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Department of Public Works and Transportation
Montgomery County, Maryland

DIVISION OF SOLID WASTE SERVICES

Ecology Services is the first contractor to use a triple split rear loader for the collection
of recyclables in Montgomery County. This truck allows all three commodities (yard trim,
residential paper, and commingle) to be collected in one pass. This reduces the number
of collection vehicles on the roads and helps reduce air pollution in the County.”

MONTHLY REPORT
OCTOBER 2003

Printed on Recycled and Recyclable Paper
TABLE OF CONTENTS

OVERVIEW ............................................................................................ 3

CITIZEN COMMITTEES ........................................................................... 4

COLLECTIONS ....................................................................................... 4

WASTE MINIMIZATION .......................................................................... 7

HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAMS ............................................................ 8

AIR PERMITS AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS .................................... 8

RECYCLING ......................................................................................... 10

PILOT PROGRAMS .............................................................................. 11

FACILITY ACTIVITIES .......................................................................... 12

GENERAL INFORMATION ..................................................................... 15

SOLID WASTE FACTS IN A NUTSHELL .................................................. 16

GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS ................................................................... 17

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OVERVIEW

Tonnage at a Glance

The following table shows key material flows during the current month, fiscal year to
date (FY Total), and current calendar month in the two prior fiscal years. (County fiscal
year 2004 began July 1, 2003.)

FACILITY Oct FY 04 FY 04 Total Oct FY 03 Oct FY 02

Materials Recovery Facility(1) 8,053 tons 29,106 tons 7,787 tons 7,556 tons

Brunswick Landfill Facility(2) 28,297 tons 106,878 tons 20,543 tons 18,392 tons

Resource Recovery Facility(3) 55,057 tons 222,427 tons 51,354 tons 43,643 tons

Yard Trim Compost Facility 8,021 tons 23,614 tons 3,796 tons 4,653 tons
(1)
MRF tons reported are outgoing.
(2)
This category only addresses waste sent to the landfill for disposal. It does not include rubble
that is recycled.
(3)
RRF tonnage refers to tons burned (processed). Waste shipped from the Transfer Station but
not burned is in the pit and is not included in the tonnage presented here.

Revenue Analysis and Systems Evaluation – During October, program staff:
 Researched 384 new property billing characteristics and entered them into TXA
170 system;
 Processed vacancy refunds payable in October;
 Prepared monthly house counts for contractors;
 Updated Access™ and Excel™ spreadsheets for monthly contractor reports;
 Entered appeal updates into TXA 170 system;
 Continued to research solid waste fee abnormalities in the property tax
database;
 Updated street listing maps;
 Completed processing non-residential appeals;
 Generated Hauler Credit Account invoices for October 2003 totaling
$1,694,709.58 (an increase of $534,209.32 over October 2002);
 Added one new hauler account;
 Continued to assist with staff shortages at the Transfer Station;
 Completed annual refuse and construction & demolition (C&D) tip fee surveys;
 Examined the potential contribution to RRF processibles from land clearing and
C&D (materials generally delivered in roll-off box vehicles);
 Estimated transportation costs to regional C&D facilities and break-even tipping
fees;
 Prepared responses to Council staff questions and related briefings relative to
tonnage trends and 10-year plan;

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 Incorporated secondary budget effects (savings) of potential recycling initiatives
into FY05-10 budget model by applying recently completed system-wide
incremental cost analysis;
 Continued to compile ideas for new or enhanced economic incentives for
recycling and scheduled working group session for next month;
 Calibrated Fiscal Health Spreadsheet to the draft Department of Finance FY03
year-end work papers;
 Calibrated Rate Model to draft FY03 Mass Balance;
 Submitted early draft FY05-10 Rate Model and Fiscal Health Spreadsheet to OMB
to examine potential rate effects of CIP project; and
 Continued to assist, as needed, with the FY05-FY10 budget model.

CITIZEN COMMITTEES
Facilities Implementation Group – FIG met on September 9th at the Gothic Barn in
Dickerson. Eleven FIG Members, three County staff, four contract staff and a
consultant from Ecotone were in attendance. Topics discussed included Preliminary
Findings – Forest Evaluation & Recommendations by Ecotone.

