Fort Worth area C&D materials facility facing opposition

An application with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) submitted by BAP Kennor Landfill LLC may have helped lead to opposition to a construction and demolition (C&D) materials processing facility largely because of adjacent landfilling operations that also might take place there.

The 53-page document prepared by Frisco, Texas-based Parkhill states, “This application is for the registration of a new recycling facility” to be located west of the city of Fort Worth, in Tarrant County, Texas.

“The 141.727-acre property boundary is also the Permit Boundary of MSW [municipal solid waste] Permit No. 1241.

“The recycling facility will be located outside the existing landfilled waste footprint. An active aggregate production operation for sand and gravel mining is also located on site. The owner/operator owns the 141.727-acre property and operates all active facilities within the landfill permit boundary.”

In describing plans for the BAP Kennor C&D Recycling Facility, Parkhill writes, “The facility may accept up to 450 tons, or 1,800 cubic yards, of recyclable material for processing per day. Recyclable material will be processed according to the rates recommended by the processing equipment manufacturer.”

However, in accordance with pertinent regulations, waste will be disposed of on-site, placed as authorized under MSW Permit No. 1241.

An early-October report by Dallas-based NPR radio station KERA features remarks from neighboring property owners who express concern if the permit is approved, landfilling activity will predominate.

Although Parkhill writes in its permit that “acceptable recyclable materials will be free of putrescible and household wastes,” a man described as a nearby resident is quoted by the radio station as saying, “Do you want to smell garbage. I know I don’t.”

Truck traffic also is cited by the same resident as a reason for opposition. “You add garbage trucks to that, and the trash that falls out of the trucks—it’s too close to the city to put a garbage dump in a populated area,” he tells the radio station.

According to KERA, TCEQ staff are reviewing the application and “BAP Kennor will have an opportunity to address any issues before the TCEQ makes a final decision regarding the application.”