bluff Road Landfill
31,181
39,477
35,010
20 Sarpy County Landfill
Waste Management of Nebraska,
156,291
165,354
131,681
21 Inc. /Pheasant Point
Northeast Nebraska Solid Waste
21,691
20,881
17,413
22 Coalition (NNSWC)
42,342
55,383
35,125
23 LP Gill
2005, 4th qtr
Annual Total
(10/1/05-09/30/06)
3,647
2,032
3,813
578
1,622
23,356
14,962
8,885
16,773
2,352
7,754
97,224
1,034
4,166
3,813
5,290
11,543
11,797
16,289
2,113
6,706
21,972
51,980
5,118
68,393
39,407
32,636
22,269
45,694
39,032
74,234
14,183
26,062
88,515
250,894
23,201
281,456
145,076
148,469
601,795
18,849
46,140
78,833
178,989
Total Amount of Waste Collected in Nebraska landfills 10/1/05 to 9/30/06:
Contact Information:
Solid Waste Agency of Northwest Nebraska
250 Main Street
Chadron, NE 69337
Frank Nemeth
308-432-4245
Sidney Area Solid Waste Agency
PO Box 79
Sidney, NE 69162
John Hehnke or Rob Campbell
308-254-5300
2,061,447
Valentine Area Solid Waste Agency
PO Box 177
Valentine, NE 69201
Shane Siewert
402-376-2323
Lexington Area Solid Waste Agency
76460 Highway 21
Lexington, NE 68850
Dave Sterner
308-324-3351
City of Hastings Landfill
220 N Hastings Ave
Hastings, NE 68901
Jack Newlun
402-461-2308
City of Lincoln Bluff Road Landfill
2400 Theresa St.
Lincoln, NE 68521
Karla Welding
402-441-7867
Waste Management of NE, Inc./Pheasant Point
13305 N 216th St.
Bennington, NE 68007
Scott O'Neill
402-238-3440
Northeast Nebraska Solid Waste Coalition
610 East Monroe Ave.
Norfolk, NE 68701
Gary Lund
402-844-2230
B. Number of Samples
The study objective for this RFP is to determine the amount and composition of
municipal solid waste presently being disposed of in the State of Nebraska. The
department has selected eight (8) landfills to perform field waste sorts in order to obtain
the data necessary to meet the objective of the study.
The composition of the waste that the department is interested in obtaining data on is
subdivided into the 35 waste categories identified in the Project Description And Scope
Of Work. The study requires that enough samples be collected during each field sort to
establish the mean and the true population mean at a 90% confidence interval for each of
the 35 waste categories. The department believes that collecting between 30 to 50
samples per sampling event per landfill should be adequate to achieve a 90% confidence
interval for the field sort. The Contractor may propose to collect less than 30 samples per
landfill per sampling event, however in doing so it must provide its rationale for the
sample number selected and must ensure that a 90% confidence interval can be calculated
for each field sort.
The department does not require the collection of enough data to determine the amount
and composition of waste being disposed by generator type. However, the department
does require that after a load is selected to sample, the Contractor interview the driver to
determine if the waste was collected from single-family residences, multifamily
residences, commercial businesses, or a mixed route. For the purpose of this study, the
term “commercial businesses” is broadly defined to include all waste originating from
sources other than single or multifamily residences.
C. Vehicle Load Selection
The selection of vehicles for sampling should be made randomly, and be based on the
number of samples required for each field sort and the number of loads received at the
targeted landfill per day. In order to obtain the required number of samples to ensure the
field sort obtains data that is representative of the waste composition, small landfills may
have to be sampled over a period of several days. Large landfills may require fewer days
of sampling.
D. Sample Size
The sample size that will be sorted must range between 200 to 300 pounds. The
Contractor must determine a method of mixing and sampling each load to ensure that a
composite sample weighing between 200 to 300 pounds is obtained for sorting and
weighing the waste.