Limits on landfills - As restrictions expire, monitoring is crucial

.
Club 3000 monitors Dick Harvey (L) and Tom O'Dell (R) inspect a 60mil landfill liner membrane in Nov. 2005. Club 3000 has inspected the Countywide landfill for more than 15 years, and during that decade and a half, Club 3000 has revealed the dumping of radioactive waste, lead, and whole tires, as well as apparent working condition violations, dust releases, solid waste odors, and a host of other potential environmental violations. Club 3000's inspection rights remain a matter for the Ohio court system because the 1989 settlement which created those inspection rights has been challenged by the landfill operator, Republic Services.

Battle Creek (Mich.) Enquirer Editorial
Jan. 4, 2006

The new year brought an end to Michigan's tight restrictions on development of new landfills. Up until this past weekend, landfill construction in Michigan was banned unless an existing landfill was set to reach capacity within less than five years. Even then, construction was contingent upon the approval of state and local officials. . . Read more

republic services countywide landfill club 3000 David Palsrok Robert McCann environment landfill Michigan landfill Battle Creek Enquirer Michigan Department of Environmental Quality Natural Resources, Great Lakes, Land Use and Environment Committee