RATIONALE FOR MODIFICATION
Waste Pro Meridian Landfill II LLC
 Bozeman Hill Class I Rubbish Site
Lauderdale County
Solid Waste SW0380020623
Date of Application: June 4, 2024 and March 31, 2025

I.	FACILITY INFORMATION

Facility Name:  	Bozeman Hill Class I Rubbish Site
Facility Owner:	Waste Pro Meridian Landfill II LLC
Facility Address:	7701 Barnhill Road
Meridian, MS 39305    
Permit No.:		SW0380020623
SIC Code:		4953
Permit Writer:		Charity Rockingham 
Branch:		Solid Waste Permitting Branch

II.	NATURE OF BUSINESS AND CURRENT CONDITIONS

Waste Pro Meridian Landfill II, LLC currently owns and operates the Bozeman Hill Class I Rubbish Site at the referenced location.  The site was originally permitted as a class I rubbish site, Solid Waste General Permit Coverage No. R1-066, on August 24, 1999, owned by Southern Waste Disposal, Inc. and operated as the Bozeman Hill Rubbish Site. The facility was transferred from Southern Waste Disposal, Inc. to Waste Pro of Mississippi, Inc. on April 30, 2010, and later transferred to Waste Pro Meridian Landfill II, LLC on October 11, 2010. Waste Pro Meridian Landfill II, LLC is a subsidiary of Wast Pro of Mississippi, Inc. The class I rubbish facility’s current disposal acreage is 8.53 acres.  The total property area is approximately 52.47 acres.
 
III.	PROPOSED PERMITTING ACTION(S)

Waste Pro Meridian Landfill II, LLC has submitted a solid waste permit application for modification of the existing solid waste permit. The modification would expand the existing permitted disposal area to the south and increase the available class I rubbish disposal area by 8.88 acres.  The new total disposal area for the rubbish site would be approximately 17.41 acres. 

Due to the Statewide General Permit for Class I Rubbish Sites being expired, MDEQ has drafted an individual permit, SW0380020623, to recognize the proposed modifications and reissue the permit for a 10-year period. Coverage R1-066 will be terminated. 

IV.	LOCATION AND TOTAL PROPERTY AREA

The facility is located at 7701 Barnhill Road, Meridian, MS 39305. The facility is located within Section 15, Township 7 North, Range 15 East of Lauderdale County.  The proposed disposal area consists of 17.41 areas within a total property area of 52.47 acres. The gated entrance for the disposal facility is approximately located at Latitude: 32° 26' 52" North, Longitude: 88° 45' 17" West.

V.	LOCAL SOLID WASTE PLANNING AND ZONING INFORMATION

The proposed permit action is consistent with the Lauderdale County Solid Waste Management Plan (Plan). The Lauderdale County Board of Supervisors (County), in cooperation with the municipalities of the City of Meridian and the Town of Marion, developed an individual, comprehensive plan for the county, the Lauderdale County Solid Waste Management Plan (Plan), to address the changing needs in the county. On August 15, 2022, the Lauderdale County Board of Supervisors adopted a local resolution approving the Plan, which included the proposed 8.88 expansion of the Bozeman Hill Class I Rubbish Site.

The Mississippi Commission on Environmental Quality (Commission) issued Administrative Order No. 7303 24 on January 29, 2024, providing conditional approval of the comprehensive Plan, and issued Administrative Order No. 7343 24 on August 14, 2024, which fully recognized the expansion of the Bozeman Hill Class I Rubbish Site. In addition, a letter dated December 19, 2019, from the City of Meridian indicated that the proposed facility expansion is in conformance with all local land use and/or zoning ordinances in conformance with all applicable local laws, regulations, and ordinances.

VI.	APPROVED SERVICE AREA

The Lauderdale County Solid Waste Management Plan (Plan) also includes an approved service area for the Bozeman Hill Claas I Rubbish Site, as approved by the Lauderdale County Board of Supervisors. The approved service area includes the counties of Clarke, Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, and Newton in Mississippi along with the contiguous Alabama counties of Choctaw and Sumter.

VII.	SITING CRITERIA

Under the Mississippi Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management Regulations (Regulations), an applicant seeking to locate a new or expanded solid waste facility must demonstrate compliance with a variety of siting criteria. The current application does not propose any variances to the siting criteria in the Mississippi Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management Regulations for the proposed expansion area. Additionally, no changes to the currently approved siting criteria for the existing disposal area are proposed. 

A buffer zone surrounds the currently permitted area.  The buffer distance on the south, west, and east sides of the currently permitted area is 150 feet or greater. The proposed expansion area (8.88 acres) is located south of the currently permitted area. The proposed buffer distances for this area are 200 feet or greater on all sides.

