DAC reviews 2024 annual report draft and timeline of inspections after EPA surface‑emissions survey

Committee members reviewed the draft 2024 annual report for the landfill and associated facilities. Staff summarized key items in the executive summary: remaining permitted airspace and life‑of‑site estimates (Republic reported approximately 12.9 years remaining as of the 2024 calculation), investments in gas control (reported at roughly $9.5 million from 2019–2024), and recent cell construction (completion of cell 6A in early 2026, construction of 6B and planned work on 6C).

The report also summarizes inspections and monitoring activity. Republic said it was inspected multiple times in 2024 (EPA, DEQ and other agencies) and was not issued a notice of violation for 2024 activities. Republic reported it subsequently received a DEQ pre‑enforcement notification and has been cooperating with DEQ’s requests. The committee discussed an EPA surface emissions monitoring event that recorded 41 exceedances in June 2024; Republic described immediate corrective actions (repairing covers, expanding gas collection) and raised concerns that some EPA sampling placements (probes under tarps or in animal burrows) differed from the required walking‑grid technique used in routine monitoring.

Why it matters: The annual report is the committee’s regular mechanism to present operations, monitoring results and compliance history to the county commissioners. The EPA‑DEQ inspection history and corrective actions inform public and regulatory oversight.

Next steps: Committee members will email any suggestions or corrections within the requested comment window so staff can finalize the report for the county commissioners; members also requested that the complaint‑source discrepancy (separately discussed) be reconciled or annotated before submission.