The next FIG meeting will be held on December 9, 2003, at the Gothic Barn in
Dickerson.

Solid Waste Advisory Committee – SWAC‟s monthly meeting was held Saturday,
October 4th, at the Materials Recovery Facility. Ten SWAC members and three County
staff were in attendance. SWAC members received a presentation on the County‟s
recycling center, waste transfer facilities and operating procedures. SWAC made final
comments on their draft FY03 annual report. The next SWAC meeting is scheduled for
November 10, 2003.

COLLECTIONS
Refuse – Refuse collections went as scheduled for the month of October 2003. There
were no disruptions in service.

Contractor Performance – During the month of October 2003, DSWS received 700
complaints; 125 more than October 2002, which numbered 575.

Enforcement Actions – No citations were issued for violations of the County‟s Solid
Waste Laws:

Thirty-one NOV‟s were issued for violations of the County‟s Solid Waste Laws:

Twenty-two NOV‟s Not having a proper recycling program on site
Seven NOV‟s Dump solid wastes at other than a solid waste acceptance
facility
One NOV Solid wastes stored outside storage containers
One NOV Improperly stored or permitted solid wastes to accumulate
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Recycling – Mixed paper tonnages for the residential program during the past 52
weeks are as follows:

CURRENT PERIOD POUNDS PER HOUSEHOLD CORRESPONDING PERIOD
PREVIOUS YEAR
10/28/02-11/22/02 11.04 10.83
11/25/02-12/20/02 11.74 11.52
12/23/02-1/17/03 9.75 9.58
1/20/03-2/14/03 8.83 9.01
2/17/03-3/14/03 8.94 9.02
3/17/03-4/11/03 10.01 9.73
4/14/03-5/09/03 9.93 9.81
5/12/03-6/06/03 10.09 9.58
6/09/03-7/05/03 9.77 9.21
7/07/03-8/01/03 9.05 8.74
8/04/03-8/29/03 9.37 9.24
9/01/03-9/26/03 10.43 10.15
9/29/03-10/24/03 10.50 10.45

Customer Service – DSWS received 10,041 incoming calls. There were 1,525 blue
bins ordered through the Customer Service Staff, and 125 bins picked up from the
Transfer Station.

For the month of October, we received 65 customer service surveys.

SURVEY QUESTION October
YES NO
Did we satisfactorily address your request or concern? 98% 2%
Are your trash and recyclables at the curb by 7:00 a.m.? 81.5% 18.5%
Do you use our yard trim recycling program? 55% 45%
Do you know about:
The curbside scrap metal recycling program? 35% 65%
Textile recycling? 15% 85%
Computer recycling? 29% 71%
Household Hazardous Waste drop-offs? 52% 48%
Don‟t Dump – Donate program? 28% 72%
Use it again program? 11% 89%
Satellite drop-offs? 34% 66%
Have you used the Transfer Station? 65% 35%

Additional comments:

I just moved to Montgomery County, but these services sound great I will definitely use
the computer recycling, yard trim recycling and read more about the other services.

Wheels on bins

Annoying that SUV‟s but not small pickups can dump on the car side.

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I applaud your use of the internet. You are very efficient and it is highly appreciated.

Transfer Station-„What a fantastic facility!”

We wish the bin had a lid so the paper won‟t get wet when it rains and wheels so it can
be easily moved around.

Make blue bins LARGER & ON WHEELS – very difficult to carry full bins.

I have talked to people who live all over the country and Montgomery County by far has
the easiest recycling program around. I can‟t imagine an easier, uncomplicated way to
offer recycling to the residents.

Would note that having the large 66 gallon bin for general paper is a major
enhancement of the program.