VIII.	GEOLOGICAL INFORMATION

Geologic information submitted by the applicant with this and previous permit applications demonstrate the site complies with the State’s geologic siting criteria for class 1 rubbish sites when constructed in conjunction with the proposed liner system. 

Two hydrogeologic investigations have been completed at the existing and proposed expansion areas, in 1994 and 2021, respectively.  As part of these investigations, 12 soil borings and 4 piezometers have been completed at the facility.  The geologic investigation from 1994 was completed by drilling and sampling five soil borings, four were completed to 25 feet below ground surface and one soil boring was completed to 50 feet below ground surface. Two select soil samples were tested for hydraulic conductivity/permeability. Hydraulic conductivities of select soil samples ranged from 9.0 x 10 ˉ⁶ centimeters per second (cm/sec) to3.3 x 10ˉ⁸cm/sec. Three piezometers were temporarily installed in previously established soil borings to determine static groundwater levels/depths. The geologic investigation from 2021 was completed by drilling and sampling seven soil borings, three soil borings were completed to 35 feet below ground surface and four soil borings were completed to 50 feet below ground surface. One piezometer was temporarily installed in a previously established soil boring to determine static groundwater level/depth.

The landfill is constructed in sediments of the Wilcox Group of the lower Eocene series, which has been reported to be between 675 and 800 feet thick, at the downdip limit of this geologic Group.  The subsurface sediments of the proposed expansion area as well as the originally permitted areas documented have been documented as interbedded sandy clay, clayey to sandy silt to silty sandy clay.  

IX.	LINER SYSTTEM

The applicant has proposed a design for the landfill liner system in accordance with the Mississippi Nonhazardous Solid Waste Management Regulations. The natural liner system will be verified in the subsurface at proposed excavation design grades.  For those areas both in the disposal floor and sidewalls at design grades that do not exhibit naturally occurring low permeability earthen material a constructed clay liner (CCL) has been proposed. The CCL shall be constructed to specifications as proposed and approved in the permit application. For interior sidewalls and disposal floor, the CCL shall consist of 24” of compacted clay that must be constructed to the state permeability standard (k ≤ 1 x 10‾⁷ cm/sec. A construction quality assurance plan has been provided to ensure quality control and standards for construction of the landfill.  

X.	HOURS OF OPERATION AND SITE SECURITY

The Bozeman Hill Class I Rubbish Site hours of operation are Monday through Friday, 8 am to 5 pm and Saturdays, 8 am to 12 pm.  The Waste Pro Meridian Landfill II Rubbish Site is closed on Sundays. The facility access is controlled by a main entrance on the east side of the property, and the entrance to the facility is via Barnhill Road. The main entrance, which is open during hours of operation, provides access to the onsite operations and the facility buildings. A gated auxiliary entrance exists south of the main entrance and is also accessed from Barnhill Road. Site security is provided using a lockable gate at each entrance. 

XI.	WASTE ACCEPTANCE

The Bozeman Hill Class I Rubbish Site will continue to accept and dispose of authorized, nonhazardous class I rubbish waste as defined by the regulations. The applicant estimates an average incoming waste tonnage of approximately 1,200 tons per day.
 
XII.	WASTE COVER SCHEDULE

Six inches of earthen cover will be applied to the waste every other week on Friday, in accordance with the approved plan of operations. 

XIII.	FINAL COVER SYSTEM AND HEIGHT 

Upon closure, a final cover system must be constructed in accordance with State Regulations and the approved closure plan. An updated closure plan describing the final cover system must be submitted and approved by MDEQ prior to beginning final closure activities. The final cover system will be developed with an 18” infiltration layer (low permeability soils) and a 6” erosion layer (earthen material to sustain vegetative growth). The final cover system will be developed with no more than 25% side slopes and a top cap with a minimum of 4% slopes. The final height (including 2 feet of earthen cover) of the disposal area shall not exceed 463 feet mean sea level.    

XIV.	APPLICANT DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

In accordance with State Law, the applicant filed a disclosure statement describing the company’s structure, key officers and members, other affiliated businesses and any civil or criminal violations. The disclosure statement for Waste Pro Meridian Landfill II LLC, a subsidiary of Wast Pro of Mississippi, Inc., was reviewed by the MDEQ Legal Division and determined to be complete on August 24, 2024. 

XV.	FACILITY CONTACT INFORMATION

Mr. Chris Lockwood, Regional Vice President
Waste Pro of Meridian Landfill II, LLC
4205 Beasley Road
Gautier, MS 39553
(228) 818-5393 – office

XVI.	OPERATOR CERTIFICATION

William Wright
Certification No. RSO-302
Certification Expiration Date: February 28, 2027

XVII.	OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

Coverage under Mississippi’s Industrial Storm Water General NPDES Permit (MSR002244) was issued June 8, 2021, and expires November 30, 2025.

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