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.. . The Summerville News, Thursday, October 17, 1991
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Monitoring Plan Rejected
State environmental
tion official&?ve mwhfi
a groundwater monitoring
for a proposed new Chattol:)ga
County landfill at
Chattoogaville.
Commissioner Jim Parker
thinks that the rejection may
be due-to the quickly changing
area of environmental regula
tion rather than to the county’s
engineers.
Landfill Plan Proposed
By TOMMY TOLES
Editor
*
A Tennessee company has
been asked to come ug with a
cost estixcngte on tC e firm
operating attooFa ounty’s
groposed new landfill at
hattoogaville.
Chattooga Commissioner
Jim Parker asked for the
estimate Monday afternoon
after meeting with two officials
of Santek, Cleveland, Tenn.
The commissioner emphasized
that because he was asking for
the estimate and more specific
information, he wasn’t making
a commitment to the firm.
LISTENING
He had told The Summer
ville News prior to the meeting
that he was willing to listen to
the Santek plan and to other
proposals that might he}fi
resolve the count{’s landfi
problems. Because he was will
minto listen, Parker said, that
didn't mean he has made a
decision or a commitment to
any firm.
Ken Higgins, president of
Santek, and Cheryl Green,
head of the firm’s public rela
tions and marketing depart
ment, met with Parker for less
than an hour.
They said Santek built and
((?erates landfills in Bradley
ounty, Tenn., and in Loudon
County, Tenn., near Knoxville.
The five-fl'ear-old company
favors public ownership of
landfills and private manage
megt of the facilities, Higgins
said.
One of the landfills that the
firm operates in Tennessee ac
cepts about 200 tons of ghar
bage ger day, and the other
around 300 tons per day, Hig
gins said.
Commissioner Parker said
the Chattooga landfill on Penn
Bridge Road currentl{ is
receiving about 50 tons of gar
bage each day.
“That’s good, that’s good,”
Higgins said. He said Santek
could og‘erate a small landfill
althou%e the per ton cost
would hxilfher than for a
larger landfill operation.
“We feel like it’s better to
take care of Xour own waste,”
Higgins said. By the county
owning its own landfill and set
ting the policies of the private
operator, he continued, the
county could keep garbage
fenerat,ed outside the county
rom entering the county
Penn Bridge Road
Proposal Studied
from front page
county’s groundwater monitor
ing system and well construc
tion do not conform to the
standards and specifications
for such systems and therefore
must be abandoned . . .
‘... The plan requires the
county to produce certain su
plemental field data to justii%
and document the actual we|
locations which were given in
the groundwater monitoring
component of the closure/g)ost
cl;;ure plan approved Feb. 19,
1991...
“The county will engage the
services of a professional
engineering firm registered in
the State of Georgia on a
regular basis but for no less
than once per month beginning
September, 1991 and continu
ing through the closure of the
disposal site to evaluate the
operation of the disposal site
and to ensure it is o(ferated in
accordance with its design and
operation lEfi’lan and any order
by the (EPD) Director that
may apply. Written plain
language reports of the evalua
tions and a‘lx corrective ac
tions to be taken to bring the
site into compliance are to be
New Landfill Decision Appealed
Carole Wintle of the
Georgia Environmental Pro
tection Division (EPD) said the
county’s plan doesn’t meet the
refiuimments of the EPD’s
‘‘Manual for Groundwater
Monitoring — September,
1991.”
There were three basic
%uestions about the plan.
arker said, and those will be
answered by Tribble &
Richardson, Atlanta and
Santek To Obtain Cost Estimate
facility.
The Alabama Conservancy
has endorsed the Santek con
cept of public ownership and
g.xl'lxvate management of land
s, Higgins said.
BUDGET
Both Ms. Green and Hig
gins said the Santek plan
would allow the county to
budget its sanitation costs for
five g’ears in the future.
I thfiy were allowed to
operate t epro?osed new coun
ty landfill in Chattooga, Hig
gins said, it would be the
smallest in the Southeast
Well Rejection Wrong?
EPD Questioned On Landfill Decision
from front page
gl':xidance by EPD throughout
the installation.”
*“...What can be gained
by plugging the wells and later
constructing ‘almost identical’
wells in the same or a nearby
location?”” Schrock asked.
“On behalf of Chattool_fig
County, we request that E
reconsider their position and
allow the use of the ground
water monitoring wells in place
for ground water monitoring,”
Schrock said.
