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ATTACHMENT 1 TVA READINGS
United States Environmental Protection Agency 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Edison, NJ 08837 Monitoring and Assessment Branch
Surface Emissions Monitoring - Leak Detection and Repair
Atlantic County Landfill/Atlantic County Utility Authority 6700 Delilah Road, Egg Harbor Twp, Atlantic County, NJ
Date of Inspection: May 8 -9, 2023 Weather: 700 F, Sunny, Wind 8 MPH, Visibility - Clear
Sample ID
Downwind Upwind Upwind
Pump station # 6 Pump Station # 5 Pump Station # 4
Runoff opposite to Pump station #4 Pump Station # 2
Manhole 1557-2013 Well 58A Well # 11 Well # 58
Penetration #1 Penetration #2 Penetration #3 Horizontal collector @ flange Penetration # 4 Penetration # 5
Horizontal collector off well 121 Well 121
Horizontal collector close to well 125
Horizontal collector close to well 100
Well 100 @base Well 99 @ base Well 105 @ base Well 106 @header Horizontal collector near well 112 H51 @ header H48 @bottom of header pipe Well 113 @jacket sleeve
Concentration (ppm) 1.0 1.5 1.5 24 57 2
1.8 6.8 1.8 4.6 15.6 4.8 6346 1153 16.8 587 10100 10600
804 1.8
508
2.8 23 142 4.8 6002 17.8 824 10100 17400
Latitude
39.425808 39.423720 39.423715 39.424377 39.424471 39.424579
Longitude
-74.539584 -74.542271 -74.542269 -74.535899 -74.537221 -74.538426
Notes/Comments Near lookout tower
39.424646 39.424236 39.424611 39.425855 39.426053 39.425662 39.426572 39.426563 39.426532 39.426388 39.426324 39.426280
-74.538613 -74.539494 -74.542927 -74.538761 -74.539519 -74.539273 -74.539255 -74.539248 -74.539254 -74.539532 -74.539651 -74.539680
39.426205 -74.539967 39.426166 -74.540323
C&D meets MSW area
39.429423 -74.538780
39.429476 39.429583 39.430116 39.429971 39.430069 39.429918 39.430028 39.429908 39.429558
-74.538189 -74.537843 -74.537889 -74.538390 -74.538893 -74.539375 -74.539432 -74.539640 -74.539838
United States Environmental Protection Agency 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Edison, NJ 08837 Monitoring and Assessment Branch
Surface Emissions Monitoring - Leak Detection and Repair
Atlantic County Landfill/Atlantic County Utility Authority 6700 Delilah Road, Egg Harbor Twp, Atlantic County, NJ
Date of Inspection: May 8 -9, 2023 Weather: 700 F, Sunny, Wind 8 MPH, Visibility - Clear
Sample ID
H53 @sleeve near header H54 @sleeve near header
Well 108 Well 109@base Horizontal on top of well 109 @sleeve of bottom Well 18R @ header
Well 16R Well 17R Well 123 @base Well 124 @flange Well 89 @base Well 95 @flange Well 91 @flange Well 90
Protrusion near header elbow pipe Well 94 @base
Header for well 95 @base Well 21A
Well 130 @base Well 132
Header for Well 132 Header for well 133 Dirt mound near Well 129
Well 154R Well 136R Well 153R Header for Well 153R Well 137R Well 155R Soil near Well 155R Well 138R @base Well 139R
Concentration (ppm) 6834 4436 238 2067
2896 118 24 14.5 2067 8.8 1252 34.5 8.5 5.5
10100 1767 508 1357 148 7.8 1630 6897 1020 323 249 316 17.5 626 412 599
54 11.2
Latitude
39.429487 39.429272 39.429167 39.428759
Longitude
-74.539529 -74.539653 -74.539674 -74.539793
39.428807 39.427014 39.426936 39.427976 39.428137 39.428474 39.428638 39.428880 39.428891 39.428914
-74.539338 -74.537444 -74.537732 -74.537971 -74.538502 -74.538655 -74.538356 -74.537873 -74.537868 -74.537851
39.429185 39.428583 39.428876 39.427176 39.426783 39.426632 39.426682 39.426457 39.426331 39.426155 39.426152 39.426167 39.426594 39.426472 39.426267 39.426265 39.425874 39.425432
-74.537482 -74.537442 -74.536831 -74.536446 -74.536138 -74.536125 -74.535692 -74.535342 -74.535979 -74.534704 -74.534692 -74.534682 -74.534635 -74.534259 -74.534088 -74.534081 -74.533775 -74.533961
Notes/Comments
United States Environmental Protection Agency 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Edison, NJ 08837 Monitoring and Assessment Branch
Surface Emissions Monitoring - Leak Detection and Repair
Atlantic County Landfill/Atlantic County Utility Authority 6700 Delilah Road, Egg Harbor Twp, Atlantic County, NJ
Date of Inspection: May 8 -9, 2023 Weather: 700 F, Sunny, Wind 8 MPH, Visibility - Clear
Sample ID
Well 152 Leachate clean out pump station #
9 Base of pipe at back of pump
station # 9 Flange at Pump Station 8S Pipe behind Pump Station 8S
@base Flange at Pump Station 10
Concentration (ppm) 389
599
8899 4.6
566 3.4
Latitude 39.419666
Longitude -74.524878
39.424488 -74.515547
39.425589 -74.532592 39.428076 -74.534504
39.428028 -74.534519 39.430084 -74.536170
Notes/Comments
ATTACHMENT 2 ARCGIS MAP
