SCS Engineers was retained to provide engineering design and permitting, as well as prepare a closure plan for two permitted coal combustion residual (CCR) landfills. We sought regulatory approval to … Continue reading Written Closure, Post-Closure Care and Certification – Landfill Closure, Permitting, and CQA Services, ...
SCS Engineers provided site investigation, engineering and permitting services related to the modification of an existing surface mining permit to allow the use of coal combustion residuals (CCR) as fill … Continue reading Groundwater Monitoring for CCR Units – Surface Mine Reclamation Project, Mid-Atlantic Region
New stringent solid waste environmental regulations prompted a major Kansas City utility company to retain SCS Engineers to assist with a landfill permit application for a proposed 40-acre landfill. The … Continue reading Landfill Permitting, Kansas City, Missouri
The first two phases of a coal-fired power plant within a coal combustion residual (CCR) landfill were both reaching capacity. Phases 3 and 4 were in need of design and regulatory … Continue reading Landfill Design and Permitting, Confidential Client
SCS Engineers was retained for services on a coal combustion residual (CCR) landfill which serves multiple coal-fired power generation facilities in the client’s fleet, as well as several commercial coal-fired … Continue reading Landfill Industrial Operation and Expansion Planning, Confidential Client
SCS Engineers was retained to evaluate options for future management of coal combustion residuals (CCR) from a coal-fired power plant in Iowa, as its ash ponds were reaching capacity. SCS … Continue reading Coal Ash Landfill Design, Permitting, and Operational Support, Iowa
A Midwestern electric power utility experienced failure of a dike separating two of their coal ash storage ponds. The utility needed assistance evaluating the cause of the failure and developing … Continue reading Pond Dike Failure Analysis, Confidential Client, Midwest Region
SCS Engineers performed a static and seismic slope stability evaluation of a coal combustion waste disposal facility that was subject to vertical overfill beyond the design envelope for final waste. … Continue reading Waste Disposal Facility Static and Seismic Slope Stability Evaluation, Illinois
SCS Engineers worked with Independence Power & Light Co. (IPL), in Independence, Missouri, to perform an engineering evaluation of the Blue Valley Power Station ash impoundments. As a result of … Continue reading Coal Ash Landfill Support – Stability, Seismic, and Seepage Evaluation, Independence, Missouri
In response to a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) inspection, SCS Engineers was retained to perform a hydraulic and stability analysis of four ash impoundments at a coal-fired power generation … Continue reading Coal Ash Landfill – Hydraulic and Stability Analysis of Ash Pond Berms, Indiana ...