Monday, March 5, 2012

COUNTY URGED TO SHUT CLAVERACK LANDFILL *BOARD WANTS TO CONTINUE DISPOSAL.(Local)

Byline: Gary Sheffer Staff writer

More than 100 people jammed the County Board of Supervisors chambers Wednesday night, most to demand that the Claverack landfill be closed.

The county is considering beginning eminent domain proceedings to seize the landfill on Snydertown Road so that it can continue dumping at the site.

The landfill was scheduled to close Saturday under a state consent order, but the county last week won a temporary extension from the state Department of Environmental Conservation to Sept. 17.

The board voted to address 10 conditions imposed by EnCon that will help the state decide whether to grant a longer extension. …

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