Participating Personnel:
Report Prepared by: Lead Inspector:
Approved by:
Leak Detection and Repair (LDAR) Inspection Report
Atlantic County Utilities Authority Landfill 6700 Delilah Road Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08232
AIRS ID: NJ0000003400100209
Inspection Date: May 8-9, 2023
US Environmental Protection Agency Supriya Rao, PE, Environmental Engineer Victor Tu, Environmental Engineer Joseph Cardile, Environmental Engineer
07/05/23
Supriya Rao, PE Environmental Engineer Monitoring and Assessment Branch
07/05/23 ___________________________________________ Supriya Rao, PE Environmental Engineer Monitoring and Assessment Branch
CAROL LYNES
Digitally signed by CAROL LYNES Date: 2023.07.06 15:35:11 -04'00'
Carol Lynes, Chief Monitoring and Assessment Branch
LDAR Inspection of Atlantic County Utilities Authority Landfill, NJ
Table of Contents:
Leak Detection and Repair Report Introduction Management System Review Technical System Audit Compliance Monitoring Follow-Up Areas of Concern
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1-5 3 3 4 4 5 5
Attachments
1
LDAR Monitoring Data
2
ARCGIS Map
LSASD/MAB/AWQAT AIRS ID: 34-001-00209
Atlantic County Utilities Authority Landfill Egg Harbor Township, NJ
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Inspection Date:
May 8-9, 2023
Introduction:
The Atlantic County Utilities Authority Landfill (ACUA) in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey is owned and operated by ACUA. The landfill accepts predominantly municipal solid waste, construction debris, and bulk waste. ACUA has placed waste in eleven cells, Cells 1 and 2 are closed with final cover. Cells 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 are being actively filled. Cells 3, 4, 10, 11 have temporary cover/cap in place. ACUA continues to conduct the operation of placing waste in the active landfill cells during nighttime. This unique nighttime operation is conducted due to its proximity to the local airport. There are various horizontal and vertical gas collectors in Cells 1 to 11 in the landfill. ACUA owns and operates the Gas Collection and Control System (GCCS) system onsite, maintains the well heads, and controls the flare. ACUA's contractor, SCS Field Services performs all of the quarterly surface emissions monitoring at the landfill.
ACUA is subject to 40 CFR 62, Subpart OOO, Federal Plan Requirements for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills That Commenced Construction on or before July 17, 2014, and Have Not Been Modified or Reconstructed Since July 17, 2014, and 40 CFR 63 Subpart AAAA, National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
As per 40 CFR 62 Subpart OOO (62.16716(d)) and 40 CFR 63 Subpart AAAA (63.1958(d)), the landfill is required to develop and implement a surface emissions monitoring plan in which testing is conducted around the perimeter with a pattern that traverses the landfill at 30-meter intervals.
Management System Review:
Objective: A management system review consists of an evaluation of the facility's current Leak Detection and Audit Review (LDAR) program, which includes interviews with staff responsible for overseeing the program and any staff or contractors who perform routine monitoring and data management. Documents reviewed by EPA Region 2 inspectors (hereafter referred to as inspectors) include, but are not limited to past reports, monitoring data, component leak histories, calibration gas certificates of analysis, calibration logs, calibration precision testing, and calibration response time testing.
Observations: ACUA's contractor, SCS Field Services, performs all surface emissions monitoring at the landfill. Any instrument reading greater than 500 ppm is considered an exceedance. If an exceedance is found by SCS Field Services, a GPS location is taken, the area is flagged, and the landfill management is notified. ACUA is responsible for cover maintenance and will add dirt or clay to the surface if necessary.
LSASD/MAB/AWQAT AIRS ID: 34-001-00209
Atlantic County Utilities Authority Landfill Egg Harbor Township, NJ
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According to ACUA, re-monitoring is performed by SCS Field Services within 10 days. If the area passes re-check, follow-up monitoring is performed within 30 days. If the area does not pass the re-check, another attempt at repair is made, and re-monitoring is performed within 10 days.
EPA Inspectors reviewed the quarterly surface emissions monitoring reports from June 2022 to March 2023.
