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DIRECTOR GOVERNOR
Alabama Department of Environmental Management
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1400 Coliseum Blvd.36110-2400 a Post Office Box 301463
Montgomery,Alabama 361341463
(334)271-77W a FAX(334)271-79W
February 16, 2022
CERTIFIED MAIL
Mr. Jonathan Click, VP of Operations
Big Sky Environmental, LLC
P.O. Box 567
Graysville, AL 35073
RE: Railyard Activity Update Request
Big Sky Environmental, LLC Solid Waste Facility
Permit No. 37-48
Dear Mr. Click:
On February 2. 2022, the Department issued to Big Sky Environmental, LLC (Big
Sky) a Notice of Violation (NOV) for failing to update the facility's operation plan to
incorporate a railyard that had been constructed within the facility's boundary.
The NOV required Big Sky to "...cease and desist the operation of the railyard for
the rail transportation of waste materials until such time as the permit is
appropriately modified." A follow-up inspection by Department personnel on
February 15, 2022, noted an additional six railcars at the railyard that had
recently been received. The railcars contained waste material. Facility
representatives indicated that these railcars arrived at the facility on February 13,
2022, and had been in transit to the facility prior to the issuance of the
aforementioned NOV.
Based on this new development at the railyard, the Department requests the
following information:
is Documentation of the type of material received via rail on February 13,
2022, along with the name of the generator of said material,
is How the material has been or is planned to be managed at the facility,
is Documentation of how and when each of the generators that send waste via
rail to Big Sky were notified of the February 2nd NOV and cessation of
operations of the railyard,
is Documentation from the generator of the date and time of when the material
in question was shipped to Big Sky,
• Documentation of how and when Big Sky was notified that the shipment
from the generator was inbound,
• A detailed timeline and route for the transportation of this material from the
generator to the landfill (including any periods of"storage" or "temporary
stoppage" of the material along t te),
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• A list of other approved alternate disposal locations for this material from
said generator that could have been utilized in light of the NOV and
cessation of operation of the railyard, and
• Similar information for any additional shipments that may currently be in
transit to the Big Sky facility (including anticipated date of receipt and steps
that have been taken by Big Sky to divert shipment in order to comply with
the current NOV).
• A list of any other rail shipments of solid waste (including waste type and
volume, generator, generator location, and anticipated arrival date) that are
known or suspected to be currently enroute to Big Sky.
Please submit a written response to the Department within 7 days of receipt of this
letter. If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact the
undersigned at (334) 271-7755.
Sincerely,
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S. Scott Story, Chief
Solid Waste Branch
Land Division