Public Service Announcement

HRM Advised Landfill Gas Odours Temporary

(Thursday, August 24/06)-- Residents in communities surrounding the Otter Lake landfill are advised there may be odours present in the air for the next few days, due to the installation of a new gas collection system at the facility.

HRM has been advised by MIRROR Nova Scotia, operator of the landfill, there are two potential sources of odour:

1.Trenching in upper-half of Cell 3 , which will be completed in next couple of days.
2. Until mid- September, there will be a combination of a permanent gas collection/flaring system in Cells 1, 2 and lower-half of cell 3, and a temporary gas flaring system in upper half of Cell 3, which will be replaced with a hook-up to permanent flares in Cell 3 .

MIRROR began construction last week on the installation of permanent gas collection pipes in the upper half of Cell 3. HRM has been advised that the work requires the excavation/uncovering of waste that is two to three years old , while the pipes are being installed. When a trench is opened, odours are released into the air.

The new landfill gas collection system includes pipes, wells , blowers and flares to burn off the gas, thus eliminating odours.

The work now underway was started one year earlier than originally planned. Delaying the installation of the gas collection/management system in upper half of Cell 3 until next year would have resulted in a high risk of odours until the summer of 2007.

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John O’Brien
Manager, Corporate Communications:
490-6531

Jim Bauld
Manager, Solid Waste resources
490-6066

MIRROR Nova Scotia 453-3490