PA Lawsuit Advances – Claims Radioactive Drill Cuttings at Landfill

In January, MDN told you about a long-closed landfill that seeks to reopen in Liberty and Pine Townships in Mercer County, PA (see Group Claims Drill Cuttings for Grove City Landfill “Radioactive”). In 2020, Tri-County Landfill Inc. submitted a permit application for the construction and operation of a municipal waste landfill site that had operated from 1950-1990. One of the objections to reopening the landfill is that it may accept drilling cuttings from fracked wells. The Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) issued a permit to allow the project to proceed. The permit was challenged, and the challenge was initially rejected. The permit was challenged a second time a few weeks ago. This time, the challenge (lawsuit) is being allowed to proceed.

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