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Planning for Disaster Debris and Animal Mass Mortality Event Management

Jeff Phillips, Director of Business Development 515.256.8814

“Disasters are come-as-you-are

• battles. Having a plan will make you

more prepared when the battle comes.”

Planning for Disaster Debris

• Landfill/SW Agency perspective/focus
• How can the landfill help the recovery
• Landfills are a critical utility/service to the

recovery process

• Why should landfills/SW Agency’s be at

the emergency planning table

Planning for Disaster Debris

Flood Debris Cedar Rapids, Iowa (2008)

Hail Damage

Ice Storm Springfield, MO 2007

Tornado Joplin, MO 2011

Current Disaster Declaration in Missouri

• 28 Counties received

disaster declaration on May 24th

• 1,200 Homes impacted
• $86 million is estimated

damages/emergency response

Communication:

• Missouri Department of Public Safety

– State Emergency Management Agency

• http://sema.dps.mo.gov
• 9 Regional coordinators

Planning for Disaster Debris

Communication:

• Emergency services
• Utility services
• Internal operations and management
• Public relations/Media
• Customers
• Regulators (local, regional, state, federal)
• Contractors
• Regional council of governments
• Get to the planning table. Be a part of policy development.
• Plan and then train to the plan! Because…

…and then it will go to the landfill for disposal.

… Oh really?

• Landfill/SW Agency Planning
• Resources
• Communications

Planning for Disaster Debris

Types of possible disaster debris:

• C&D
• Hazardous
• Infectious
• Organic (vegetative)
• Food waste
• Appliances
• Furniture
• Bulky
• Vehicles and vessels

What disaster response plans are already in place and are you part of that plan?

Planning for Disaster Debris

Landfill Resources

• Airspace
• Cover Material
• Heavy Equipment
• Operators
• Scales
• Fuel

Planning for Disaster Debris

Landfill Resources

• Airspace (Variability in risk exposure)
• Did you recently open a new cell?
• Are you nearing filling completion of an

existing cell?

• Do you have old areas that could be re-
• pened in an emergency?
• Do you have disposal agreements with
• ther landfills in the event your landfill is

unable to provide service?

• Cover Material
• Do you rely on daily cover material that is

generated by a local industry, or produced/supplied (i.e., spray on material)?

Planning for Disaster Debris

Landfill Resources

• Heavy Equipment
• What is the condition of your equipment?
• Who can provide emergency maintenance on the

equipment?

• Do you have options to rent/borrow additional

equipment? Anything in writing?

• Does your equipment acquisition align with

disaster declaration reimbursement requirements?

• Operators
• What does you labor/union contract stipulate?
• Do you have options to hire temporary labor?
• Does your labor acquisition align with disaster

declaration reimbursement requirements?

Planning for Disaster Debris

Landfill Resources

• Scales
• One way in and out scales?
• Ability to acquire portable scales?
• Automation capabilities?
• Tracking software align with disaster declaration

reimbursement requirements?

• Fuel
• Operational day storage?

Communications

• Disposal is not free
• All items cannot be accepted
• Hours of operations
• Expect long lines/delays
• Required documentation/cooperation with

recovery officials

Planning for Disaster Debris

Communications

• Don’t rely on cellphones
• Identify chain of command and

responsibilities

• Have means to identify personnel
• Do you need to control access to the

landfill?

Planning for Disaster Debris

Debris Management Plan for Landfill

• Previous events and response activities
• Disaster and debris classification
• Command structures and responsibilities
• Task Force Assignments
• Landfill readiness assessment and resumption of operations
• Alternative management site coordination
• Debris management communication to communities/customers
• Task Force Readiness Assessment (can I still provide service?)
• Task force activation triggers and levels

Post Event – Landfill Infrastructure Assessment

• Landfill services operational status
• Prioritize assessment and restore efforts to service

needs (ice storm – grinders; pad space, loaders, etc.)

• Restricted access areas (i.e., received materials part of

criminal investigation)

Planning for Disaster Debris

• Just opened a new landfill cell – next

expansion was 18 months out

• Closed landfill at ground zero
• Curtain burn, grind/transfer,

diversion/recycling, landfill

• 478,000 tons of debris over 5 month period
• Still received flood related waste 6 years after

the event

• Monday-Sunday 7AM-7PM
• Mandatory overtime (operators, phone

coverage, management, etc.)

