Severe cold and snow at the Bristol Quarry Landfill kept work onsite to routine maintenance this week.
This month, on January 16, the City of Bristol Virginia and the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (VDEQ) amended for a second time the Consent Decree entered into on March 23, 2023. The amendment includes several changes.
First, the Amendment affects some reporting requirements: decreasing the frequency of certain reports over time, eliminating reporting requirements under the Consent Decree for landfill 221, and requiring an in person meeting with VDEQ every January to assess the status of the requirements made by the Consent Decree.
Second, the Amendment continues to require the installation of a geomembrane to cover the quarry landfill. However, the Amendment drops the requirement that the geomembrane be an EVOH and instead permits the city, its experts, and VDEQ to assess and determine the type of geomembrane to install at the appropriate time. The installation of the geomembrane will be contingent on the settlement criteria listed in the amendment. Once that process is complete, the city will have 12 months to install the geomembrane.
A link to the amended Consent Decree can be found here: https://www.bristolva.gov/DocumentCenter/View/6602/20260116---Notice-of-Letter-Agreement---Amendments-to-Consent-Decree-002