Web Site - The following is information gathered from the Montgomery County Solid
Waste web site through the month of October:

List Memberships
HHW Announcements 520
Holiday Reminder List 3,000
Newsletter Helper 134
Usage Counters – October 2003
Total of Visits 2,127
Average Visits Per Day 60
Total Page Views 3,324
Average Page Views Per Day 93
Average Pages Per Visit 1.5
Among the most frequently visited pages were:
 Recycling
 Trash
 Household Hazardous Waste
 Transfer Station
 MRF
 Scrap Metal
 Propane Tanks
 Holidays
 Yard Trim
 Volunteer Program
WHEELED CARTS
Total Visits 44
Average Visits Per Day 2
Total Page Views 63
Average Page Views Per Day 3
Average Pages Per Visit 1.7

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SORRT
Total Visits 118
Average Visits Per Day 2
Total Page Views 192
Average Page Views Per Day 8
TRRAC
Total Visits 48
Average Visits Per Day 2
Total Page Views 61
Average Page Views Per Day 3
E-Mail –October 2003
Top Issues : 288
 Service issues
 Trash
 SORRT
 Computer/electronics recycling
Blue Bins 409

COMMENTS:

 Just wanted to say how much we appreciate your emails. Not only do they keep
us informed with the latest schedule changes but your friendly and personal
style, keep it very upbeat. Keep up the good work.

 I just wanted to tell you that these emails are a great help and we especially
enjoy the personal touches you add to them. Thanks for providing a great
service to the county.

 Your trash collection emails are extremely helpful, so I just wanted to thank you
for this great service! In fact, I would have thought that maybe today was a
“trash holiday” without your email.

 Just a note to say I think your emails contain a lot of good information. They
are very helpful. Didn‟t know about the free compost bins until I saw your email.
It was also helpful to confirm the size of yard waste that can be tied up for pick
up (4‟X4”). Thank you for this valuable service.

 Your updates are really appreciated. I have told my neighbors about them and
hope they take advantage.

WASTE MINIMIZATION
Department of Environmental Protection's Home Composting and Source
Reduction Activities – A four-hour workshop on backyard
and worm composting was presented to the Community
Horticulture Program at Green Spring Gardens.
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The new Ten Myths about Composting publication is now available in limited hardcopy
versions, as well as online in PDF format.

Turning Autumn Leaves into Healthy Lawns is the most downloaded document on the
DEP website (12%), with Composting With Pallets, Worm Composting and Fall Tips to
Help Winterize Your Lawn, falling within the top ten. Hits on the website fall between
230,000 and 250,000 monthly.

The Green Man Show continues to air daily on Cable Channel 6, with online streaming
video and access to past shows via online archives. Upcoming installments include a
special focus on composting in Montgomery County, from backyard options through
operations at Dickerson and Leafgro from curbside to retail outlet.

Product Recycled Approximate weight recycled in October 2003
Computer 46.4 tons
Fire Extinguishers None
Propane None
Textiles 11.8 tons
Don‟t Dump – Donate 1.4 tons
Bicycles 1.6 tons
Rechargeable Batteries None

HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAMS
Household Hazardous Waste Collection – There were two HHW events in October;
one at the Transfer Station on October 5th with 655 patrons attending and one at the
Briggs Chaney Park & Ride Lot on October 25th with 513 patrons attending.

Mercury (Hg) Free Campaign – In conjunction with the HHW events, 150 Hg
thermometers were collected and 75 digitals were given out at the Transfer Station on
October 5th and 75 Hg thermometers were collected and 42 digitals were given out at
the Briggs Chaney Park & Ride Lot on October 25th.

Small Quantity Generator Ecowise Program – One Small Quantity Generator Ecowise
event was held on October 8, 2003 with 10 companies participating.

AIR PERMITS AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS
Resource Recovery Facility (RRF): CEMS Tracking of RRF Operations – In
October, the Continuous Emissions Monitoring System (CEMS) continued to track the
percent load, certain engineering parameters and emissions of all three units. The
CEMS indicated that unit #3 remained offline for scheduled maintenance until
approximately 10 p.m. on October 11th when the unit was brought online; all three
units operated continuously until October 15th. At approximately 11 p.m. on October
15th, the CEMS showed no emissions from unit #2 indicating that this unit was brought
offline. Inquiries with Covanta indicated that there were a few broken grate bars on
this unit that needed to be replaced. The repairs were completed by October 18th and
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the CEMS began showing emissions at 3 a.m. from unit #2 indicating that this unit was
being brought back online. Thereafter, all three units operated continuously until the
end of the month.

