Michigan DEQ Takes Closer Look At Wayne Landfill Expansion

Date: June 26, 2003

Source: News Room

Michigan's Department of Environmental Quality is asking Wayne County to rethink its decision to allow the Countywide Landfill to expand. The county, however, is going to leave the final decision up to the state. DSC Countywide Landfill was granted approval to pursue a business plan that included expansion last year, much to the dismay of area environmentalists and many political leaders. But county officials said they would not revisit the decision, since doing so could invite legal action. The landfill is owned by the Detroit Steel Corp., which reopened the site in 1997 after McLouth Steel closed it a year earlier during bankruptcy proceedings.
More information: www.deq.state.mi.us.

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