‘““As Mr. McLemore has in
dicated in his memorandum,
the ground water monitoring
glran was approved by the Lan
otection Branch prior to
EPD’s checkoff sheet beincf
developed,” the engineer said.
“We, as well as A&S En
vironmental Services, feel that
this work was completed under
guidance given by EPD
representatives at that time
and should be approved accor
dingly.”
EPD MONITORED
Atkins, in his letter to
Schrock in response to the
EPD memo, asserted that the
entire construction Erocess was
monitored by the EPD.
According to Tr:
McLemore’s memo, A&S in
stalled schedule 40 PVC S{ye
instead of schedule 80 C
casing.
Atkins said he called Lael
Butler of the EPD at 10:30
am. on May 29, 1990, to
discuss which type pipe to use
in the wells. “m Butler in
dicated that most monitoring
submitted by consulting
engineer with a copy being pro
vided to the county to the
(EPD’s) North Georgia Region
Office by the 10th of the month
following the evaluation
month.
“The county will operate
the disposal site in accordance
with the operation and closure
glan approved by the (EPD) on
eb. 19, 1991. gperations will
continue at the site until the
site reaches capacity as defin
e(ll in the approved closure
plan.
SOIL COVER
The disposal site’s working
face will continue to receive six
inches of daily cover and all
other exposed waste will
receive one foot of intermediate
cover within 30 d?'s after the
signing of this order.
The county shall have con
duclted a cgmp}zi: hydro
al btudy o i |
Efig as requn'ecf by Criteria For
Performing Site Acceptabilitg'
Studies For Solid Waste Land
fills In Georgia . . .
The county shall develop a
new %roundwater plonitongfi
plan for the existing land
Macon. The firm designed the
plan 'l'lf:r Parker. R
company’s offici
him that Ms. W’i'ntle’s rejection
was a form letter sent to
several governments involved
in trying to obtain a state land
fill permit. Tribble & Richard
son officials felt the objections
can be met “without great dif
ficultg(," Commissioner Parker
said Monday.
The specific nature of the
operated by the firm.
With a multi-county solid
waste authority, Ms. Green
said, the county would give up
a measure of its control over
costs and the use of space.
Ms. Green said t.ge firm
operates a small program to en
courage recycling in Bradley
County in cooperation with the
local Keep America Beautiful
program.
TIPPING FEE
Higgins said the tipping fee
in Brafiey County is $33 with
Santek gettinfi $24 of that
amount with the county keep-
plans used schedule 40 PVC
and that there would be no Sro
blem using schedule 40 PVC at
Penn Bridge,” Atkins told
Schrock.
Well one will be abandoned,
Atkins said in the letter. He
said that wells two, three, four
and four-A should not be
plugfed.
cLemore had also con
tended that cement for
grouting was poured rather
than installed according to
state ?ecifications. Atkins
said A&S’s diagrams ‘‘show
that the grout depth does not
exceed four feet in these wells.
EPA (federal Environmental
Protection Agency) allows the
pouring of grout to five feet.”
SCREENS
Ten-foot screens were call
ed for by state regulations, the
EPD said, but A&S used
15-foot screens instead.
Atkins said the use of the
15-foot screens was ‘‘based on
seasonal water level chani:as
greater than 10 feet. This
change in screen length was
discussed with Ms.
Butler . . . A&S monitored the
wells at Penn Bridge landfill
for over two months and notic
ed a water level chanfie that ex
ceeded 10 feet in (well) four and
fouA > . e
He added, “A&S worked
with EPD in the installation of
monitoring wells at the Penn
Bridge landfill. With the con
struction of three downgra
dient monitoring wells, A&S
recommended a relocation of
these wells to stream valleys.
that will meet the requirements
of the revised ‘Georgia Rules
for Solid Waste Management’
and the ‘Manual foraéround
water Monitoring,’ the same to
be submitted to the (EPD) for
approval within 30 days of the
execution of this order.
““The county shall abandon
the existing groundwater
monitoring wells and confirm
bfi, documentation to the (EPD)
the wells have been backfilled
with Bfirout in accordance with
the ‘Manual For Groundwater
Monitorindg' and ... the ‘Rules
for Solid Waste Manage
ment ...’
The county will complete
the closure of Penn Bridge
Road sanitalg' landfill within
60 days of the date that the
new site begins receiving solid
waste.
