“There’s only one truck that belongs to the Authority that is road worthy,” Holstine said.
By: Lydia Crawley
The Tucker County Solid Waste Authority met March 25th at the TCSWA Office to hear updates on the status of the Landfill. At the meeting Presiding Chair Mark Holstine stated the dire need for the purchase of a truck for the Landfill and grant applications submitted. Jody Alderman also updated the Board on the progress made by Renewable Energy on their plans to harvest and sell renewable natural gas produced at the site.
Holstine said there was a grant application that was being submitted to the Solid Waste Management Board in Charleston. The purpose of the grant application was the purchase of a pickup truck for the landfill. “We have a grant app that is going in,” Holstine said.
Holstine said that the TCSWA currently only has one truck that is road worthy. According to Holstine, the grant funds will be used to purchase a second truck. “We really need another pickup truck up here that is road worthy,” Holstine said. “There’s only one truck that belongs to the Authority that is road worthy. So we are going to use grant money from the board, Solid Management Board, to help purchase another truck.”
Alderman said he had met with Jeffery Craig with Renewable Energy. According to Alderman, Renewable Energy has moved forward on the gas collection project and has hired Cintec to begin design on the well field for the project.
Alderman also said there had been a site visit to establish where the site vents would be placed and where drilling would need to be. According to Alderman, many of the drilling sites are already in place and there will be little to no need for additional drilling at the site. “ We had a site visit here to see the gas vents we already have in place now and they are thinking they are just going to be able to use those to put the wells instead of drilling new ones,” Alderman said.
The discovery at the site visit, Alderman said, will save time and money on the project by eliminating the need for additional drilling at the site. Alderman said Craig and his company had expected to have to drill, but the discovery would speed up the process. However, additional research would need to be done before any official determination would be made. Any unused vent sites would be resealed, according to Alderman. “They are big enough that they should be able to use those without drilling new wells,” Alderman said. “He said he was going to do some research to make sure and then its just a matter of picking out which ones they are going to use and the rest of them would be sealed back off.”
In other business, Holstine said he had drafted and sent a letter of support for the Corridor H Southern Route.
The next meeting of the Tucker County Solid Waste Authority will be held Monday, April 22nd at 3 p.m. at the TCSWA Office located at 284 Landfill Road in Davis.
