New Mexico Supreme Court Asks State to Reevaluate Chaparral Landfill Permit

Date: July 15, 2005

Source: News Room

The New Mexico Supreme Court (www.supremecourt.nm.org) has revoked the state Environment Department's (www.nmenv.state.nm.us) order permitting Rhino Environmental Services (www.rhinoservices.net) to establish a landfill near Chaparral. The court noted that it does not necessarily suggest that the state reach a different conclusion, but requires the concerns of the local community be taken into consideration in making the final decision. The landfill would take an estimated 85,000 tons of household and commercial waste per year.

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