CSWD identified the site for its proposed regional landfill on Redmond Road in Williston as a result of a siting process that utilized extensive public participation. Subsequently, a Host Town Agreement was signed with the Town of Williston and adjacent landowners were compensated. Click here for a copy of the Landfill Siting Criteria.

In June 1992, after numerous attempts to negotiate a purchase of the selected site from Hinesburg Sand and Gravel, Inc., CSWD formally initiated eminent domain (i.e., condemnation) procedures to acquire the site, exclusive of the sand resources Hinesburg Sand and Gravel, Inc. desires to retain. CSWD won the necessity phase of the condemnation proceedings. The trial to determine the amount of compensation to be paid by CSWD for the land acquisition occurred in December 2003. As of March 2005, the original jury verdict of $8.8 million was reduced by the court to $4 million. This decision is under appeal to the Vermont Supreme Court by Hinesburg Sand and Gravel, Inc.

Design & Permitting of the Landfill
In January 2005, a report on the capacity and cost of the landfill was completed by EMCON/OWT, a private engnieering firm specializing in landfill design. The report evaluated the applicability, effectiveness, and economics of utilizing several landfill technologies including recirculation of landfill leachate to enhance decomposition of the landfilled waste. The report then went on to develop an economic model to simulate landfill costs and project future tipping fees.

Also in January 2005, a separate report was completed by R.W. Beck identifying and evaluating several methodologies which might be used to acquire adequate quantities of trash to support a regional landfill.

CSWD also developed a project flow chart.

To view the reports, click the link below and Adobe Reader will open. To save the files to your desktop, right click (Win) or control click (Mac) their links below.

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Analysis of Alternative Landfill Technologies by EMCON/OWT, Inc.
Draft Report
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D

Solid Waste Acquisition by R.W. Beck
Draft Report

In February 2005, CSWD issued a Request for Proposals from qualified consultants for the design and permitting of the regional landfill. Proposals were due March 10, 2005. Eight proposals were submitted. Shaw/EMCON was selected by the CSWD Board of Commissioners, and has begun work.

For more information, please feel free to download Landfill Questions & Answers and our CSWD Landfill Brochure, which was mailed to every resident and business in the Town of Williston in early November 2006.

Click here to download a copy of the current site plan.

Click here to download a draft cross section of the landfill liner system.

Where have the voters of the Town of Williston decided to spend their host town fees? Firefighter equipment, pedestrian improvements, scholarships, recreational upgrades . . . for a complete list, click here.

What are the environmental and societal costs of trucking waste to distant landfills? Read the full report.

Comments or questions about the regional landfill may be submitted to:

Tony Barbagallo
Chittenden Solid Waste District
1021 Redmond Road
Williston, VT 05495

Phone: (802) 872-8100 ext. 210
Fax: (802) 878-5787
Email: tonyb@cswd.net