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EPA Workshop on Bioreactor Landfills
On February 27 - 28, 2003, EPA presented a workshop on bioreactor landfills in Crystal City, Virginia. Sessions included:
- Plenary Session
- Current Practices and Research;
- Characterization and Monitoring;
- Bioreactor Design and Operation;
- Liquids and Gas Management;
- Post Closure Care and Monitoring;
- Case Studies
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Meeting
Agenda (PDF) (5 pp, 135 KB)
| Plenary Session | |
|---|---|
| EPA Perspective on Bioreactor Landfill Systems (PDF) (6 pp, 137 KB) | Thea McManus, Acting Director, Municipal and Industrial Solid Waste Division, EPA |
| Office of Research and Development’s Landfill Research Priorities (PDF) ( pp, 158 KB) | Hugh W. McKinnon, M.D., MPH, Director, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, EPA |
| Bioreactors - A Public Perspective (PDF) (8 pp, 381 KB) | Peter Anderson, President Peter Anderson (PDF) (1 pp, 33 KB), President, RecycleWorlds Consulting |
| A State Regulatory Perspective (PDF) (25 pp, 67 KB) | ASTSWMO Bioreactor Work Group |
| A Multiple State Regulatory Perspective (PDF (2 pp, 1038 KB) | Robert J. Phaneuf ( pp, 60 KB) , New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, Division of Solid & Hazardous Materials on behalf of ASTSWMO’s Bioreactor Landfill Work Group |
| Achieving the Potential of Bioreactor Landfills (PDF) (14 pp, 93 KB) | John H. Skinner, Ph.D., Executive Director and CEO, The Solid Waste Association of North America |
| The Business of Bioreactors: An Industry View (PDF) (15 pp, 389 KB) | Ed Skernolis (PDF) (1 pp, 60 KB), Director of Government Affairs, Waste Management, Inc. |
| Session 1 - Current Practices and Research | |
| The Bioreactor Landfill Paradigm (PDF) (13 pp, 342 KB) | Frederick G. Pohland (PDF) (1 pp, 8 KB), Ph.D., P.E. Professor and Weidlein Chair of Environmental Engineering, University of Pittsburgh |
| Bioreactor Challenges (PDF) (19 pp, 559 KB) | Debra R. Reinhart (PDF) (1 pp, 10 KB), University of Central Florida |
Bioreactor
Benefits Complete Document, (PDF) (15 pp, 1.4 MB)
|
John Pacey, FHC, Inc. |
Working
Towards Field Implementation of Landfill Bioreactors Complete
Document, (PDF) (21 pp, 1.8 MB)
|
Fran Kremer, Ph.D., Research
Coordinator, Land Remediation Pollution Control Division, Office of
Research and Development, EPA; Gary Hater, Senior Director, Bioreactor/Biosite Technology, Waste Management, Inc.; Deborah Hanlon, Chief, Information and Analysis Branch, Municipal and Industrial Solid Waste Division, EPA |
| Session 2 - Characterization and Monitoring | |
| Landfill Chemistry and Microbiology (PDF) (21 pp, 323 KB) | Morton A. Barlaz (PDF) (1 pp, 29 KB), Department of Civil Engineering, North Carolina State University |
| Field Sampling and Lab Methods (PDF) (25 pp, 1276 KB) | Roger B. Green, Waste Management, Inc. |
| Sampling Parameters: Bioreacting Landfills (PDF) (15 pp, 809 KB) | Wendy Davis-Hoover, Ph.D., Research Microbiologist, Office of Research and Development, EPA |
| Session 3 - Bioreactor Design and Operation | |
| Landfill Design and Operation (PDF) (13 pp, 464 KB) | Gregory Richardson (PDF) (1 pp, 32 KB), Ph.D., P.E., G. N. Richardson & Associates |
| Wet (aka, Bioreactor) Landfills: The Liner System Issues (PDF) (23 pp, 846 KB) | Robert Koerner (1 pp, 31 KB), H. L. Bowman Professor of Civil Engineering, Drexel University |
Landfill
and Waste Geotechnical Stability Complete Document, (PDF) (29 pp, 2.8 MB)
|
Robert H. Isenberg (PDF) (1 pp, 59 KB), PE, CPG, SCS Engineers |
| Landfill Cover Design and Operation (PDF) (20 pp, 1028 KB) | Beth A. Gross (PDF) (1 pp, 40 KB), P.E., GeoSyntec GeoSyntec Consultants |
