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PUBLIC NOTICE OF FILING OF A COMMUNITY IMPACT ASSESSMENT
FOR A SOLID WASTE FACILITY PERMIT APPLICATION
BROADWAY TRANSFER STATION
Universal Waste Systems, Inc. (Applicant) has submitted a Community Impact Assessment for a 20-year solid waste facility permit application for the proposed operations of the planned Broadway Transfer Station (BTS) to be located at 5520 Broadway Boulevard SE in Albuquerque, New Mexico 87105.
The BTS will be a municipal solid waste Transfer Station, operating within the requirements of the New Mexico Solid Waste Rules (20.9 NMAC). A Transfer Station, as defined in the Rules, is as follows: “Transfer Station” means a facility managed for the collection and accumulation of solid waste with an operational rate of greater than 240 cubic yards per day monthly average.”
The waste to be accepted at the BTS will originate within the City of Albuquerque, and the counties of Bernalillo, Valencia, Sandoval and Torrance, and is characterized as municipal solid waste (MSW). The facility is situated on 8.7 acres and will include a fully enclosed trash processing facility. The projected tonnage of solid waste to be processed at the facility will be an average of 800 tons per day and a maximum of 1,200 tons per day. The BTS will only accept waste collected by registered commercial solid waste haulers. The facility will not be available for use by the general public. MSW will be placed on the tipping floor within the trash processing facility, loaded into transfer trailers and transported to the Cerro Colorado Landfill located at 18000 Cerro Colorado SW in Albuquerque or another permitted area landfill. The primary transportation route to the Cerro Colorado Landfill from the facility will be north on Broadway Blvd, then west on Rio Bravo Blvd. Rio Bravo Blvd. transitions to Dennis Chavez Blvd., which turns north as NM-500. The route proceeds west on Central Blvd. SW to the Cerro Colorado Landfill. Empty trailers will return by the same route. In the event that waste is transported to the Sandoval County Landfill located at 2708 Iris Rd. in Rio Rancho, drivers will access 1-25 at Rio Bravo Blvd. and proceed north to Highway 550 in Bernalillo, New Mexico, then west on Highway 550 to Paseo Del Volcan, then southwest on Paseo Del Volcan to Iris Road NE, then to the landfill entrance. Empty trailers will return by the same route.
The Broadway Transfer Station will be owned and operated by Universal Waste Systems, Inc. The BTS will be open Monday through Saturday from 6 a.m. through 6 p.m. and closed on New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day and during inclement weather events.
Additional information requests and written comments regarding the permit application should be directed to the Applicant and New Mexico Environment Department Resource Recovery Bureau:
Applicant: Universal Waste Systems, Inc.
Rheganne Vaughn, Governmental Affairs & Contract Compliance, NM Operations
5520 Broadway Blvd. SE
Albuquerque, NM 87105
(505) 377-8833; rhegannevaughn@uwscompany.com
NMED, Resource Recovery Bureau
Daniele Berardelli, Permit Section and Water Resource Manager
P.O. Box 5469
Santa Fe, NM 87502
505-670-2018; daniele.berardelli@env.nm.gov
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Available documents:
Broadway Transfer Station Solid Waste Permit Application Vol 2 - Attachments (April 2026)
Broadway Transfer Station Community Impact Assessment Report (April 2026)
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