DOVER ‒ Residents had plenty of questions at a recent pubic hearing about a proposal to expand the Kimble Companies landfill in Dover Township by 23 acres. The questions centered on smells and dust coming from the landfill, located at 3596 State Route 39 NW, and how high the landfill would go. Other concerns focused […]
Jan. 31—CUMBERLAND — Representatives of the Mountainview Landfill in Frostburg are seeking to expand their operation by adding an additional 50 acres for refuse processing, according to Allegany County officials. Adam Patterson, director of public works for the county, gave a presentation on the request made by the landfill operators during a county work session […]
Hearing on possible expansion of landfill Kimble Companies permit is Jan. 31 DOVER − An information session and public hearing about the draft solid waste permit-to-install issued to Kimble Companies will be at 6 p.m. Jan. 31 at the Dover Library. The public is encouraged to attend, comment, and ask questions. Reasonable accommodations due to […]
Jan. 19—Because the city of Hamilton owned what started as a private landfill in the 1940s, it’s on the hook for part of the remediation efforts, which could cost upwards of $400,000. Pending City Council approval next month, Hamilton has plans to install an active methane gas collection system in an easement at the former […]
The heads of the state Legislature’s environmental conservation committees are pressing Gov. Kathy Hochul‘s administration to reject a Texas company’s bid to expand the Seneca Meadows landfill, New York’s largest, and let it shut down as planned next year. In a letter to Hochul, State Sen. Pete Harckham and Assemblywoman Deborah Glick cite the toll […]
Jan. 8—WILKES-BARRE — The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection on Monday announced it has issued a Notice of Violation to Keystone Sanitary Landfill in Lackawanna County for failing to control odors from the leachate lagoons at its facility in Dunmore and Throop Boroughs. DEP’s investigation into residents’ complaints revealed that the odors rise to the […]