Douglas County landfill

[Coyote]

Oily soils from Keystone spill being sent to Douglas County landfill
Thousands of tons of crude oil impacted soil and solids from the Keystone spill in Kansas are now making their way to the Omaha area.



The remnants of the 13,000 barrels of oil that spilled from the Keystone pipeline in Kansas in December and soaked into the ground are now being sent to Nebraska. According to documents with the Nebraska Department of Environment and Energy, Waste Management, which runs the Pheasant Point Landfill near Bennington, approved the request from TC Energy on Dec. 30, 2022. A spokeswoman for Waste Management of Nebraska told KETV that it's a larger facility that's able to incorporate the volume of this project and manage it on a daily basis. "Pheasant Point Landfill is designed to handle these types of materials and it's designed to meet Nebraska regulations for landfills," spokesperson Lisa Disbrow said. According to the filing, TC Energy will transport 8,000 cubic yards of crude oil impacted soil and 100 cubic yards of crude impacted oily solids, however, when KETV talked with Disbrow, she couldn't verify the exact figures.

[TransitOriented]

Google says a typical dump truck can haul between 10-16 cubic yards. So that's 500-810 truck loads of material.

[bbinks]

This landfill has been in use since about 2005. Used to be on the west side of 216th. I'd think it's getting near being full.

[jessep28]

This landfill has been in use since about 2005. Used to be on the west side of 216th. I'd think it's getting near being full.

A Sierra Club PowerPoint slide I found says the landfill is projected to reach capacity by 2137.

[Coyote]

Waste Management dumps Keystone Pipeline spill at Douglas County landfill
For the next month, Waste Management will dump tons of soil at Pheasant Point Landfill in Bennington, collected from the Keystone Pipeline spill in Kansas



BENNINGTON, Neb. — For the next month, trucks will dump about 48,000 tons of soil at Pheasant Point Landfill in Bennington, collected from the Keystone Pipeline spill in Kansas. Douglas County commissioners have more questions for the company collecting the material, Waste Management. Specifically, the threat to surrounding soil and water sources—following the hazardous train derailment in Ohio. "This waste is not uncommon," Waste Management's Michael Hay said. "This is what we commonly refer to as a petroleum-contaminated spill."

Hay and other representatives from Waste Management declined to answer more questions from KETV NewsWatch 7 following their presentation to county commissioners Tuesday.Waste Management presented commissioners with an anatomy of the landfill, lined with layers and collection systems that intend to protect surrounding soil and water sources.





"This is where regulatory agencies want this material placed to try to keep the environment safe," said Josh Buehre, Waste Management's waste approval manager. The company's corporate representatives say the soil is sampled by a third party. Then it will be sampled at the landfill to test protection systems like the leachate collection and composite liner. "I think they showed that they're being very good stewards of the landfill, of the groundwater, of the water, and safeguarding our folks," Douglas County chairwoman Mary Ann Borgeson said. Douglas County earns $3 for each ton brought to Pheasant Point. "They're not ongoing like you see trash coming in to the landfill every day," Borgeson said.

[Brad]

Any idea what they are building at the Douglas County Landfill?

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[bbinks]

This landfill has been in use since about 2005. Used to be on the west side of 216th. I'd think it's getting near being full.

A Sierra Club PowerPoint slide I found says the landfill is projected to reach capacity by 2137.

I was there for my job today dumping a load of junk. I find it hard to believe that the current site will last another 112 years. I only base that off the site on the west side of 216th filled up in much less time than that, assuming the Pheasant Point site opened after the State Street site closed, it filled up in 15 years. Now if Waste Management has more land, I'd believe it.

[Busguy2010]

Interesting to look at the progression of our landfills. We had the one at 112th & Maple (Hefflinger park now), the one at State and 126th, and now Pheasant point. Not sure of the timeline of each, but just extrapolating since WWII, and the natural growth of the city, each landfill has been progressively larger and increasingly farther away. It makes sense. So we're on our third landfill in 75 some odd years. There's surely some coordination to find out where the next one will be.

Its not pleasant, but years ago I realized why when you drive by the old site on State, it always smells oniony. And we'll, lol. That's why. We still deal with our waste of decades past. Hefflinger park roads were a wild ride because of the unstable waste it was built on. You can look on Google maps and look at these past sites and tell that it ain't so healthy. It's all gotta go somewhere though. I try to compost everything I can, and make an effort to use things that are compostable. It's basically the same thing happening at these sites, just over a really long time and in really high volume.

[Stan]

Interesting to look at the progression of our landfills. We had the one at 112th & Maple (Hefflinger park now), the one at State and 126th, and now Pheasant point. Not sure of the timeline of each, but just extrapolating since WWII, and the natural growth of the city, each landfill has been progressively larger and increasingly farther away. It makes sense. So we're on our third landfill in 75 some odd years. There's surely some coordination to find out where the next one will be.

