IESI, Penn. Township Trade Accusations on Landfill Expansion

Date: June 6, 2002

Source: News Room

As IESI Corp. and Lower Saucon Township, Penn. prepare for hearings on the company's landfill expansion application, IESI officials publicly are expressing concern that their landfill will run out of space before the process is completed. Nearly two years after IESI purchased the 206-acre landfill and filed a 46-acre expansion application with the state Department of Environmental Protection, the first half of the state's review process has still not been completed. Township and DEP officials repeatedly have traded accusations with IESI officials over who is responsible for the delays, each accusing the other of filing either too many review letters or inadequate submissions.

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