The county will take every
step pos?ible to expedite the
process of acquiring site accep
tability by the (EPE) for a new
disposal site, contracting with
a professional engineer
registered in the State of
Georgia ass n;ce:lsary for ft’.he
purpose of developing of a
design and operation pfian for
the new site..."”
three objections were not im
mediately known by the coun
ty since they were being handl
ed by the engineers, he
indicated.
The commissioner noted
the Sestember date of the EPD
manual referred to by Ms. Win
tle and indicated that the Chat
toogaville plan had been
presented to the EPD months
ago.
ing the rest.
Commissioner Parker, after
asking several questions, said
he would stud{ a Santek pro
posal but wouldn’t commit to
the program.
Hifigins said that after
Santek obtains copies of the
blueprint proposal for the
Chattoogaville site, it would
come up with a “‘turnkey” pro
posal for Parker.
Higgins cautioned that
Santek does not treat leachate
from a landfill, and removal of
rock in building a landfill would
be an extra cost.
This modification of the
monitoring plan was agproved
by Ms. Butler by phone on
Ma}l" 16, 1990.
he EPD’s McLemore said
A&S didn’t provide any infor
mation on the depth of the
most shallow underwater reser
voir, or the thickness and
nature of the ground just above
the pool of water.
‘A water table surface ma
was constructed from data cof3
lected on Aug. 2, 1990,” Atkins
wrote. ‘“‘Depths to water were
measured in the four monitor
ing wells and the two
boreholes. The data indicates
that the groundwater is flow
ing away from the site to the
southwest and to the north. If
there are questions about using
boreholes four and seven with
the monitoring wells, data col
lected from the monitorin
wells on May 24 or May 25 ang
not plotting the data from
boreholes four and seven would
result in a similar water table
surface map as given in the
report.”
Atkins also said that since
the landfill itself takes up vir
tually all the county-owned
land at the site, “the only areas
where boreholes can be con
structed on land owned by
Chattoo(fa County is on the
west and northwest side of the
landfill. Durinirflllxe investiga
tion, access to drill on adjlz)lcent
progerty was not available to
A&S.”
Atkins concluded, ‘‘By
working with EPD during the
construction of the wells and
meetingkwith EPD to discuss
the work at Penn Bridge land
fill and the completion of the
work, A&S considers the work
to be in compliance with work
accepted by EPD at the time
the report was submitted.”
The A&S official said, “The
data, water table, surface mai),
geology and water table
measurements’’ were submit
ted to EPD officials Bill Mun
dy and Ms. Butler on Aug. 13,
1990.
Commissioner Parker said
he had Igersonal doubts that
the EPD will accept Atkins’
conclusions about the work. He
said the coun% is appealin,
McLemore's EPD memo anfi
ruling before proceeding fur
ther with a new proposeg con
sent order for closing the Penn
Bridge Road site.
Building
Codes
from front page'
sioners of Georgia, Buildin%
Officials Association o
Georgia and the Metro Atlan
ta In:gectors Association.
Building codes and zoning
have traditionally been con
troversial topics in mostly
rural areas such as Chattooga
County.
The leg’slature through the
Growth Strategies Commis
sion legislation, will also re
ire counties to set up zoning,
gll:;esometimes referred to as
“land use V&lanning."
Sen. axmon “Sonny”’
Huggins and then-Rep. JoKn
Crawford voted for the
measures.
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A total of $423 was netted for the Chattooga County
Hospital durinf its second benefit tennis tournament
last weekend. The event was held at the Summerville
and Trion Recreation Centers. Trophies for the tourna
ment were donated by Allen-Smith Chevrolet-
Oldsmobile-Geo, and tee-shirts were donated by the
Vehicle Thefts Probed
The Chattooga County
Sheriff’s office is investigating
the theft or destruction of
several vehicles during the past
week.
A 1986 model Buick was
found stripfied and burned on
Old River Road in the Lyerly
area Monday by De;lal. Charles
Elsberry. Owner of the vehicle
couldn’t be determined im
mediately, said Sheriff Ralph
Kellett.
Gordon Ward, Summerville
Rte. 1, reported the theft of a
1984 moXel Chevrolet Satur
dafi, according to Sheriff
ll§el ett and Corporal Tara Van
elt.
