CRRA Ash Landfill Plan in Trouble

Date: May 3, 2008

Source: News Room

The Connecticut state senate has unanimously passed a bill that barrs the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority (CRRA) from building a despareatly needed ash landfill near the town of Franklin. If passed by the House, it will throw years of plans by the agency to replace its Hartford landfill, already slated for closure this year, with much needed space for ash residue from the state's burn plants. Paul Nonnenmacher, a spokesman for the CRRA, said that "If this bill passes, the legislature is turning over a significant part of solid waste system to out-of-state companies, over which Connecticut has no control." Even without interfereence from the legislature, the 350-acre Franklin site would not be ready until 2011 at the earliest. If built, it would accomodate about 300 thousand tons of ash per year brought there on 60 trucks per day.

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