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Dow Midland Plant and Salzburg Landfill Hazardous Waste Management Facility Operating License Information

Dow Midland Plant and Salzburg Landfill Hazardous Waste Management Facility Operating License Information

The Dow Chemical Company (Dow), Michigan Operations, Midland Plant is a chemical manufacturing complex located at 1790 Building, Washington Street, Midland, Michigan, and the Dow, Michigan Operations, Salzburg Road Landfill is a hazardous waste landfill located at 2314 West Salzburg Road, Midland, Michigan.

The combined Midland Plant and Salzburg Road Landfill complex is comprised of approximately 2,052 acres. Dow manufactures a variety of chemical products using a variety of process equipment including reactors, distillation/fractionation columns, separators, storage tanks/silos, boilers, condensers, thermal heat recovery, oxidation units, scrubbers, etc. at various locations within the Dow Chemical Complex. Many locations across the complex generate hazardous waste which Dow is licensed to store, treat, and dispose of under the hazardous waste license issued by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), Materials Management Division (MMD).

Dow's license covers its hazardous waste container storage, tank storage and treatment, surface impoundment storage and treatment, incinerator, and on-site and off-site clean-up (corrective action) activities. Dow's license also covers the Salzburg Road Landfill located southwest of the intersection of Waldo and Salzburg Roads. Dow also has separate air and wastewater permits, and a separate solid waste landfill permit and license for other operations occurring within the complex.

EGLE Contacts

Daniel Dailey, Project Manager: 517-242-7261
Joseph Rogers (Salzburg Landfill Only): 517-284-6569

EGLE, Lansing Headquarters

525 West Allegan Street, Lansing, Michigan

Contact: Ms. Vickie Terry
517-284-6546

EGLE, Bay City District Office

401 Ketchum Street, Suite B, Bay City, Michigan
Contact: Ms. Sherri Howell 989-894-6200

Grace A. Dow Memorial Library

1710 West St. Andrews Street, Midland, Michigan
Contact: Reference Desk 989-837-3449

 

Where portions of the license are not available, they were not posted due to file size limitations.

Current Dow License - Issued September 25, 2015

    License Attachments

  • Attachment 1 - Waste Analysis Plan (Updated only to incorporate Revised Dow Site-Specific LDR Treatability Variance Approval in Appendix A3-3)
  • Attachment 2 - Inspection Schedule
  • Attachment 3 (MP) - Personnel Training Program Midland Plant (Replaced by Amendment 1)
  • Attachment 3 (SLF) - Personnel Training Program Salzburg Landfill (Replaced by Amendment 1)
  • Attachment 4 - Contingency Plan (Figures for Tertiary Pond and No. 6 Brine Pond Part 315 Dam Safety Emergency Action Plan are not available on-line due to large file size) - Updated by Amendment 1
  • Attachment 5 - Closure and Post Closure Care Plans Midland Plant
  • Attachment 6 - Closure and Post Closure Care Plans Salzburg Landfill
  • Attachment 7 - Subpart BB Air Emissions from Equipment Leaks and Subpart CC Air Emissions from Tanks, Containers, and Surface Impoundments
  • Attachment 8 - Use and Management of Containers - (Amendment 14)
  • Attachment 9 - Midland Plant Facility Boundary Topographic and Part A Maps
  • Attachment 10 - List of Acceptable Waste Types for Management at the Dow Michigan Operations, Midland Plant & Salzburg Landfill Facilities
  • Attachment 11 - Tank Systems
  • Attachment 12 - Incineration or Thermal Treatment
  • Attachment 13 - Surface Impoundments
  • Attachment 14 - Salzburg Landfill Drawings and Topographic Maps (Amendment 1)
  • Attachment 15 - Replaced by Attachment 20
  • Attachment 16 - Replaced by Attachment 20
  • Attachment 17 - Replaced by Attachment 20
  • Attachment 18 - Off-site Corrective Action Midland Area Soils
  • Attachment 19 - On-site Corrective Action
  • Attachment 20 - Sampling and Analysis Plan

Revised Dow Site-Specific LDR Treatability Variance Approval - September 25, 2015

Recent License Amendments

Operating License Amendment 15

On June 18, 2020, EGLE approved a minor modification to the operating license issued September 25, 2015, based on a request from Dow to replace an existing monitoring well, MW 4666, in the Salzburg Road Landfill detection monitoring program in Part IX of the operating license.  The minor modification request and approval letter for Amendment 15 to the facility operating license are provided below.

Operating License Amendment 14

On April 16, 2020, EGLE approved a minor modification to the operating license issued September 25, 2015, in order to:

  • perform administrative and informational updates to the license language;
  • to process Dow's February 22, 2019, voluntary minor modification request to combine the environmental monitoring Sampling and Analysis Plans for the Midland Plant and Salzburg Road Landfill, Attachments 15, 16, and 17 to the License, into a new Attachment 20, Sampling and Analysis Plan, to the License;
  • to update forms and include new Figures in Attachment 1, Waste Analysis Plan, to reflect the management of hazardous wastes under the Industrial Park Concept; and
  • to incorporate as-built drawings for the southeast diking area for Waste Storage Area I in Attachment 8 to the license. 

Due to the size and number of the documents included in the minor modification request, copies of the information regarding the minor modification request are available upon request.  Please contact Daniel Dailey at the number listed above for further information.  The Amendment 14 minor modification approval letter, copies of updated boilerplate language, and updated Attachments 1, 8, and 20 to the license are provided below.  Previous Attachments 15, 16, and 17 to the license have been replaced by Attachment 20 and were removed from the license.

 

 

Operating License Amendment 13

On March 27, 2019, EGLE approved a minor modification to the facility operating license based on a request received January 29, 2019, from Dow to replace existing purge wells PW-5, PW-6, and PW-7 in the Facility 7th Street monitoring program with a horizontal well subject to the same monitoring conditions as purge wells PW-5, PW-6, and PW-7 in Part IX of the operating license.  The minor modification request and approval letter for Amendment 13 to the operating license are provided below.

Operating License Amendment 12                                

On April 8, 2019, EGLE approved a minor modification to the operating license based on a November 16, 2018, notification of a new area of concern (AOC), the Mark Putnam AOC, received from The Dow Chemical Company.  The notification identified this area as a release to soils of chlorinated volatile organic compounds requiring remediation.  The notification and minor modification approval letter are provided below.

Operating License Amendment 11

On June 25, 2018, EGLE approved a minor modification to the operating license based on an April 10, 2018, request from Dow for Waste Storage Area I (WSAI) Southeast Dike Concrete Replacement.  The WSAI request and approval letter for Amendment 11 to the facility operating license are provided below.

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