Chaffee Landfill Expansion

Solid Waste Management Facility and Title V Air Permit Modifications

Applicant

Waste Management of New York, LLC
800 Capital Street, Suite 3000
Houston, Texas 77002

Facility

Chaffee Landfill
10860 Olean Road
Chaffee, New York 14030

DEC Application ID Nos:

6 NYCRR Part 363 Solid Waste Management Facility - 9-1462-00001/00006
6 NYCRR Parts 201, 208 and 212 Air Title V Facility - 9-1462-00001/00013

Project Description

Waste Management of New York (WMNY), LLC has applied to modify the Part 360 Solid Waste Management Facility permit and to modify and renew the Title V Air permit for a lateral and vertical expansion at the Chaffee Landfill in the Town of Sardinia. The proposal includes a 20-acre lateral expansion to the south of the existing landfill, 10 acres of valley fill between the proposed new cell area and the closed NYS landfill, and a vertical expansion over currently permitted areas. The vertical expansion would cover about 24 acres and increase the height of the permitted landfill by 30 feet. The proposed project also includes two new soil borrow areas, 13.8 acres to the north of the existing closed landfill and a 10-acre clay borrow area south of the proposed expansion area. The proposed modification will extend the site life by approximately 7 years and will add approximately 5.1 million cubic yards of disposal capacity. The proposed modification will not change the approved design capacity of this landfill.

Project Status

A Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (FSEIS) which includes the comments on the draft permits and the DEC response to those comments has been prepared and accepted. Notice of Acceptance of Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement will be published in the NYSDEC's Environmental Notice Bulletin on April 19, 2023.

A Notice of Complete Application, Notice of Acceptance of the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS) and Notice of Public Hearing was published in the NYSDEC's Environmental Notice Bulletin on September 14, 2022 and in the Buffalo News on September 12, 2022. A virtual public meeting to hear and receive unsworn comments was held on September 28, 2022. No members of the public attended the meeting and no comments were received on the DSEIS. The only comments received were related to the draft permits and were from WMNY.

Location of Project Documents

On-line documents are available for review at: https://chaffeelandfill.wm.com/permit-information/index.jsp (leaves DEC website).

Filed application documents, including the DSEIS and the FSEIS are also available for review at:

• NYSDEC Buffalo Office, 700 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, New York 14209
  Contact Person: Lisa Czechowicz, (716) 851-7165
• Arcade Free Public Library, 365 Main Street, Arcade, New York 14009, (585) 492-1297
• Sardinia Town Hall, 12321 Savage Road, Sardinia, New York 14134, (716) 496-8900