This disposal facility is located in West Burlington Township, Bradford County, along U.S. Route 6, situated between Troy and Towanda, Pennsylvania. It is permitted by the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) as a state-of-the-art Sanitary Landfill which meets all applicable state and federal regulations.

This landfill was opened on July 27, 1983, after lengthy siting and permitting requirements. The initial landfill cell was lined with a sprayed asphalt single liner system. This design was changed to an HDPE single liner system as technologies developed and provided better resistance to various substances found in the landfill or landfill leachate. After new regulations were promulgated in 1988, landfill construction was modified to a double liner system.

This landfill is currently accepting approximately 275 tons per day of municipal wastes, permitted residual wastes, asbestos contaminated wastes, and contaminated soils. This refuse is accepted mainly from Bradford, Sullivan and Tioga Counties. NTSWA does not accept hazardous wastes or biological\chemotherapeutic wastes at this facility.

Landfill Compactor moves and compacts wastes on the working face.

The NTSWA owns 128 acres at this site, 64 of which are permitted as disposal area. The life expectancy as of 2003 is 20 years-plus at its current disposal rate.

The landfill operations are conducted according to best management practices for landfill facilities. The landfill working face is the area used to deposit daily wastes. This area is kept at a minimum to avoid excess blowing litter and to meet covering requirements. The working face must be covered each day to prevent litter, vector (animal) access, and to limit the potential for fire. Cover was traditionally achieved solely by screened dirt. New landfill technologies and DEP allowances now permit alternate daily covers such as a foam material or tarps. These alternate daily covers have drastically reduced the cost of covering wastes with dirt and take up much less disposal space.

According to regulation, the landfill system is constructed to include monitoring systems to prevent and detect ground water contamination. The potential for contamination comes from landfill gas and leachate. These by-products of refuse decomposition are closely monitored and have separate management programs. (See Other Tour Pages). The areas around the landfill perimeter are tested for water quality on a quarterly basis from specially constructed monitoring wells.

Various pieces of heavy equipment are used for compacting, pushing and covering the refuse on a daily basis. This helps to maintain a neat appearance and to comply with all rules and regulations governing landfill disposal.

All wastes received are weighed on certified weigh scales. This allows NTSWA to compute the tipping fee for each incoming load of waste. This fee is the primary source of revenue for The Authority. There are no tax moneys utilized to operate our programs and facilities.