No I am not talking about professional help regarding infrastructure such as gas lines, water lines, sewer lines , phone lines etc. I'm talking about professional geoscientists, hydrogeologists and experts in methane production, ventilation and migration. Why is this important? The former Bolender Landfill has a more than fourty year history of methane production well in excess of health and safety criteria. It also has a more than fourty year history of incompetent and negligent monitoring and supervision of this methane. Methane is explosive which is exactly why it needs to be understood and properly monitored which it has not.
One of the fundamental concerns with methane is its' horizontal migration. Venting methane at the ground surface while not great for the environment (a greenhouse gas), nevertheless in the absence of pilot lights for fireplaces, gas water heaters etc. and buildings in general, generally is not dangerous via fire or explosion. However it is well known that underground disturbances as in replacing or adding new gravel lined trenches to hold service pipes, as mentioned earlier, can allow a change in the horizontal flow of methane gas. This man made change or extension of horizontal flow can be deadly if it allows methane gas to approach and enter basements of residential homes with sources of ignition inside.
Hence the question. Did Woolwich Township have experts and professionals specifically in regards to methane migration study the potential for a man made disaster in the area of the ongoing subsurface excavations? If not why not?
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