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Section 1 Summary Report 1.5 Size of the MSWLF Unit The Cabarrus County Landfill Property is approximately 245 acres in size when considering some recent property acquisitions. The area that wi_Il cover the existing unit is approximately 10 acres in size. 1.6 Type and Quantities of Waste Disposed The Cabarrus County Landfill presently accepts municipal solid waste (MSW) (i.e., residential, commercial, and industrial waste) generated within Cabarrus Cotmty only. MSW generated within the city of Concord, the Cabarrus County seat, is disposed of at the CMS Landfill which is operated by Browning-Ferris Industries (BFI). Cabarrus County has entered into inter-local agreements with the municipalities of Kannapolis, Mount Pleasant, and Harrisburg as part of obtaining a local geographic area designation from the Solid Waste Section. The Cabarrus County. Solid Waste Management Plan which was prepared in support of the geographic area designation application and approved by the Solid Waste Section, requires that all solid waste generated within the corporate limits of Cabarrus County, with the exception of the city of Concord, be disposed of in the Cabarrus County Landfill The Cabarrus County Landf411 has received the following amounts of waste for each of the last five calendar years: · 1989 78,108 tons · 1990 78,936 tons · 1991 59,764 tons · 1992 59,336 tons · 1993 58,576 tons 1.7 Compliance Record Summary CDM reviewed the landfi21 inspection reports and the water quality monitoring results for the Cabarrus County Landfill for the past five years as requfl'ed. Based upon the review of the landfill inspection reports, the landfi.U appears to have been operated extremely well during this period. Almost all of the inspection reports that were reviewed noted an exceptional operation. Of course, there have been some problems noted in the reports, however, none of them have been atypical of the problems encountered at landfills across the State (e.g., blowing paper/waste, seeding). The review of the water quality monitoring data did reveal some exceedances of the North Carolina Ground Water Standards, however, the majority of the exceedances were for iron and manganese, elements which occur naturally across the State in concentrations that exceed the regulatory limits. Of the remaining exceedances, none appeared to demonstrate any pattern over tinge (i.e., they would appear during one sampling event and then be below the detection limit the next). CDM Camp Dresser & McKee 1-3