GAFFEY STREET LANDFILL

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FACT SHEET

• Address: 1400 North Gaffey Street, San Pedro, CA 90731
• Year Opened: 1955
• Year Closed: 1963
• Property Size: 30 acres
• Fill Area: 17 acres
• Type of Refuse: Class III (residential, street sweepings, construction and demolition materials)
• Total Capacity: 900,000 tons
• Average Depth of Fill: 50 feet
• Additional Expansion Area: none

The landfill gas management system consists of a combination of horizontal and vertical extraction wells feeding an activated carbon scrubber system that emits the treated landfill gas to atmosphere.

Gaffey Street closure construction is completed. The site has been converted into a soccer field complex known as "Field of Dreams".