On October 26th from 11 PM to midnight, the HCl analyzer on unit #3 showed spikes.
The HCl levels exceeded the permit limits. Inquiries with Covanta staff indicated that
the analyzer was malfunctioning and was being worked on by Covanta staff. By 1 AM
on October 27th, the analyzer appeared to have been repaired. Because the high HCl
levels were due to equipment malfunction, the exceedances do not constitute a
violation of the Title V Air Permit. There were no equipment malfunctions that affected
stack emissions other than the incident discussed above.

Annual stack testing commenced on October 20th and concluded on October 30th. No
problems were reported during the 10-day stack testing period.

On October13th, Covanta performed the monthly "Opacity Test" for October. The
opacity test is a requirement under Title V of the RRF Air Permit. As in past tests, the
opacity readings were 0% compared to the Title V Permit limit of 10%.

In the first week of October, the set of three CEMS CD-ROM‟s were updated to include
CEMS data up to September 30th. Copies of the CD‟s were placed in the Rockville and
Poolesville libraries.

FIG-SWAC Air Quality Subcommittee – ENSR is continuing the write-up of the draft
report for the summer Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Program that was conducted from
May until June 2003. DSWS expects to receive the report by the end of November. After
DSWS review, the report will be submitted to the Subcommittee for review.

Responses were submitted to DNR on the Agency‟s review comments on the RRF Health
Risk Assessment Update. DNR‟s response is awaited.

Currently, efforts are underway to collect emissions and engineering data from other
Dickerson facilities including the National Institutes of Health Animal Center and Neutron
Products for conducting the Cumulative Health Risk Assessment. Data selection and
analysis is expected to be completed in FY04. The Toxicological Health Risk Assessment
will be completed in FY 05.

Oaks Landfill Energy Recovery Facility: Leachate Evaporation Technology –
Since August 5th 2002, the leachate evaporator remained shutdown. However, the
enclosed ground flare (no leachate) was operating intermittently until January 1, 2003.
Thereafter, the enclosed ground flare also stopped working and the backup candlestick
flare is operational. Work on the modifications to the gas management system
continued and should be finalized next month. Bentech‟s backup flare, which is now
owned by the County, will remain as a standby.
In October, DSWS received from COP LFG, LLC (Formerly Montauk) a copy of the letter
dated June 4, 2003 that Montauk sent to Bentech terminating Montauk‟s contract with
Bentech.

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Contracts and RFP’s – The document prepared by ENSR summarizing the input data
for air quality dispersion modeling work for the “Cumulative Health Risk Assessment” of
the Dickerson facilities was transmitted to Mirant and DNR for review. The review
process is expected to take at least a month. ENSR continues efforts to collect
emissions data for landfills and natural gas-fired turbines. Currently, DSWS is still
awaiting receipt of data from MDE‟s Radiological Health Division for Neutron Products.
DSWS is also talking with technical staff from the National Institutes of Health Animal
Center to obtain updated data on the heating plant stack emissions.

ENSR‟s contract ends May 08, 2004, but can be extended for two more years. In FY04,
ENSR will prepare the final report on the RRF Health Risk Assessment Update and the
Ambient Air Monitoring Program. In FY05, ENSR will prepare reports on the Cumulative
Health Risk Assessment of the Dickerson facilities and the Non-Air Media Ambient
Monitoring Program that will be conducted in May-June 2004.

Technical Environmental Services (TES) of Gaithersburg, the new contractor for the RRF
weather station maintenance, submitted the letter report on the semi-annual audit for
the Meteorological Tower conducted on September 25th. In October, TES also
conducted the monthly maintenance for the weather station. A letter report is expected
in November.

RECYCLING
Public Outreach – All FY04 budgeted activities are underway. Waste Management
told staff that it is in the process of outfitting a number of their recycling collection
trucks with load cells; this should be completed in October. These trucks service MCPS;
Waste Management can provide weights to MCPS. Staff is hoping that other businesses
and/or multi-family properties on the same collection routes will also benefit from the
load cell technology.