MGM Motors, Lyerly
Highway, Summerville,
reported the theft of a 1979
model GMC Astro van on Fri
day. It was recovered that
same day on Mahan Road, ac
cordinlg to Sgt. Gary Campbell.
Billy Dooley, 25, Summerville,
was charged with theft by
taking.
Kandi Clemmets, Lyerly
Rte. 1, reported the theft of a
1990 mo&l all-terrain vehicle
(ATV) on Thursday from her
residence, according to Dep.
Pam Lesperance.
Corporal Van Pelt said
Richars Madrie, address not
listed, had a 1980 model car
stolen while he was in an Atlan
ta hospital for three weeks. It
was noticed missing Oct. 9.
The theft was reported by Carl
Richie, the report indicated.
CASH STOLEN
A Summerville Rte. 2
woman was the victim of a
theft Frida bi; a man who of
fered to raze er leaves, said
Sheriff Kellett and Dep. Ray
Brandon. About $125 was
taken from the purse of Addie
Westbrook, Brandon said.
Someone broke into the
home of Dorothy White, Sum
merville Rte. 1, Monday night
or Tuesday morning, said Sgt.
Bill Blackwell. Nothing was
reported missing although the
freezer was moved and
unplugEled. he said.
A thief took donations on
Central Avenue in Trion Tues
day that had been meant for
the Lighthouse program, accor
ding to Corgoral Van Pelt.
Elizabeth Sue Ann Gill, 5,
409 E. Seventh Ave., Summer
ville, was bitten by a dog in
front of her residence Frigay,
said Dep. Stan Smith.
Vamfals hit three mailboxes
on Summerville Rte. 3 Satur
dfg, Corporal Van Pelt
indicated.
Jeromy Crowe, 17, 305 Kel
ly St., Summerville, reported
that someone beat him gehind
the football field in Trion on
Oct. 8 or 9, said Dep. Tony
Cobb. A suspect was named
but no charges were listed on
the jail docket book.
J‘ ames Becker, 448 Roberts
St., Summerville, reported that
his .357 caliber revolver was
missing Tuesday, according to
Dep. Lesperance.
A riding lawnmower was
reported stolen from Charles
Robinson, Summerville Rte. 2,
Tuesday, according to Sgt.
Blackwell.
ARRESTS
Among arrests recorded
during the past week at the
Chattooga C%unty Jail during
the past week were the
following:
— Lawayne Dale Calaway,
23, Trion Rte. 1, was chardged
with simple battery Tues ag.
— Brent D. Price, 28, 502
Vine St., Summerville, was
charged with Ngrm:imal damage
to property Monday.
— Judy Ann F?i'tzpatrick,
44, Adairsville, was charfed
with theft by taking Satur: ag.
— Wallace A. Lusk, 32,
Summerville Rte. 2, was charg
ed Sunday with writing a bad
check.
Hospital Tennis Tournament
SHERIFF’S
REPORTS
— Jay M. Jones, 24, 316
McCollum St., Trion, was
charged with simple battery
Sunday. .. .
— Kevin D. Bentley, 18,
Summerville Rte. 2, was charg
. ed with aggravated assault and
drunkenness Saturday.
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NELSON BRINSON, JOHN CRAWFORD PRE o
Hays CI Officials Welcomed To Meeting By Tgm %((){:‘sl,x mnl?gls‘(filM
Inmates Work At Hays CI
Deputy Warden Qutlines Rehabilitation Programs
By BUDDY ROBERTS
Associate News Editor
Hays Correctional Institu
tion (CI) received a five-percent
state budget cut this year, and
may suffer another five-percent
cut in January.
Warden Nelson Brinson
and Deputy Warden John
Crawfor(l) ave the information
to the gummerville-Trion
Rotary Club on Monday.
Rotarian Tommy Toles in
troduced Brinson, who turned
the ’Frogram over to Crawford.
he five-percent cut meant
that the prison lost $67,000 in
general operating funds and
310,000 for personnel,
Crawford said. Twelve staff
posts were lost, but if more
cuts are in store next year, they
will come in prison programs
rather than security staff,
Crawford speculated.
The prison’s annual payroll
is $7.5 million, Brinson said,
and the amount will increase to
about $lO million when two in
mate boot camps open next
fvear. Utility costs are current
y $1,343 per day.
Crawford began his presen
tation with a brief history of
prisons. The first prisons in the
country were used to hold
prisoners accused of crimes
while awaiting their trials. If
convicted, they were executed
or whipped rather than
sentenced to prisons, he said.
