FACILITY SITING
Non-hazardous Chemical Waste Transfer Station in North Chicago Illinois. The siting process included an adversarial hearing before the City of North Chicago, conceptual design of the facility and strategies for developing need theories.
- Developed siting strategy for the project.
- Developing the documentation for the Illinois siting process, proof that the facility would not impact human health or the environment, and the conceptual design of the facility.
- Provided witness for the facility design and its impact upon human health and the environment.
New Regional Landfill in Collier County Florida. The public process involved the development of locational criteria for the landfill by a group of citizens representing a cross section of the community. The locational criteria were based on the values and concerns of the members of the committee of citizens.
- Public process consultant to a consortium of four firms comprising the siting team.
- Facilitated one year of monthly meetings of the 15-member Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) during which the CAC developed locational criteria for the new landfill.
- Facilitated the CAC’s weighing of criteria using a structured decision making process, Nominal Group Technique, during a weekend long meeting of the CAC.
- Facilitated the presentations of the CAC findings and work effort to the Collier County Board of Supervisors.
3500 ton-per-day Municipal Solid Waste Transfer Station, Melrose Park, Illinois.
- Prepared siting application documents.
- Performed design and constructability reviews.
- Assisted in the development of siting strategy.
- Defended the design and siting before the Village of Melrose Park as an expert witness in Illinois’ adversarial siting process.
Multi-state siting effort to site a hazardous waste disposal facility for a Fortune 50 industrial client. The search area was the states east of the Mississippi. Issues driving the siting, in addition to federal and state criteria, were environmental justice and full public disclosure.
- Developed the Environmental Justice strategy for the siting team.
- Assisted the client in determining internal policies to implement the siting process.
- Developed a public process to familiarize the client’s project team with the mission and goals of the siting project. This was used when any new personnel were added to the team.
- Developed disclosure process that assured client confidences while maintaining an open public process.
Countywide Landfill Site Search, Oakland County, MI. The siting used state and local criteria, overlay mapping, and an interactive public process in which a cross-section of Oakland County citizens developed locational criteria using community values.
- Facilitated 12 meetings of a 31-member Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) in which the CAC developed locational criteria for the County’s new landfill.
- Facilitated a Nominal Group technique session in which the CAC weighted their locational criteria.
- Provided content expert in the area of landfill design and operations in addition to facilitator.
600 TPD Solid Waste Transfer Station, Bay City, MI. As part of the site assessment, a conceptual design of the transfer station was developed.
- Identified need for transfer station at Bay City to serve our landfill in Saginaw, Michigan.
- Identified an appropriate site for the facility.
- Prepared Environmental Impact Assessment for facility at the site selected for the facility
- Lead negotiations with Bay City, Michigan for the site.
Hazardous Waste Landfill and a Solid Waste Landfill that were to "anchor" an industrial park.
- Organized siting hearing strategy.
- Lead the design team for the hazardous waste landfill and supported the design with expert testimony at the siting hearing.
- Coordinated testimony of other experts.