Commercial Recycling and Waste Reduction – Staff continued to perform on-site
visits of businesses in October and resolved several complaints. Staff participated in
numerous recycling outreach events throughout the month and spoke with 1,936
people. The autumn edition of the SORRT Network Newsletter was distributed to 5,500
businesses during October. Two SORRT Business Recycling Seminars were held at the
Pooks Hill Marriott in Bethesda with 57 people in attendance, including several property
management companies, business owners and managers, haulers and designated
recycling coordinators. Staff will be setting up model recycling programs at White Flint
Mall and Westfield Shoppingtown Montgomery in November by providing recycling bins
and information to each store tenant. Staff will also be preparing the mailings of the
Annual Business Recycling and Waste Reduction Report for calendar year 2003 which
will be mailed to businesses in November and December.
Staff completed field verification of calendar year 2002 annual business recycling and
waste reduction reports.

Multi-Family Recycling – Staff continued to perform on-site visits of apartments and
condominiums throughout the County in October. Staff participated in recycling events
during the month. Work continued on the winter edition of the TRRAC newsletter and a
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seminar to be held on December 4th at the Sheraton Four Points Hotel in Bethesda for
property owners and managers, recycling coordinators and haulers/collectors. Staff
completed field verifications of calendar year 2002 annual multi-family recycling and
waste reduction reports on October 31st. The verified information is being entered into
the database.

Mixed Paper Recycling – Existing educational materials were distributed to residents
at events. In a new brochure, mixed paper is the commodity that is used to illustrate
what happens to recyclable materials once a person puts them into their recycling bin.

Volunteer Activities – Staff had a very busy month working community outreach
events, holding a volunteer training class on October 28th and interviewing students
looking to volunteer with the Division. We were assisted by 23 volunteers who provided
114 hours of outreach to over 2,000 residents. The program recruited 5 new
volunteers this month and planning is underway for our next volunteer training class on
November 15th.

PILOT PROGRAMS
Blue Bag Pilot – The blue bag study report is being finalized.

Cooperative Collection Pilot - Staff is preparing to schedule a meeting with the
participating businesses to review the report findings and to provide technical
assistance to the businesses to cooperatively procure recycling and waste collection
services.

Transfer Stations Truck Wait Times – Inspectors spent a week timing commercial
trash vehicles at our Transfer Station and Annapolis Junction gathering data. Staff also
spent time at our Transfer Station logging the unloading times of different classes of
vehicles on the tipping floor and the size and net weight of roll-off trucks.

Pilot to Reduce Disposal of Cardboard – Inspectors and the SORRT team
specialists observed and documented vehicles unloading at the Transfer Station tipping
floor that contained cardboard-rich loads. The SORRT team used this data for recycling
education efforts to the cardboard generating business. If necessary, this will be
followed up with the issuance of a NOV to the generating business. The second phase
of this effort, the SORRT team provided Inspectors with a list of businesses that they
had been trying to educate and bring into compliance but needed an additional nudge.
This was the cause of the unusually high number of NOV‟s issued in October.
Compro Pilot – The County is working on developing a pilot program of bagged
Compro production at an MES facility in Baltimore, MD. Production of Compro began in
October.

Tubgrinding Pilot – From August 4-20, 2003, the County processed 5,481 yards of
screened reject material at the Compost Facility. The processed material is now being
sold at $4/yd; 1,077 yards of the processed material was sold in October.

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Bypass Pilot – The County continued bypassing limited amounts of burnable waste
directly to the Brunswick Waste Management Facility, Inc. Landfill.

FACILITY ACTIVITIES
Resource Recovery Facility – The RRF processed 55,057 tons, or 1,776 tons per
day. Trash deliveries averaged 12,688 tons/week. Unit 3 was down through October
11th for its scheduled outage. There was one unscheduled outage on unit 2 on October
15th for grate repairs. The outage was extended when a generating tube began leaking
during start-up. The total outage time was 52.3 hours.

There were no OSHA recordable incidents during the month.

There were no generation emergencies issued by Mirant during the month of October.
There was no need to purchase power during the month, but on October 28th, the
plant‟s voltage differential relays tripped, isolating the plant from the grid. The
connection was reestablished in less than one hour.

There were no reportable air or water quality environmental excursions during the
month.

