SANBORN HEAD
20 Foundry Street
Building Trust. Engineering Success. Concord, NH 03301
Mr. Jeff Lafleur December 8, 2021
Superintendent File No. 3066.11
Nashua Division of Public Works, Solid Waste Department
840 West Hollis Street Sent via email
Nashua, NH 03062
Re: Updated Budget Opinion
Phase IV Permitting and Construction Documents
City of Nashua Four Hills Landfill
Nashua, New Hampshire
Dear Jeff:
Sanborn, Head & Associates, Inc. (Sanborn Head) appreciates the opportunity to be of
continued service to the City of Nashua (City). As you are aware, on December 7, 2020,
Sanborn Head provided the City with a Revised Budget Opinion to provide permit support
tasks to be completed after the submission of the Phase IV Type I-A Permit Modification
Application (PMA) and the Alteration of Terrain Application. These tasks included:
=» Permit Support Services:
a Solid Waste Bureau completeness review letter*
a Solid Waste Bureau design review letter
a AoT Bureau design review letter*
a NHF&G general review letter*
a Support & meetings
=» Type II PMA and Construction Bid Documents
Sanborn Head recommended that the City budget $215,000 to complete the above-listed
tasks. To date, the City issued purchase orders for, and Sanborn Head completed, the tasks
denoted with an “*.” As discussed, the City requested that Sanborn Head provide an updated
cost opinion to address the remaining listed tasks above and include bid-phase services.
Based on our latest conversations, the City is planning to bond the remaining Permit Support
Services and the first Type I] PMA and Construction Bid-Phase Services.
Remaining Permit Support Scope Items
Sanborn prepared a response to comments letter, dated July 16, 2021, related to the NHDES’s
Phase IV Type I-A PMA completeness review letter. The City received a second completeness
letter from the NHDES, dated December 3, 2021, requesting additional information to
support the Phase IV PMA. Based on our last meeting with the NHDES and the City, which
occurred on November 10, 2021, the NHDES indicated that this would be their last request
for additional information. However, based on our experience preparing these permits for
similar projects within the State, and given the current permitting nature of these types of
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