If it is built, the monofill will only last 20 years; won’t you have to do something else after it is completely filled?
The limited useful lifetime and any permanent impacts from the monofill are very important considerations in the decision-making process. It is true that, if built, the monofill would never be a fully permanent solution. Another disposal alternative will be required, either instead of, or in combination with, a monofill, if it were to be built. If it were built, however, the monofill would be a permanent landscape feature. 15. Isn’t the proposed monofill located in a place where the Spring Valley project is expanding its investigations? Is there a conflict between the plans for a monofill and the Baltimore District Spring Valley investigation and clean-up plans? Once the idea of a monofill was proposed, we began coordination with the Baltimore District’s Spring Valley Project team to determine how this potential alternative would be affected by the scope and the timing of any investigation and remediation of any ordnance associated with the Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS) at the Amer