“I’m not sure if that’s not
more effective than what we do
today,” he said.
REHABILITATION
A rehabilitation movement
began in the 19605, and the
mission of Hays CI is to “pro-
Riegel Division of Mount Vernon Mills. Displayin‘grthe
items are, from left, Peggy Baldwin, tournament direc
tor; Betty Wilhelm, J)ublicitz coordinator for the
hospital; VirEinia Baldwin; Charles Elsberry, of the
Chattooga Sheriff's Department; and RalKh Stanley,
Summerville Recreation Director. (Staff Photo).
— Dawn R. Anderson, 31,
1014 Milton Cir., Summerville,
was charged with violating the
]compulsory school attendance
aw.
- Bf\fflf F. Patterson, 31,
Summerville Rte. 1, was charg
ed Saturday with terroristic
threats and acts.
— Wanda Jean Hatfield, 26,
1801 Summerville Gardens
Apartments, was charged with
cruelt%;rto children Oct. 9.
— Presilla Farmer, 27, Sum
merville Rte. 4, was charged
Oct. 9 with writing a gad
check.
tect society from those con
victed of crimes, Erovide a safe
workplace for the staff, and
rehabilitation,” Crawford said.
A part of rehabilitation is
making sure all prisoners are
assiined to work details that
will help them find jobs when
they are released, he added. He
listed activities or details that
prisoners are assigned to.
A total of 126 inmates work
in the prison industries, which
make pants, sheets and
pillowcases that are used in
other Georgia prisons. Four
outside supervisors oversee the
operation. An optical lens
la%oratory will be added soon
to make eye glasses for state
prisoners. As many as eifht in
mates will work in the lab.
The prison kitchen employs
96 inmates who prepare 2,300
meals per day. ’l‘Eu't' y-seven in
mates work on the mobile con
struction detail, building the
boot camps and making repairs
to the prison. Crawford said
the number includes the Cl's
“best prisoners,” those who
have work skills and do not
cause trouble.”
A total of 24 inmates works
on the Department of
Transportation road crew, and
84 serve as irison orderlies.
Fourteen work in the laundry
department, and nine work as
barbers.
EDUCATION
Thirty-seven inmates are
enrolled in the vocational train
ing program, which offers
groqndkeeging, audio-visual
equipmen repair, and
custodial maintenance skills, A
total of 129 is enrolled in
General Educational Develop
ment classes, adult literacy,
and remedial education pro
ams. Twenty-three inmates
gke night classes offered at
— Jerry Morgan, 13 Givens
St., was charged Oct. 9 with
writing a bad check.
— Alton H. Roan, 30, 45
Lyerly St., Summerville, was
charged with obstruction of an
officer, drunkenness and on a
parole violation Wednesday.
— John F. Hunter, 20, 110
Rose Cir., Trion, was charged
with theft by deception
Tuesday.
— A%n-il Reynolds, 25, 802
Melba Dr., Trion, was charfied
Tuesday with writing a bad
check.
the CI by Shorter College.
A substance abuse program
serves 32 inmates, and 16 are
under ‘“intensive’’
manaqement.
Volunteers from religious
and other organizations also
have a ?art in the rehabilita
tion effort, Crawford said.
Twenty certified volunteers
and 100 others visit inmates.
“Practically every night we
ha\ge volunteer programs going
on.
In another matter, Rotarian
Jack Richardson was named a
Paul Harris Fellowship for his
service to the local c?ub and
Rota.?: International Founda
tion. The fellowship is named
for the founder of Rotary
International.
DUI File
At least five motorists were
charged with driving under the
influence of intoxicants during
the past week in Chattooga
County, accordinfi to jail
records. They included:
Joseph D. Smith, 31, Sum
merville Rte. 3, who was also
charged with speeding;
Timothy L. Howard, 35, 102
Alabama St., Summerville,
also charged with being an
habitual violator; Billy Ray
Stephenson, 43, Lyerly Rte. 1,
who was also charged with not
having proof of insurance; Ran
dall Lee Wilson, 32, Summer
ville Rte. 2, who was also
charged with not having proof
of insurance, not having a
driver’s license on his person,
and having defective equls
ment on his vehicle, and Ed
ward Wyatt, 65 Shady Lane,
Berryton, also charged with
lsipeeding and not having a
cense,