News Releases | Newsroom

Waste disposal subcontract awarded to small business

03.01.2006

RICHLAND, Wash.—Washington Closure Hanford has awarded a subcontract worth up to $22 million to the S.M. Stoller Corp., Lafayette, Colo., with offices in Richland, Wash., to operate the Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility on the 586-square- mile Hanford Site.

“We are pleased to be working with Stoller and its team to operate ERDF,” said Jeff James, Waste Operations Director for Washington Closure. Washington Closure manages ERDF and the River Corridor Closure Contract for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Richland Operations Office.

“Stoller had the lowest price of four bidders, all of which were technically capable of doing the work,” James said.

Stoller will be responsible for landfill operations, which include transporting and maintaining roll-on/roll-off waste containers within the facility, receiving all types of waste containers, placing and compacting waste within the facility, and stabilizing or treating waste as necessary. They also will provide dust control at the facility.

“We recognize the importance ERDF plays in the River Corridor cleanup strategy. We’re excited about this opportunity and have a strong leadership team in place that is eager to get started,” said Nicholas Lombardo, President of S.M. Stoller Corp.

ERDF is a large, engineered landfill located in the center of the Hanford Site and constructed to support Superfund wastes at Hanford. Low-level radioactive and mixed waste materials from cleanup efforts along the Columbia River corridor and other Hanford Site locations are transported to the facility for permanent disposal. DOE and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency provide oversight of ERDF operations.

Designed to be expanded as necessary, ERDF began receiving waste in 1996 and has been expanded twice to meet Hanford cleanup needs. Workers have disposed of more than 6.3 million tons of waste material since the facility opened. Its current capacity is eight million tons.

The Stoller team includes E2 Consulting Engineers of Golden, Colo.; Washington Safety Management Solutions of Boise, Idaho, a subsidiary of Washington Group International; Rogers Surveying of Richland; J-U-B Engineers of Kennewick, Wash.; and American Electric of Richland.

Transition to Stoller will begin immediately from Duretek, the existing subcontractor. “The Duratek subcontract has been in place since ERDF opened in 1996. They have provided excellent service over the past decade and we appreciate the work they have done,” said James.