The following environmental activities occurred:
 Submitted the October 2003 Potable Water Monthly Operating Report to MDE;
 Performed the monthly visible emission (Method 9) observation required by the
RRF‟s Title V permit.
 Mitchell Welsh, regional inspector for MDE, performed a routine solid waste
inspection on October 15th. Mr. Welsh was concerned about short-term storage of
solid waste. Due to tropical storm Isabel and the scheduled outage of unit 3, a
large amount of MSW was in the pit and some MSW was on the tipping floor. At Mr.
Welsh‟s direction, written notification was provided to MDE requesting short–term
storage of MSW on the tipping floor until October 31st.
 Completed annual stack testing.
 Submitted 3rd quarter 2003 Operations and Emissions Report to MDE.
 Submitted 3rd quarter 2003 NPDES report to MDE
 Submitted 3rd quarter 2003 Bacteriological Monitoring Report to MDE.

Materials Recovery Facility – Approximately 1,988 tons of commingled material were
shipped out, and approximately 6,064 tons of mixed paper were loaded out and
transferred to the Office Paper Systems processing facility. Adjustments were made on
two conveyors to reduce their conveyance slopes. Special cleats were installed on two
conveyors that transport glass to assure consistent movement of glass. The pre-sort
and plastics sorting platforms were painted. Hoppers were also painted. Certain areas
of the roof were caulked. An open area on the property‟s east side was reseeded. The
parking lot was re-striped and trees along the access road were mulched.

Oaks Landfill – There are still some punch list items outstanding on the new landfill
flare and control system.

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MRC Construction, the contractor for subdividing the leachate storage lagoons to
facilitate long-term maintenance, removed all of the liquid and sludge from raw
leachate storage lagoon #1 in preparation for building the dividing berms. Heavy rains
continue to adversely affect the construction schedule.

Gude Landfill – The concrete pad off the Southlawn Lane entrance continued to be
used as a storm debris management area.

Transfer Station – During October, Covanta shipped via rail 58,408 tons of
processible waste from the Transfer Station to the RRF; 5,390 more tons than shipped
in October 2002.

Covanta performed repair work on the floor area by the compactor hopper number 3 in
the pit portion of the facility.

Covanta painted the power units on each of the compactors.

The D-8 bulldozer budgeted for FY04 arrived at the site.

The design for the installation of the fourth compactor is ongoing.

PEPCO verified that the existing electrical transformer near the transfer building is
sufficient to allow connection of the fourth compactor.

Litter was collected by MES along Shady Grove Road from Route 355 to the intersection
with Muncaster Mill Road.

The backlog of mulch and ground yard waste from Hurricane Isabel was removed from
the site.

The inbound radiation detectors had 16 alarms in October 2003, including 3 false
alarms (alarms that could not be re-verified) - all but one of the valid alarms were
identified as medical isotopes with short half-lives, including some cases where the
driver had undergone recent medical treatment, and were accepted. One alarm
involved the detection of Ra-226 (Radium 226). RSO, Inc., a radioactive materials
management contractor, was brought in to identify and remove the material in this
load. The Ra-226 was on a couple small objects that came in on a truck serving a
residential collection route, and the source is under investigation.

Site 2 Landfill Properties – The lease for the Chiswell property is signed. Comments
on the draft Site 2 landfill refuse disposal permit are being reviewed by MDE. A permit
was received to construct a mound septic system for the Draper property. The County
is preparing the Dunn property for renting.

Yard Trim Compost Facility – In October, the Yard Trim Facility received 8,021 tons
of material for composting. The year to date figure is 23,614 tons.

No debris was sent to the RRF.

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Eight thousand nine hundred and seventy-seven (8,977) cubic yards of Leafgro were
shipped to distributors.

Bagging Operation – In October, 30,602 bags of Leafgro were shipped to distributors
(each bag is 1.5 cubic ft. weighing 45 lbs.).

Linden Farm Renovations – In October, work started on rebuilding the Hog Shed.