Technical System Audit:
Objective: A Technical System Audit (TSA) consists of an audit of the instrumentation and calibration gases being used for routine LDAR monitoring. Calibration gases will be checked, and the inspector will observe the facility LDAR technician or contractor performing a routine calibration. The procedure used to perform a calibration precision test and response time test will also be observed. This portion of the audit evaluates conformance to Method 21 of 40 CFR Part 60, Appendix A.
Observations: ACUA's surface monitoring contractor, SCS Field Services, was not present during EPA's inspection. Therefore, there are no observations to report about the instrumentation/calibration procedures and calibration gases used by SCS Field Services.
Compliance Monitoring:
Objective: Inspectors perform all compliance monitoring with the facility technician or contractor present to provide confirmation of any leaks detected by EPA. The inspection will consist of side-by-side monitoring where the inspector will monitor several components immediately after the facility technician or contractor has monitored the same component. This is done to verify monitoring technique, ability to find leaks, and performance of the facility's instrument. All monitoring data are summarized and provided as Attachment 1 to this report.
Observations: Side by side surface monitoring could not be conducted as SCS Field Services was not present during EPA's inspection; however, EPA did continue its own LDAR monitoring of the landfill. All results were relayed verbally in the field to ACUA's Mr. Alvaro Alvarez and by email afterwards on. Monitoring results are included in Attachment 1 to this report.
Calibration of the TVA2020 was completed in the field prior to starting the surface emissions monitoring. The following calibration gases were used in the daily calibration: Zero Air, Methane 505 ppm, Methane 1025 ppm, and Methane 1% volume. Background concentrations were determined both upwind and downwind of the landfill, with results included in Attachment 1. A total of 69 points were monitored over the two-day period. Any reading above 500 ppm is considered a leak ((62.16716(d)) and (63.1958(d)). As shown in
LSASD/MAB/AWQAT AIRS ID: 34-001-00209
Atlantic County Utilities Authority Landfill Egg Harbor Township, NJ
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Attachment 1, EPA detected 29 leaks, which equates to a leak rate of 42%. A majority of the leaks found were located at base of the wells, located in the landfill section covered with the black tarp.
Region 2 inspectors used ArcGIS Maps on iPhone XR to record the coordinates of each point monitored at ACUA. Coordinates for each point monitored can be found in Attachment 1.
Follow-Up:
At the closing conference held on May 9, 2023, Region 2 inspectors reviewed all the findings of the inspection with ACUA personnel (Gary Conover, Greg Seher, Sam Nutile and Alvaro Alvarez). On May 20, 2023, Joseph Cardile forwarded Mr. Gary Conover the requested exceedances table with all exceedances locations and requested follow-up repair and monitoring data for all leaks found during the inspection. ACUA sent the initial 10-day monitoring data on May 31, 2023. On June 1, 2023, Joseph Cardile acknowledged receipt of the data as well as requested that supporting documentation of repairs to be included with the 30 days recheck monitoring and submittal.
ACUA provided the 30-day re-monitoring data and pictures of the repairs conducted on June 20, 2023.
Areas of Concern:
During EPA's Surface Emission Monitoring, a total of 29 locations with gas readings exceeding 500 ppm were identified. During the last quarterly gas monitoring completed by SCS Field Services in March 2023, six penetration locations were identified with readings above 500 ppm. SEM reports were reviewed from the time period of June 2022 to March 2023. The second quarter 2022 SEM report listed exceedances at seven penetration monitoring points. The third quarter 2022 SEM report listed exceedances at thirteen penetration monitoring points. The fourth quarter 2022 SEM report listed exceedances at three penetration monitoring points. EPA has detected a significantly greater number of exceedances during the surface emission monitoring. Despite EPA's request, SCS Field Services did not have a monitoring technician or monitoring equipment available during EPA's inspection. It is recommended that ACUA's surface emissions monitoring contractor, SCS Field Services, reevaluate the requirements of Method 21 to ensure proper monitoring techniques are being utilized during the quarterly monitoring in order to correctly identify the number of gas exceedances over 500 ppm methane.
