Ballyogan-1# โ€“ Environmental Monitoring at Ballyogan Landfill and Recycling Park

Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council

The Facility is located on Ballyogan Road, Jamestown Townland, Carrickmines, Dublin 18.
The Landfill is a โ€˜raised' landfill and covers an area of approximately 40 hectares. The capping works were completed in November 2009.
There is an overland gas extraction system on approximately one-third of the landfill. The gas extraction system on the remaining two-thirds is underground.
There is a gas combustion plant, a methane stripping plant and a small car park.
There are streams bordering the Landfill. In addition, Ballyogan Stream, part of which is culverted, flows through the Landfill.
It is envisaged that the Landfill will become a public amenity during the Contract period.
The Recycling Park incorporates:
a. A civic amenity, which is operated by a Contractor on behalf of the Contracting Authority.
b. A waste reception facility, comprising of a waste reception hall, a baling hall and associated offices. The reception and baling halls are currently vacant.
c. A stormwater wetlands, which is contained within a reinforced concrete structure.
d. A section of the โ€˜Pale' ditch, an archaeological site.
A proportion of the monitoring locations lie outside the landfill boundary, in either land owned by the Contracting Authority or third parties.
Summary of the number of current monitoring locations:
Landfill Gas 73,
Groundwater 18,
Groundwater โ€“ Private 2,
Leachate 12,
Surface Water 10,
Dust 5,
PM10 5,
Noise 7,
Ecological 7,
Gas Engine Emissions 1,
Emissions to Sewer 2,
Stormwater 2.
The Environmental Protection Agency issued a Licence for the Facility on 25.8.2000. Licence Register Number W0015-01.

Deadline
The time limit for receipt of tenders was 2014-01-16. The procurement was published on 2013-11-07.

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Procurement history
Date Document
2013-11-07 Contract notice