BREDL comments on EPA Proposed Rule regarding definition of solid waste

Aug. 3, 2010: BREDL Comments on EPA definition of solid waste.

BREDL comments to SC Department of Health and Environmental Control on MRR Sandhills, LLC Landfill Determination of Need and Consistency

June 21, 2010: The site for this landfill near the North Carolina-South Carolina border with the primary access located in North Carolina has raised concerns across state lines. Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League chapters in Marlboro, Richmond and Scotland Counties have repeatedly voiced their objections to this project.

We support the Department’s conclusion that MRR has failed to meet the first phase of the permitting process because the landfill is not consistent with Marlboro County’s zoning ordinace. However, we do not agree that MRR has met either the Determination of Need requirement or that the landfill is consistent with Marlboro County’s Solid Waste Management Plan.

View BREDL Comments
SCDHEC webpage about MMR Sandhills, LLC Marlboro County Landfill

Scotland County Rejects Landfill Expansion

June 7, 2010: Scotland County of Tomorrow, a BREDL chapter, wins victory in Scotland County. The Scotland County Board of Commissioners has voted to end a controversial landfill expansion project.

Read The Fayetteville Observer June 7 article - Scotland board puts end to landfill project

BREDL Feb. 16, 2009 comments on the Draft Permit for the Class 2 Landfill Expansion in York County, SC

PC PRIDE Files Legal Challenge to Special Use Permit for Upper Piedmont Environmental Landfill - Jan. 3, 2008: BREDL chapter PC PRIDE (Person County People Rising in Defense of Ecology) has filed a legal challenge in superior court against the December 3rd decision made by the North Carolina Person County Commissioners. The commissioners voted to grant a special use permit to Republic Services of North Carolina LLC for an expansion of the Upper Piedmont Environmental Landfill.
PC PRIDE Press Release | View Court Petition

Reasons for the legal action include:
- The expansion of the landfill is not in harmony with the existing agricultural and residential uses in the Mount Tirzah area where the landfill is located.
- The proposed expansion will constitute a nuisance to the members of PC PRIDE and other members of the public.
- The property owners adjacent to and in close proximity to the landfill and proposed expansion have suffered losses of property values and an interference with health, safety and general welfare.
- PC PRIDE members were not given a fair and unbiased hearing.

More info: www.pcpride.org

August 2007: The Center for Health, Environment and Justice, Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League and its chapters conducted a 10-county “Don’t Dump on Us Keep North Carolina Healthy” tour urging state leaders to oppose “mega-dumps” and to adopt sound policies for dealing with solid waste in North Carolina. Photos and articles from the tour.

March 2007: Summary of DENR recommendations for new legislation to regulate landfills.

Does environmental justice for New York City mean more garbage for North Carolina? Read David Mickey's Op-ed piece which was printed in the Sept. 11, 2006 edition of Waste News.

Aug. 07, 2006: Moratorium stops North Carolina mega-dumps

April 17, 2006: Report Finds Duplin Citizens Are Concerned About Proposed Landfill: A new University of North Carolina School of Public Health study released by a local citizens group found that Duplin County residents remain concerned about the potential for declining air quality, contamination of their wells, and lost opportunities for future parks and outdoor activities. The report, “A Community Health and Demographic Survey Near a Proposed Landfill Site in Northwestern Duplin County, NC”, found slightly elevated rates for allergies and asthma, as self-reported by residents, already existed in a two mile radius around the proposed site near Faison.
BREDL Press Release | Download the University of North Carolina School of Public Health study: "A Community Health and Demographic Survey Near a Proposed Landfill Site in Northwestern Duplin County, NC "