Appendix CRF - Part 3 - Northamptonshire County Council

4.2 Business Plans and Site Development Plans
4.2.1 The landfill site is operated as a hazardous waste landfill with a number of
ancillary and related waste activities on the site. The disposal rate of the
engineered landfill cells with hazardous and inert (for cover etc.) waste is
permitted at a maximum rate of 249,999 tonnes/year (Figure 2).
4.2.2 It is envisaged that landfill operations will continue until approximately 2013,
dependant on the actual importation rate. The site will be progressively restored
and once complete will undergo a defined scheme of capping and restoration. In
accordance with the extant planning permission the landfill site will be restored
principally to grasslands for ecological and agricultural afteruse.
4.2.3 The proposal for LLW disposal at the site would not be envisaged to change the
total capacity of the site or the physical features that contributed to the original
landfill permitting decision.
4.2.4 Operating details for the site are not presented here and are available in the
supporting documentation for the existing permitted operations (ref 15). The
operating arrangements and culture at the site are consistent with the
arrangements proposed for LLW disposal in this application.
4.3 Existing Permits
4.3.1 The East Northants Resource Management Facility landfill is operating under an
Environmental Permit (TP 3430GW) issued May 2009, for the disposal of
hazardous waste. The site commenced operations in 2002 under a PPC Permit
and was originally a co-disposal site for the disposal of non-hazardous and
hazardous wastes. Since the beginning of 2004, the site has received
predominantly hazardous waste and the practice of co-disposal has ceased. The
site is therefore now a hazardous only site apart from the need for suitable cover
materials. The permit boundary covers an area of 17.27 hectares with some
14.36 hectares for the maximum extent of the cells.
4.3.2 The wastes accepted at East Northants Resource Management Facility cover a
broad spectrum of those defined as hazardous under the European Waste
Catalogue subject to the hazardous waste acceptance criteria. These criteria in
particular exclude explosive, flammable, corrosive and infectious materials.
Application for disposal of LLW including HV-VLLW under RSA 1993,
for the East Northants Resource Management Facility:
Supporting Information
July 2009
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