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Eulin Guidry - Solid Waste
Administrator
General Information:
- Ashland Sanitary Landfill opened
1981
- Ashland pickup station opened 1999
- Averages approximately 300,000
tons of waste per year
- Provides recycling of scrap metal,
newspapers and used oil
- Operates Crochetville and
Schriever pickup stations
 Prior to 1981, solid waste disposal had open dumps and was
unregulated. In November 1981 the Ashland Sanitary Landfill opened and
started receiving waste as the first publicly owned permitted landfill
in Louisiana. The site was permitted for municipal solid waste and
commercial waste, regulated by the Louisiana Department of
Environmental Quality's Solid Waste Division.
The 126 acres Ashland site designed for 10 years of service closed
July 31, 1999 well past its designed life with an estimated closure
cost of 3 to 4 million dollars. The landfill had a design capacity of
1,588,774 tons averaged 80 scale trucks for 440 tons of solid waste
per day.
 Revenues for Ashland landfill are from an 11 mil Ad Valorem Tax
which yields $3,300,000, user fees ($10.00 per household) of
$1,200,000, and scale charges ($42.00 per ton) $3,600,000 for an
annual income of $6,100,000.
Annual operation and maintenance cost for 1999 were $1,300,000 for
the landfill site, collection contract to pickup waste from
residential customers were $3,600,000 and the operation of pickup
stations at $300,000 for a total of $5,200,000.
The EPA/DEQ requires an existing landfill to have a certified
operator on site at all times, semi-annual groundwater monitoring,
storm water permit, daily cover on disposal area, and daily litter
control.
EPA/DEQ Subtitle D requires existing landfills to upgrade the
monitoring well system, install a leachate collection and treatment
system, install Methane gas collection and venting system, and monitor
all commercial trucks for hazardous waste. Ashland Landfill had spent
approximately $1,000,000 on Subtitle D requirements through the end of
1999.
With the closure of the Ashland landfill, waste is currently
handled through the 500 ton per day capacity Ashland Solid Waste
Pickup Station. The station is a 50 feet high precast concrete
structure with a wind load design of 115 mph. The construction and
engineering cost of the building is $2,115,333 and was completed in
127 days.
 Terrebonne Parish Consolidated
Government has a 5 year private hauling contract of $1,000,000 per year
with an additional fee of $8.95 per ton. Waste is deposited in the
station and hauled away by the private contractor to River Birch, Inc
located in Jefferson Parish. TPCG has a 5 year waste disposal contract
with River Birch facility for $26.50 per ton for a total cost of
disposal $32.40 per ton.
 Other
responsibilities under Environmental Services include the Animal
Shelter which impounded 7,120 animals in 1999 and operates with an
annual budget of $130,000. Additionally sanitation services are
provided for Mardi Gras and parish sponsored events.
337
Ashland Landfill Road
Houma, LA 70363
(985) 873-6739
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