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THE WEEKLY ANCHOR
PAGE 6 MONDAY JULY 30, 2018
THE WEEKLY ANCHOR MONDAY JUNE 17, 2019 PAGE 7
Edson Landfill fire update presented to Council
Expert considers fire “extinguished” based on current evidence
by Cassie Kushniruk waste transfer site, which may be required for the useful to us for a landfill.”
remainder of 2019 with a cell constructed in the “If we look at the area to the east, it's actually
During the June 11 Committee of the Whole 2020 season. “[The waste transfer site] does under agricultural production right now,”
meeting, Town Council received an update with require more staff time to manage the bins and Verhaeghe continued. “To the west there's some
regards to the landfill recovery operation in we do have our own set of issues we're dealing oil and gas interest. We're running into— both
response to the sub-surface fire that originated in with there, however, it's been relatively the west and the south of the current cell—
one of the dry cells at the Edson Landfill in successful.” wetlands issues. It has a different assessment by
December last year. Councillor Janet Wilkinson asked if the Town the government. It's not that we can't, it's that it
Since March 8, there have been no signs of will be running their annual cleanup program this will take quite a while. That was one of our
smoke or steam emissions originating from the year with regards to the state of the landfill. approaches to moving back into our existing
fire zone. Sub-surface fires continue to be “If Council would like us to, we can proceed footprint.”
monitored by gas probes with daily testing and with that,” Verhaeghe replied, mentioning the The next update concerning the condition of the
results show a significant decrease in additional costs associated with transferring the landfill is scheduled for late July or August, at
combustion. waste to Hinton. which time information regarding the summary
Surface cover is also being monitored for Councillor Trevor Bevan asked how much land of the fire condition assessment, outcomes of the
subsidence and cracking and although some is designated for the Edson Landfill and when it approval consultation with AE, the costs
minor repairs were required in late April, the will run out of space to expand. associated with operating at the transfer station,
cover has been holding up well. Verhaeghe replied, “We have close to a half and the next steps in the recovery project will be
“We've had new monitors in place and sent section in that area. Unfortunately not all of it presented to Council.
those results off to our fire specialist,” said has the appropriate work. It's not necessarily all
General Manager of Infrastructure and Planning
Martino Verhaeghe. “The good news is that their
assessment of that was initially very favorable
and in fact we just got a draft of the report that
states that they would consider the fire to be
extinguished based on the evidence we have.”
However, daily monitoring continues to ensure
the integrity of the fire cover.
The location for a new landfill cell has been
discussed with Alberta Environment (AE). “In
looking at the new cell, there were complications
with going with our previous plan —expanding
to the south— due to changes within the Wetland
Policy,” said Verhaeghe. “The suggestion …was
to look at a vertical expansion north of the site
within our current footprint.”
Currently, the Town continues to operate a Since March 8, there have been no signs of smoke or steam emissions originating from the fire
zone at the Edson landfill.
TOWN OF EDSON Town of Edson
Office Hours
Public Information & Notices 2019 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Monday to Friday
Aircraft & Automobile Show ‘n’ Shine
August 25, 2019: 11-3 pm
If you would like to display your aircraft or car in the show,
please contact Airport Manager Sam Shine. Registration is free!
Tel: 780-723-4010 Email: sams@edson.ca
www.edson.ca
PAGE 6 MONDAY JULY 30, 2018
THE WEEKLY ANCHOR MONDAY JUNE 17, 2019 PAGE 7
Edson Landfill fire update presented to Council
Expert considers fire “extinguished” based on current evidence
by Cassie Kushniruk waste transfer site, which may be required for the useful to us for a landfill.”
remainder of 2019 with a cell constructed in the “If we look at the area to the east, it's actually
During the June 11 Committee of the Whole 2020 season. “[The waste transfer site] does under agricultural production right now,”
meeting, Town Council received an update with require more staff time to manage the bins and Verhaeghe continued. “To the west there's some
regards to the landfill recovery operation in we do have our own set of issues we're dealing oil and gas interest. We're running into— both
response to the sub-surface fire that originated in with there, however, it's been relatively the west and the south of the current cell—
one of the dry cells at the Edson Landfill in successful.” wetlands issues. It has a different assessment by
December last year. Councillor Janet Wilkinson asked if the Town the government. It's not that we can't, it's that it
Since March 8, there have been no signs of will be running their annual cleanup program this will take quite a while. That was one of our
smoke or steam emissions originating from the year with regards to the state of the landfill. approaches to moving back into our existing
fire zone. Sub-surface fires continue to be “If Council would like us to, we can proceed footprint.”
monitored by gas probes with daily testing and with that,” Verhaeghe replied, mentioning the The next update concerning the condition of the
results show a significant decrease in additional costs associated with transferring the landfill is scheduled for late July or August, at
combustion. waste to Hinton. which time information regarding the summary
Surface cover is also being monitored for Councillor Trevor Bevan asked how much land of the fire condition assessment, outcomes of the
subsidence and cracking and although some is designated for the Edson Landfill and when it approval consultation with AE, the costs
minor repairs were required in late April, the will run out of space to expand. associated with operating at the transfer station,
cover has been holding up well. Verhaeghe replied, “We have close to a half and the next steps in the recovery project will be
“We've had new monitors in place and sent section in that area. Unfortunately not all of it presented to Council.
those results off to our fire specialist,” said has the appropriate work. It's not necessarily all
General Manager of Infrastructure and Planning
Martino Verhaeghe. “The good news is that their
assessment of that was initially very favorable
and in fact we just got a draft of the report that
states that they would consider the fire to be
extinguished based on the evidence we have.”
However, daily monitoring continues to ensure
the integrity of the fire cover.
The location for a new landfill cell has been
discussed with Alberta Environment (AE). “In
looking at the new cell, there were complications
with going with our previous plan —expanding
to the south— due to changes within the Wetland
Policy,” said Verhaeghe. “The suggestion …was
to look at a vertical expansion north of the site
within our current footprint.”
Currently, the Town continues to operate a Since March 8, there have been no signs of smoke or steam emissions originating from the fire
zone at the Edson landfill.
TOWN OF EDSON Town of Edson
Office Hours
Public Information & Notices 2019 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Monday to Friday
Aircraft & Automobile Show ‘n’ Shine
August 25, 2019: 11-3 pm
If you would like to display your aircraft or car in the show,
please contact Airport Manager Sam Shine. Registration is free!
Tel: 780-723-4010 Email: sams@edson.ca
www.edson.ca
