README.TXT Solid Waste Facility Master List Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Waste Prevention Division of Planning and Evaluation CONTENTS 1. Master List Summary 2. Master List Column Heading Definitions 3. Notes 1. Master List Summary The Solid Waste Facility Master List tracks the operational status of the solid waste sites in Massachusetts, particularly landfills, combustion facilities, and handling/transfer facilities. This data generally includes site type, location, capacity, owner and operator contact information, and years of operation. The information in the database at any given time across a range of fields does not necessarily represent the most up-to-date information available to the DEP. 2. Master List Column Heading Definitions ACRES_BOH Number of acres site assigned by the local Board of Health for solid waste handling or fill, or an actual footprint of a landfill. ACRES_DEQE Number of acres approved by DEP for solid waste handling or fill, or an actual landfill footprint. AssignDate Date on which the facility received site assignment for solid waste handling from the local Board of Health. Capping Text Landfill cap. A - Completely capped B - Partially capped C - Not capped D - Excavated null - Unknown cap CapYear Year cap construction or excavation completed. CapCertDate Date DEP certified the closure or excavation of a landfill. CLOSEBASE Year a facility ceased operations (STATUS changed from Active to Inactive) or the estimated year when it will cease operations. For landfills CLOSEBASE refers to the year in which the landfill ceased disposing of any solid wastes (the year it became Inactive). CLOSEBASE is not the commencement of the Post-Closure period or the year the landfill entered the CLOSED STATUS (see CapYear above). COUNTY County; BARNSTABLE, BERKSHIRE, BRISTOL, DUKES, ESSEX, FRANKLIN, HAMPDEN, HAMPSHIRE, MIDDLESEX, NANTUCKET, NORFOLK, PLYMOUTH, SUFFOLK, WORCESTER DEQE_TN_DY Tons Per Day (TPD) of solid waste a facility may handle or dispose according to permit or actual operations data. ID Unique Identification number assigned to each solid waste site. ID_TypeExpand Ash Landfill - land disposal of ash. Combustion Facility - burner of MSW with energy recovery. Compost Facility - permitted compost operation for Municipal Solid Waste. Compost Site - registered yard waste composting site. Demolition Landfill - land disposal of Construction & Demolition waste and may include Woodwaste. Illegal Site - solid waste site that requires site assignment by BOH but has not obtained it. Most commonly refers to un-permitted transfer operations. MSW Landfill - land disposal of Municipal Solid Waste and may include Ash, Construction & Demolition waste, Sludge, Woodwaste or other solid waste. Municipal Incinerator - burner of MSW without energy recovery. Processing Facility - permitted recycling operation for C&D waste and/or Tires. Recycling Site - materials recovery facility or other recycling operation that does not require site assignment. Recycler does not include Recycling Drop-off Centers. Sludge Landfill - land disposal of Sludge. Sludge landfills located at waste waster treatment plants are regulated and tracked by DEP's Division of Water Pollution Control. Stump Landfill - land disposal of Woodwaste. Tire Pile - land disposal of tires. Transfer Station - permitted site for receiving and consolidating solid waste for shipment to facilities. Unverified Site - possible solid waste site identified by aerial photos taken around 1972-74 by Water Supply, or a site with minimum data to support its existence. When a site is verified, its type is changed to a more specific site type. Wood Reclamation Facility - permitted long-term compost operation for Wood Waste IDNUM Numeric portion of the site ID, see ID above. LEACH_COLL Leachate collection H - Holding Tanks L - Lagoons O - On Site S - Sewer Liner Text Barrier between the solid waste fill and the underlying soil. Lined - some or all of the landfill is lined. Unlined - no part of the landfill is lined. LocNote Note on the physical location of the site (ex. At DPW yard). OPEN_DAYS Days per year the site accepts/accepted waste OPENBASE Year the facility began handling solid waste OPERATOR Name of site operator or Reporting Contact OPER_ADD1 Operator/Reporting Contact street address OPER_ADD2 Operator/Reporting Contact city, state, zip OPER_PHN Operator/Reporting Contact phone OPER_CNTCT Operator/Reporting Contact contact person OPER_TYPE Operator/Reporting Contact's type of organization Federal - Federal government District - District composed of two or more government organizations Municipal - Municipal government, county, or group of municipal governments Private - Private firm or other non-government organization State - State government Unknown - Unknown Operator Type OWNER Name of site owner or Responsible Party OWNER_AD1 Owner/Responsible Party street address OWNER_AD2 Owner/Responsible Party city, state, zip OWNER_CNT Owner/Responsible Party contact person OWNER_PHN Owner/Responsible Party phone OWNER_TYPE Owner/Responsible Party's type of organization Federal - Federal government District - District composed of two or more government organizations Municipal - Municipal government, county, or group of municipal governments Private - Private firm or other non-government organization State - State government Unknown - Unknown Operator Type Region Text DEP's Regional Offices W - Western (Springfield) C - Central (Worcester) N - Northeast (Wilmington) S - Southeast (Lakeville) RO_Acct Regulated Object Account Number indentification number for each solid waste operation SITE_NAME Name of Site or Facility. SITE_AD1 Facility street address is primarily for locating the facility on a street map and not for mailing purposes. A facility listed with more than one street separated by a slash / may indicate the roads that surround the facility, or the major road that leads to the road that the facility is located on. Two streets, with one in parenthesis, means that there are two names for the same street, usually a name and route number, or a case where a street name has changed (also see LocNote above). SITE_AD2 Site city, state, zip; not for mailing purposes, see SITE_AD1. SITE_CNTCT Site contact person SITE_PHN Site phone SITEVERIFY DEP verified site existence; Y or N. Status Text ACTIVE - Presently operating INACTIVE - Not operating, not completely closed. For Landfills capping/excavation is not completed (see Capping Text above). For Handling Facilities/Transfer Stations a valid permit exists but is not currently in use. CLOSED - Not operating, unlikely to operate in the future. For Landfills this means properly capped according to DEP regulations at the time the landfill ceased operations or excavated. For Handling Facilities/Transfer Stations restarting operations would require re-permitting. For other solid waste facilities this means the structure has been demolished or converted to another use. PROPOSED - Not operating, under review for site assignment and/or permitting. TONS90 to present Tons of waste accepted for a given calendar year. TOWN Municipality in which the facility is located. 3. Notes Update Frequency The Excel workbook listing All Solid Waste Sites is updated Quarterly, all other lists are updated Annually. Questions and Comments For questions or comments regarding the contents of this database contact Brian Holdridge, (617) 292-5578, DEP Bureau of Waste Prevention, Division of Planning and Evaluation. Other Solid Waste Facility Information The Solid Waste Facility Master List is linked (by the ID column) to a Geographic Information System (GIS) datalayer of facility locations. Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs - MassGIS administers the "DEP Solid Waste Facilities Datalayer". To purchase the datalayer contact: MassGIS www.mass.gov/MGIS or 251 Causeway St, 5th floor Boston, MA 02114 (617) 626-1000 (updated 6/08; created 1/4/96)