ADEM Rejects Plan For Hurricane Landfill

Date: October 19, 2004

Source: News Room

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (www.adem.state.al.us) has rejected a proposed 15-acre landfill in Baldwin County (www.co.baldwin.al.us) to handle debris from Hurricane Ivan. The county's commission, as well as local cities, opposed the landfill, and the state determined that the county's existing landfills have the capacity to accept the debris. In addition, ADEM has no provisions to authorize a new landfill on an emergency basis without the normal permit procedures.

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