Triassic Park Hazardous Waste Facility (TP)
EPA ID#: NM0001002484
New Mexico ID#: 2052
Permit Issued: March 18, 2002
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Facility Record Index
Facility Records
The State of New Mexico’s authority to regulate the storage, treatment, and disposal of hazardous waste at the Triassic Park Hazardous Waste Facility (TP) for the protection of human health and the environment is governed under the New Mexico Hazardous Waste Act (HWA) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Under RCRA, State programs are authorized to operate in lieu of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). New Mexico is authorized by EPA to issue and enforce RCRA hazardous waste facility permits under 50 Fed Reg 1515 (January 11, 1985). New Mexico implements this authority under the HWA, NMSA 1978, §74-4-1 et seq (Repl. Pamp. 2000).
On March 18, 2002, the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) first issued a Hazardous Waste Facility Permit to Gandy Marley, Inc. (GMI), hereafter referred to as the “Permittee,” for the storage, treatment, and disposal of hazardous waste at their facility in southeastern New Mexico on approximately 480 acres of land in Chaves County. The Permit addresses requirements for the storage of hazardous wastes at three units; a drum-handling unit, a roll-off container unit, and liquid waste storage tanks, the treat of hazardous waste at two units; treatment tanks and surface impoundments, and the disposal of hazardous waste in a double-lined hazardous waste landfill with a capacity of 553,200 cubic yards and covering approximately 35 acres. The TP Permit is the only permit for a commercial hazardous waste disposal facility in New Mexico. The Permit specifies that it shall be effective for a term of ten years. The hazardous waste portion of the Triassic Park Waste Disposal Facility has not yet been constructed.
January 2017 – Fact Sheet revised – NMED is issuing a revised Fact Sheet for the draft permit for Triassic Park.
Fact Sheet (January 2017) – English
Fact Sheet (January 2017) – Español
January 2017 – Public comments received during the NMED public comment period of June 15, 2016 through January 20, 2017 with extensions.
November 17, 2016 – Public Comment Period Second Extension – NMED issued a public notice extending the public comment and request for public hearing on the draft Permit. The public comment period began on June 15, 2016, and was extended initially to November 18, 2016. The public comment period was extended to 5:00 PM MST, January 20, 2016. See June 15, 2016 below for the fact sheet, draft permit, the initial public notice and below to August 12, 2016 for the extension of public comment period.
Public Notice extending comment period – English
Public Notice extending comment period – Español
October 22, 2016 – Public Meeting – NMED hosted a public meeting at the Holiday Inn located at 3620 North Main Street, Roswell, New Mexico. The presentation (English). La presentación en Español.
September 23, 2016 – Notice of Public Meeting – NMED issued a notice regarding the upcoming public informational meeting on the draft Permit. The public meeting occurred on October 22, 2016 at 1:00 pm at the Holiday Inn located at 3620 North Main Street, Roswell, New Mexico. Also see the August 12, 2016 and the June 15, 2016 below regarding the extension of the public comment period, the fact sheet, draft permit and the initial public notice.
Notice of Public Meeting – English
Notice of Public Meeting – Español
August 12, 2016 – Public Comment Period Extended – NMED issued a public notice extending the public comment and request for public hearing on the draft Permit. The public comment period began on June 15, 2016 and was extended to 5:00 PM MST, November 18, 2016. See June 15, 2016 below for the fact sheet, draft permit and the initial public notice.
Public Notice extending comment period – English
Public Notice extending comment period – Español
June 15, 2016 – Draft Permit Public Comment Period – NMED issued a public notice for public comment and request for public hearing on the draft Permit. The public comment period began on June 15, 2016.
Public Notice – English
July 5, 2013 – The Permittee submitted a revised permit application to address deficiencies in the NMED February 5, 2013 Notice Disapproval Letter.
July 5, 2013 – NMED approved the request for an extension to respond to the NMED Disapproval Letter
July 2, 2013 – The Permittee requested an extension to respond to the NMED Disapproval Letter
February 5, 2013 – NMED issued a Disapproval Letter to the Permittee on the Part A and B Renewal Application.
May 17, 2012 – NMED determined the application to be administratively complete.
April 30, 2012 – The Permittee submitted a revised permit application to address deficiencies in the NMED Notice of Administrative Incompleteness letter.
March 14, 2012 – NMED issued a letter to the Permittee indicating that the permit application was determined to be administratively incomplete.
November 29, 2011 – NMED notified the public via a mail-out and publication in major local newspapers that the October 17, 2011 hazardous waste permit renewal application (see below) was submitted to the NMED and that it is available for public review. See the public notice by clicking here. The notice explains that no action or decision is proposed by NMED at this time regarding the permit renewal application.
October 17, 2011 – The Permittee submitted to the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) a hazardous waste permit renewal application for the Triassic Park Waste Disposal Facility. The renewal application proposes a significantly scaled back facility, retaining the ability to dispose of hazardous waste in the landfill. The application does not propose the ability to store or treat hazardous wastes. See the permit renewal application by clicking here.
Triassic Park Hazardous Waste Facility Permit (March 2002)
Permit Parts 1 through 10
Part 1 – General Permit Conditions
Part 2 – General Facility Conditions
Part 3 – Storage in Containers
Part 4 – Storage and Treatment in Tanks
Part 5 – Treatment in Surface Impoundment
Part 6 – Disposal in the Landfill
Part 7 – Vadose Zone Monitoring
Part 8 – Closure and Post-Closure Care
Part 9 – Corrective Action for Regulated Units
Part 10 – Corrective Action for Solid Waste Management Units
Permit Attachments
A General Facility Description and Information
B Procedures to Prevent Hazards
C Contingency Plan
C1 Emergency Equipment
C2 Emergency Coordinators
C3 Cooperating Local Authorities
C4 Evacuation Plans
D Inspection Procedures
D1 Inspection Schedules and Checklists
E Personnel Training
F Waste Analysis Plan
F1 Rationale for Analytical Parameter Selection
F2 Example Waste Profile Form
F3 Example Chain-of-Custody Form
F4 Waste Characterization Using Acceptable Knowledge
G Air Quality
H Ground Water Monitoring Waiver Request and Approval
I Vadose Zone Monitoring System Work Plan
J Action Leakage Rate and Response Action Plan
K Permit Application – Part A
L Engineering Report
L1 Engineering Drawings
L2 Specifications for Landfill, Surface Impoundment and Associated Facilities Liner and Cover System Construction
L3 Tank Integrity Assessment Certification
M Construction Quality Assurance Plan
N Operations and Maintenance Plan
O Closure Plan
O1 Compliance Schedules for Closure
O2 Financial Assurance for Closure
P Post-Closure Care Plan
P1 Financial Assurance for Post-Closure Care
Q Statistics for Release Determination
R Facility Work Plan Outline
S RCRA Facility Investigation – Scope of Work
T Corrective Measures Study – Scope of Work
U Action Levels for Corrective Action
U1 Background Concentrations for Soil
U2 Vadose Zone Baseline Concentrations for Non- Leachates
U3 Background Concentrations for Ground Water
V Vadose Zone Monitoring Indicator Parameters