Pennsylvania DEP denies landfill expansion

"The landfill’s application fell short of providing safeguards to protect against mine subsidence and groundwater pollution."

NEWS RELEASE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA

WILKES-BARRE, 2/1/06 -- The Department of Environmental Protection today denied the expansion application submitted by Environmental and Recycling Services Inc. for its landfill in Taylor Borough, Lackawanna County.

The facility, which accepts only demolition debris, requested approximately 60 acres of new disposal area that would have comprised portions of the existing landfill as well as the closed Amity Landfill.

“The landfill’s application fell short of providing safeguards to protect against mine subsidence and groundwater pollution,” DEP Northeast Regional Director Michael Bedrin said. “Our evaluation of the designs, plans and potential affects of this project showed that the only option for environmental protection was a denial.” . . Read more