Out-of-County Haul
Brunswick County, Virginia - During the month of October, approximately 17,721
tons of ash residue, 10,004 tons of nonprocessible waste and 572 tons of bypass waste
were transported to the County‟s dedicated disposal cell at the Brunswick Waste
Management Facility, Inc. (BWMF) Landfill in Brunswick County, Virginia.
Approximately 90 tons of rubble were recycled this month at Clean Earth in
Hagerstown, MD. The County met with BWMF‟s trucking subcontractor to discuss the
availability of more walking floor trailers for transporting bypass waste.

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GENERAL INFORMATION

Important Telephone Numbers

General information on solid waste 240-777-6400

Customer Service 240-777-6410

Transfer Station 301-840-2370 (County Office)
301-590-1032 (Covanta)

Materials Recovery Facility 301-840-2701 (County Office)
301-417-1447 (MES)

Resource Recovery Facility 240-777-6494 (County Office)
301-916-3031 (Covanta)

Yard Trim Compost Facility 301-428-8185 (MES)

Internet for DSWS www.montgomerycountymd.gov/solidwaste
www.montgomerycountymd.gov/recycling

Note: All comments, questions, and suggestions on the contents of this report should
be addressed to:

Theresa Souders
Department of Public Works and Transportation
Division of Solid Waste Services
101 Monroe Street, 6th Floor
Rockville, MD 20850
Tel: 240-777-6425
Fax: 240-777-6465
E-mail: theresa.souders@montgomerycountymd.gov

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SOLID WASTE FACTS IN A NUTSHELL

TOPIC OR FACILITY
Latest Recycling Rate Reported in 37.4% (FY02)
Montgomery County
Recycling Goal 50% by December 2004
Resource Recovery Facility (RRF) Guaranteed Capacity = 85% of 1800 TPD
on an annual basis (558,450 tons/yr @
5,500 BTU/lb waste).
Yard Trim Composting Facility (DCF) Operations limited to receipt of 77,000
tons/year under Sugarloaf Settlement
Agreement. FY03 tons received- 80,138
# Residences receiving trash collection 85,007
by County contractors Agreement
# Residences receiving collection of 203,552
recyclables in blue bins and yard waste
collection
Term of out-of-county waste transportation June 19, 1997 through June 30, 2012
and disposal contract with Brunswick Waste with an option for a five-year renewal.
Management Facility, Inc. (Service started on October 20, 1997.)

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GLOSSARY OF ACRONYMS
AAR American Ash Recycling, Inc.
APC Air Pollution Control
ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers
CDL Commercial Driver‟s License
CEMS Continuous Emissions Monitoring System
CFR Code of Federal Regulation
CIP Capital Improvements Program
COD Cash on Delivery
COG Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
CSX Chesapeake Transportation Systems
DEP Department of Environmental Protection
DFS Division of Facilities and Services
DNR Maryland Department of Natural Resources
DSWS Division of Solid Waste Services
EPA Environmental Protection Agency
FIG Facilities Implementation Group
GFA Gross Floor Area
HHW Household Hazardous Waste
IFB Invitation For Bid
IPM Integrated Pest Management
LFG Landfill Gas
LTTS Leachate Thermal Treatment System
MCPS Montgomery County Public Schools
MCR Maximum Continuous Rating
MDE Maryland Department of Environment
MES Maryland Environmental Service
Mg/l Milligrams per liter
M-NCPPC Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission
MRF Materials Recovery Facility
MSW Municipal Solid Waste
MWh Mega Watt hours
NMWDA Northeast Maryland Waste Disposal Authority
NOV Notice of Violation
NPDES National Pollution Discharge Elimination System
NTP Notice to Proceed
OLAC Oaks Landfill Advisory Commission
OMB Office of Management and Budget
OPS Office Paper Systems
PEPCO Potomac Electric Power Company
PSA Public Service Announcement
RFP Request for Proposal
ROL Reduced Operating Level
RRF Resource Recovery Facility
SCA Sugarloaf Citizens Association
SHA State Highway Administration
SORRT Smart Organizations Reduce and Recycle Tons
SDAT State Department of Assessments and Taxation
SWAC Solid Waste Advisory Committee
TXA 170 Computer Interface Program (Property Account Database)
TCLP Toxic Characteristic Leaching Procedure
TPD Tons Per Day
TRRAC Think Reduce and Recycle at Apartments and Condominiums
UT Ultra-sonic Testing