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Description of the Facility and Facility Operations/Community/ Geographic Area. The Maplewood Landfill is located in Xxxxxx County, Virginia, approximately 30 miles southwest of Richmond, Virginia. The landfill liner area will cover a total area of about 404 acres upon completion. Construction of the first phases started in 1992. Construction of the most recent phase was completed in 1997. The King Xxxxxx County Landfill is located in King Xxxxxx County, Virginia, approximately 50 miles north- northeast of Richmond, Virginia. The landfill liner area will cover about 290 acres upon completion. The first phase of liner system construction began in 1996. Construction of additional liner system area has been performed every year since 1996. Both the Maplewood Landfill and the King Xxxxxx County Landfill were constructed having geomembrane composite double-liner systems, with primary leachate collection and leak detection (secondary collection) layers. The liner systems for the two landfills are illustrated on Figure 2. Because these landfills were constructed having composite double-liner systems, they provide a high level of protection to the environment against potential impacts caused by leakage of leachate. While the liner designs do not meet the specified liner design requirements under RCRA (40 C.F.R. § 258.40(a)(2) and (b)) which a landfill presently is required to have in place for leachate/gas condensate recirculation (40C.F.R. § 258.28(a)(2)); the liners do meet or exceed the performance requirements for municipal solid waste landfills and have been shown to be equivalent to the specified liner requirements. For this reason, the project sponsors believe that these landfills are excellent candidates for the bioreactor programs that are proposed in this application. The proposed project has been discussed with potential stakholders, including the USEPA, VADEQ, WM, and the host counties, as well as the participants identified in Section 3.3. Letters of support for the project from the Xxxxxx County and King Xxxxxx County Boards of Supervisors are attached in Appendix A.

Description of the Facility and Facility Operations/Community/ Geographic Area. The Maplewood Landfill is located in Xxxxxx County, Virginia, approximately 30 miles southwest of Richmond, Virginia. The landfill liner area will cover a total area of about 404 acres upon completion. Construction of the first phases started in 1992. Construction of the most recent phase was completed in 1997. The King Xxxxxx County Landfill is located in King Xxxxxx County, Virginia, approximately 50 miles north- northeast of Richmond, Virginia. The landfill liner area will cover about 290 acres upon completion. The first phase of liner system construction began in 1996. Construction of additional liner system area has been performed every year since 1996. Both the Maplewood Landfill and the King Xxxxxx County Landfill were constructed having geomembrane composite double-liner systems, with primary leachate collection and leak detection (secondary collection) layers. The liner systems for the two landfills are illustrated on Figure 2. Because these landfills were constructed having composite double-liner systems, they provide a high level of protection to the environment against potential impacts caused by leakage of leachate. While the liner designs do not meet the specified liner design requirements under RCRA (40 C.F.R. § 258.40(a)(2) and (b)) which a landfill presently is required to have in place for leachate/gas condensate recirculation bulk liquids to be added (40C.F.R. § 258.28(a)(2)); the liners do meet or exceed the performance requirements for municipal solid waste landfills and have been shown to be equivalent to the specified liner requirements. For this reason, the project sponsors believe that these landfills are excellent candidates for the bioreactor programs that are proposed in this application. The proposed project has been discussed with potential stakholders, including the USEPA, VADEQ, WM, and the host counties, as well as the participants identified in Section 3.3. Letters of support for the project from the Xxxxxx County and King Xxxxxx County Boards of Supervisors are attached in Appendix A.