Pennsylvania DEP Temporarily Shutters Alliance Landfill

Date: April 10, 2003

Source: News Room

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has announced that the Alliance Landfill in Taylor Borough, Lackawanna County, will be shut down under a consent order and agreement that DEP issued to force the landfill to correct numerous violations and remedy community nuisances. The consent order and agreement required the landfill to close voluntarily this past Monday, April 14, 2003, and remain closed until corrective action is taken on operational problems that DEP documented during routine inspections, complaint response activities, and after-hours inspections and odor patrols. DEP officials said they have recorded more than 58 violations at the landfill since March 2002, as well as more than 100 odor complaints from local residents.
More information: www.dep.state.pa.us.

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