Landfill siting and enlargement debates performed out throughout a number of states in current weeks.
Right here’s a take a look at a few of the most notable developments:
Two upstate New York websites owned by Waste Connections within the highlight
New York’s Division of Environmental Conservation renewed permits for Waste Connections’ Dunn Mine and C&D Particles Landfill in Rensselaer in late December. The permits now expire Dec. 22, 2027.
The location has drawn pushback from native residents, partially due to its proximity to a neighborhood college, and environmental advocates hoped to close the ability down. Some native officers are working with the Sierra Membership to file a lawsuit interesting the choice, as reported by the Instances Union.
The DEC’s allow reduces Dunn’s allowable truck visitors from 100 roundtrips per day to 70, plus 10 journeys from “zero-emission” automobiles, and decreased its working hours. The corporate is required to deposit $150,000 into an account for a Deprived Neighborhood Profit Fund and conduct a research in regards to the feasibility of developing a vegetative barrier in a single space to restrict results on the neighborhood.
The general mine website is greater than 71 acres, which is being transformed to C&D disposal cells in 10 phases. The landfill’s last capped space shall be 62 acres. The location’s footprint may also be barely decreased to construct an earthen berm.
In the meantime, about 180 miles west, Waste Connections can also be engaged in authorized and regulatory efforts to permit for the enlargement of its Seneca Meadows Landfill — the most important within the state.
Seneca, which is at present permitted to simply accept as much as 6,000 tons per day, is trying to develop. DEC is at present accepting feedback on the corporate’s draft environmental influence assertion and lately prolonged that deadline to Jan. 31, as reported by the Fingers Lakes Instances.
But the positioning could possibly be pressured to close down on Dec. 31 on account of a neighborhood legislation handed in 2016 by the city of Seneca Falls. A Waste Connections subsidiary has been difficult this in a protracted authorized course of. A decrease courtroom beforehand dominated that the legislation was invalid, however the New York State Supreme Court docket Appellate Division dominated on Dec. 20 to reverse that call. The corporate now plans to enchantment that call to the state’s highest courtroom.
Well being board once more strikes to dam Win Waste landfill enlargement in Ohio
The Seneca County Board of Well being in Ohio moved to disclaim Win Waste Improvements an working license for its Fostoria landfill in a unanimous vote on Dec. 12. It is the newest try by the board to dam the landfill’s continued operation and deliberate enlargement.
The Ohio EPA permitted a allow to develop the landfill in September, which might add 94 acres to the positioning. The Seneca County Board of Well being beforehand voted to enchantment that willpower as effectively.
The board contends that Win Waste didn’t adequately shield from or restore erosion points within the landfill’s intermediate cowl, along with different inspection violations. Win Waste denied these allegations, the Toledo Blade reported, and has beforehand highlighted state regulators’ greater than 150 inspections of the positioning final yr.
The well being board should maintain one other listening to earlier than denying the 2025 working license for the landfill. Win Waste can later enchantment that call, per the Blade.
Different landfill information
- Council members in Maui County, Hawai’i, permitted a deal buying a future disposal website for particles stemming from the 2023 Lahaina wildfire. (Star Advertiser)
- The Beatrice Space Strong Waste Company Board permitted a $6.2 million bid from Pruss Excavating to construct a brand new landfill south of an current landfill website in Nebraska. (Information Channel Nebraska)
- Jefferson County, Ohio, officers permitted 2025 strong waste licenses for 2 landfills: the Apex Landfill, owned by Interstate Waste Providers, and Hole Rock Facility, a former coal combustion residuals disposal website owned by Houston-based Power Transition and Environmental Administration. (Herald-Star)
- New Hampshire state legislators permitted guidelines associated to the siting, design, development and administration of landfills over the objections of some residents who argued protections don’t go far sufficient. (New Hampshire Bulletin)
- Stark County, Ohio, didn’t promote its Exit C&D landfill, which was closed in 2002, at a forfeiture public sale. (The Repository)
- Officers in Brazos County, Texas, are looking for to proactively limit the event of future landfills within the space by limiting potential growth to at least one county-owned website, which was a landfill. (KBTX)