Case Study Cedar Rapids 2008

• 5,300 tons/day
• Typical year is <1,000 tons/day
• Communicate and coordinate material

separation

• Identification of staging areas

Case Study Cedar Rapids 2008

• 16,000 appliances recovered in two months
• Lawnmowers sold for $5 (Habitat for

Humanity)

• Propane tank storage/recycling
• 160,000 cans of paint
• 880 plastic drums

Case Study Cedar Rapids 2008

• Obtain equipment rental contracts ahead of the

disaster

• Heavy equipment
• Portable lights/generators
• Understand labor contract/union contract hiring

practices

• Pre identified/communicated staging areas

(negotiated private property leases)

• Backup/Additional disposal agreements

Case Study Cedar Rapids 2008

• Pressures of/at a Transfer Station are different than at

a Landfill

• Alternative disposal location (closer to transfer

station)

• Don’t just rely on cell phones
• Contracts for transfer trailers, tractors, and drivers
• Disposal is NOT FREE

Case Study Creston Iowa 2012

• Avian Influenza
• Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD)
• Bovine spongiform

encephalopathy (BSE)

• Swine flu
• … and much more

Animal Mass Mortality Event Management

Be at the table for emergency response planning because…

• Designate one landfill to accept animal

mass mortality waste and divert all

• ther customers
• Prevent site workers that live on a farm

with livestock from returning to that farm for two weeks

• Vaccinate and then depopulate animals

at the landfill

Animal Mass Mortality Event Management

Livestock and Poultry Industry in Missouri

• $2.25 billion/year (8% of total state

budget)

• $300 million lost/year due to livestock

diseases Missouri production:

• Cattle

4 million (2nd in nation)

• Turkeys

19 million (2nd in nation)

• Hogs

3 million (7th in nation)

• Broilers

250 million (10th in nation)

• Eggs

2 million (14th in nation)

Animal Mass Mortality Event Management

• Recent and Current Activity:
• 39,000 turkeys depopulated in Jasper

County, MO (April 2016)

• March 5, 2017 HPAI confirmed in

Tennessee (73,500 chickens)

Animal Mass Mortality Event Management

DISEASED CARCASSES But remember...

• 252 million chickens

So 20,000 is only 0.008% of Missouri’s stock

DISEASED CARCASSES

Iowa Avian Influenza (High Path AI):

• Iowa Ranked #1:
• Chicken layers (59.5

million – 16% national stocks)

• Pullets
• Egg production
• Iowa Ranked #8
• Turkeys (11 million)

Animal Mass Mortality Event

211 Commercial Premises

• MN 109 (108 composting, 1 burial)
• IA 71 (composting, burial, landfill, incineration)
• SD 10 (burial)
• WI 9 (composting)
• NE 5 (composting)
• CA 2 (composting)
• MO 2 (composting)
• ND 2 (composting)
• AR 1 (burial)

Iowa Avian Influenza (High Path AI):

• Layers
• 25 million egg layers euthanized
• 42% of Iowa’s stock
• 22 laying facilities
• Turkeys
• 1 million turkeys euthanized
• 10% of Iowa’s stock
• 35 farm sites

Composting

On-Site Burial

On-Site Burial

Incineration

Incineration:

• Tarmac Thermal Unit

(Cherokee)

• Never been used for

carcass disposal before

• Propane fired (600-800 F)
• Peak = 225,000 birds/day

~ 32 roll-off containers Air Curtain:

• 14,000 birds/day (2 roll-
• ffs/day)

Landfill

– DOT haul routes – Biosecurity at farms and landfills – Special waste authorization criteria (SWAC) – Long roundtrips

Special Waste Acceptance Criteria (SWAC)

• At the Farm
• Driver remain in vehicle
• Container plastic lined. Bio-Zip Sealable

liner inside lined container

• Each load 50% manure and 50% chickens
• 1 Foot of headspace in bag
• Spray disinfectant over bag.
• Tarp load
• Loaded container must remain on-site for

three or more days

• Clean vehicle and container of organic

material then spray with disinfectant.

• Contact landfill to arrange arrival time.
• Travel DOT approved route.

Animal Mass Mortality Event

Special Waste Acceptance Criteria (SWAC)

• At Landfill (subtitle D compliant)
• Disposal area segregated from existing

working face.

• Disposal location to be high in garbage mass.
• Prevent vectors in disposal area.
• Excavate trench.
• Dump loads into trench and cover with 2’ of

excavated waste.

• Spray disinfectant on vehicle and containers

before leaving landfill.

• Capture disinfectant for disposal (incinerator)

Animal Mass Mortality Event

Animal Mass Mortality Event

DISEASED CARCASSES

Landfill Challenges and Successes:

• 400 roll-offs to Sheldon Landfill
• 1,600+ roll-offs to Malvern Landfill
• 1,200+ roll-off to Cherokee incinerator
• 7 main contractors
• 980 laborers in Iowa (August)
• Peak laborers was 2,500
• Disposal of non-contaminated items:
• Farm equipment, labor waste, etc.
• $900 million + as of October 2015

Landfill Challenges and Successes:

• Health and legal concerns
• 42 days to get first load accepted for disposal
• Communication
• Federal, state, local governments
• Farm owners and operators
• Contractors
• Disposal sites
• Public

• Landfill Challenges and Successes:
• Chickens are easy!
• What if it were something bigger?

Animal Mass Mortality Event

Jeff Phillips jphillips@barkerlemar.com 515.256.8814

THANK YOU!