Its not pleasant, but years ago I realized why when you drive by the old site on State, it always smells oniony. And we'll, lol. That's why. We still deal with our waste of decades past. Hefflinger park roads were a wild ride because of the unstable waste it was built on. You can look on Google maps and look at these past sites and tell that it ain't so healthy. It's all gotta go somewhere though. I try to compost everything I can, and make an effort to use things that are compostable. It's basically the same thing happening at these sites, just over a really long time and in really high volume.

That's some really interesting stuff and I had no idea that Hefflinger was a former landfill. Makes complete sense though based on the road. It's unfortunate how much we waste and how little we have to think about it. Take the downtown superfund site for example. Many people don't even know what a superfund site is or that it could exist underneath your feet, your playground, or home.

I know just from our house alone(family of 4), we fill our garbage can weekly and I'm not proud of it. In the big picture of decreasing world birth rates and populations, it wouldn't be all bad.

[bbinks]

Interesting to look at the progression of our landfills. We had the one at 112th & Maple (Hefflinger park now), the one at State and 126th, and now Pheasant point. Not sure of the timeline of each, but just extrapolating since WWII, and the natural growth of the city, each landfill has been progressively larger and increasingly farther away. It makes sense. So we're on our third landfill in 75 some odd years. There's surely some coordination to find out where the next one will be.

Its not pleasant, but years ago I realized why when you drive by the old site on State, it always smells oniony. And we'll, lol. That's why. We still deal with our waste of decades past. Hefflinger park roads were a wild ride because of the unstable waste it was built on. You can look on Google maps and look at these past sites and tell that it ain't so healthy. It's all gotta go somewhere though. I try to compost everything I can, and make an effort to use things that are compostable. It's basically the same thing happening at these sites, just over a really long time and in really high volume.

There was one between State and Pheasant point. From 1989 to 2003 there was a different site.

[Busguy2010]

Where's that?

[Busguy2010]

There was one between State and Pheasant point. From 1989 to 2003 there was a different site.

Where's that?

And that only further increases the feeling the current land fill isn't going to last another 112 years.

Maybe 2137 was a typo? I could buy 2037...

But it does raise the question "how long can we keep this up?".

I just think of where the next one will be, how much farther out it'll be, how much fuel the trucks burn just getting from the depot, to their route, then allllllll the way to the edge of the county and back. Hundreds of trucks doing this every single day. Can't be a good thing.

[Louie]

There was one between State and Pheasant point. From 1989 to 2003 there was a different site.

Where's that?

And that only further increases the feeling the current land fill isn't going to last another 112 years.

Maybe 2137 was a typo? I could buy 2037...

But it does raise the question "how long can we keep this up?".

I just think of where the next one will be, how much farther out it'll be, how much fuel the trucks burn just getting from the depot, to their route, then allllllll the way to the edge of the county and back. Hundreds of trucks doing this every single day. Can't be a good thing.

It's certainly not a good cycle that we're in with waste

[bbinks]

There was one between State and Pheasant point. From 1989 to 2003 there was a different site.

Where's that?

And that only further increases the feeling the current land fill isn't going to last another 112 years.

Maybe 2137 was a typo? I could buy 2037...

But it does raise the question "how long can we keep this up?".

I just think of where the next one will be, how much farther out it'll be, how much fuel the trucks burn just getting from the depot, to their route, then allllllll the way to the edge of the county and back. Hundreds of trucks doing this every single day. Can't be a good thing.

I can't find the address for the facility. It was called the RDF. Recycling and disposal facility. Maybe it worked like Sarpy county, where waste was hauled to a different site.

Regardless, waste is too high. Even the plastic bags that you think are getting recycled may not be. I watched a video where air tags were hidden in the plastic to be recycled. Most was last seen at landfills, incineration, or on a barge out to sea.

[damonhynes]

Regardless, waste is too high. Even the plastic bags that you think are getting recycled may not be. I watched a video where air tags were hidden in the plastic to be recycled. Most was last seen at landfills, incineration, or on a barge out to sea.

Speaking of--I can't count how many times I've picked up an online Walmart order and there are plastic bags with one item in them. You can't tell me that the petroleum industry or the marketplace is worried about running out of oil.

[GenX]

Regardless, waste is too high. Even the plastic bags that you think are getting recycled may not be. I watched a video where air tags were hidden in the plastic to be recycled. Most was last seen at landfills, incineration, or on a barge out to sea.

Speaking of--I can't count how many times I've picked up an online Walmart order and there are plastic bags with one item in them. You can't tell me that the petroleum industry or the marketplace is worried about running out of oil.

Oh no, we’ve got pleeennnnttttyyyy of oil still in the ground, and that’s even before |expletive|. Big oil says it’s limited, but that’s just to keep the price high.

[PotatoeEatsFish]

I’m predicting a move to 74th and Dodge, holes are already there and everything