freeway sanitary landfill

WEST 113TH STREET & I-HWY 35WEST

The Freeway Sanitary Landfill site covers approximately 140 acres in Burnsville, Minnesota. In 1971, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) licensed the landfill to accept 1,962-acre feet of household, commercial, demolition, and non-hazardous industrial wastes. The state permit prohibited the disposal of liquids and hazardous wastes; however, heavy metals, acids, and bases were accepted by the landfill from local industries. The landfill also accepted 200 cubic yards of battery casings and 448 tons of aluminum sweat furnace slag. Overall, the landfill contains nearly 5 million cubic yards of waste. Currently, the waste is covered by a low permeability soil cover. The groundwater beneath the Freeway Landfill flows into the nearby Kraemer Quarry due to long-term dewatering of the quarry for mining purposes. When this pumping ceases, the ground water flow will change substantially and there is a concern that contaminated ground water could flow into the Minnesota River, which is located aproximately 400 feet from the landfill. The City of Burnsville municipal water supply wells are located about 4,000 feet to the south of the landfill.

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