LSASD/MAB/AWQAT AIRS ID: 34-001-00209
Atlantic County Utilities Authority Landfill Egg Harbor Township, NJ
United States Environmental Protection Agency 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Edison, NJ 08837 Monitoring and Assessment Branch
Surface Emissions Monitoring - Leak Detection and Repair
Atlantic County Landfill/Atlantic County Utility Authority 6700 Delilah Road, Egg Harbor Twp, Atlantic County, NJ
Date of Inspection: May 8 -9, 2023 Weather: 700 F, Sunny, Wind 8 MPH, Visibility - Clear
Sample ID
Downwind Upwind Upwind
Pump station # 6 Pump Station # 5 Pump Station # 4
Runoff opposite to Pump station #4 Pump Station # 2
Manhole 1557-2013 Well 58A Well # 11 Well # 58
Penetration #1 Penetration #2 Penetration #3 Horizontal collector @ flange Penetration # 4 Penetration # 5
Horizontal collector off well 121 Well 121
Horizontal collector close to well 125
Horizontal collector close to well 100
Well 100 @base Well 99 @ base Well 105 @ base Well 106 @header Horizontal collector near well 112 H51 @ header H48 @bottom of header pipe Well 113 @jacket sleeve
Concentration (ppm) 1.0 1.5 1.5 24 57 2
1.8 6.8 1.8 4.6 15.6 4.8 6346 1153 16.8 587 10100 10600
804 1.8
508
2.8 23 142 4.8 6002 17.8 824 10100 17400
Latitude
39.425808 39.423720 39.423715 39.424377 39.424471 39.424579
Longitude
-74.539584 -74.542271 -74.542269 -74.535899 -74.537221 -74.538426
Notes/Comments Near lookout tower
39.424646 39.424236 39.424611 39.425855 39.426053 39.425662 39.426572 39.426563 39.426532 39.426388 39.426324 39.426280
-74.538613 -74.539494 -74.542927 -74.538761 -74.539519 -74.539273 -74.539255 -74.539248 -74.539254 -74.539532 -74.539651 -74.539680
39.426205 -74.539967 39.426166 -74.540323
C&D meets MSW area
39.429423 -74.538780
39.429476 39.429583 39.430116 39.429971 39.430069 39.429918 39.430028 39.429908 39.429558
-74.538189 -74.537843 -74.537889 -74.538390 -74.538893 -74.539375 -74.539432 -74.539640 -74.539838
United States Environmental Protection Agency 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Edison, NJ 08837 Monitoring and Assessment Branch
Surface Emissions Monitoring - Leak Detection and Repair
Atlantic County Landfill/Atlantic County Utility Authority 6700 Delilah Road, Egg Harbor Twp, Atlantic County, NJ
Date of Inspection: May 8 -9, 2023 Weather: 700 F, Sunny, Wind 8 MPH, Visibility - Clear
Sample ID
H53 @sleeve near header H54 @sleeve near header
Well 108 Well 109@base Horizontal on top of well 109 @sleeve of bottom Well 18R @ header
Well 16R Well 17R Well 123 @base Well 124 @flange Well 89 @base Well 95 @flange Well 91 @flange Well 90
Protrusion near header elbow pipe Well 94 @base
Header for well 95 @base Well 21A
Well 130 @base Well 132
Header for Well 132 Header for well 133 Dirt mound near Well 129
Well 154R Well 136R Well 153R Header for Well 153R Well 137R Well 155R Soil near Well 155R Well 138R @base Well 139R
Concentration (ppm) 6834 4436 238 2067
2896 118 24 14.5 2067 8.8 1252 34.5 8.5 5.5
10100 1767 508 1357 148 7.8 1630 6897 1020 323 249 316 17.5 626 412 599
54 11.2
Latitude
39.429487 39.429272 39.429167 39.428759
Longitude
-74.539529 -74.539653 -74.539674 -74.539793
39.428807 39.427014 39.426936 39.427976 39.428137 39.428474 39.428638 39.428880 39.428891 39.428914
-74.539338 -74.537444 -74.537732 -74.537971 -74.538502 -74.538655 -74.538356 -74.537873 -74.537868 -74.537851
39.429185 39.428583 39.428876 39.427176 39.426783 39.426632 39.426682 39.426457 39.426331 39.426155 39.426152 39.426167 39.426594 39.426472 39.426267 39.426265 39.425874 39.425432
-74.537482 -74.537442 -74.536831 -74.536446 -74.536138 -74.536125 -74.535692 -74.535342 -74.535979 -74.534704 -74.534692 -74.534682 -74.534635 -74.534259 -74.534088 -74.534081 -74.533775 -74.533961
Notes/Comments
United States Environmental Protection Agency 2890 Woodbridge Avenue, Edison, NJ 08837 Monitoring and Assessment Branch
Surface Emissions Monitoring - Leak Detection and Repair
Atlantic County Landfill/Atlantic County Utility Authority 6700 Delilah Road, Egg Harbor Twp, Atlantic County, NJ
Date of Inspection: May 8 -9, 2023 Weather: 700 F, Sunny, Wind 8 MPH, Visibility - Clear
Sample ID
Well 152 Leachate clean out pump station #
9 Base of pipe at back of pump
station # 9 Flange at Pump Station 8S Pipe behind Pump Station 8S
@base Flange at Pump Station 10
Concentration (ppm) 389
599
8899 4.6
566 3.4
Latitude 39.419666
Longitude -74.524878
39.424488 -74.515547
39.425589 -74.532592 39.428076 -74.534504
39.428028 -74.534519 39.430084 -74.536170
Notes/Comments