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Landfill protested by residents
By Sheryl McGlory
Rocket Advertising Manager
Issue date: 4/15/05 Section: News
Hundreds of people from the Grove City and Slippery Rock community turned out to protest an application for the installation of a local landfill Tuesday evening.
The public meeting, hosted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), took place in the auditorium of the Grove City High School to give local residents the opportunity to voice their opinions and concerns about the application to the DEP and representatives of Tri-County Industries Landfill.
The application is to allow Ed Vogel, with Tri-County Industries Landfill, to build and operate a landfill in Pine and Liberty Townships.
Mike Youchak, an engineer with Tri-County Industries Landfill, said the proposed landfill would replace an old landfill located in Grove City.
"It is proposed to relocate 40 acres of the old landfill," Youchak said. "That's equivalent to 1.5 million cubic yards."
Youchak said the landfill site will have a double layer of liner at the bottom of it to protect the ground from chemicals and waste dumped into the site.
He said the landfill would receive up to 4,000 tons of waste per day. This waste would come primarily from out of state locations such as New York City, New Jersey and Ohio.
Local residents said they had concerns about chemicals and other hazards that locals might face due to the opening of a landfill.
Robert Wall, a resident of Grove City, said he was most concerned about chemicals in the air due to traffic to and from the landfill.
"You can't see it, but it's always present," Wall said. "I don't see the dust emissions addressed in (the) application."
Wall also said that bags containing hazardous chemicals and gases can burst when they're compacted with other waste at a landfill site and the gases are then released into the air.
Jodi Recor, vice president of the Citizen's Environmental Association of the Slippery Rock Area (CEASRA), said Vogel and Tri-County Industries Landfill were impeding on the rights and lives of the residents in the area.
The public meeting, hosted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), took place in the auditorium of the Grove City High School to give local residents the opportunity to voice their opinions and concerns about the application to the DEP and representatives of Tri-County Industries Landfill.
The application is to allow Ed Vogel, with Tri-County Industries Landfill, to build and operate a landfill in Pine and Liberty Townships.
Mike Youchak, an engineer with Tri-County Industries Landfill, said the proposed landfill would replace an old landfill located in Grove City.
"It is proposed to relocate 40 acres of the old landfill," Youchak said. "That's equivalent to 1.5 million cubic yards."
Youchak said the landfill site will have a double layer of liner at the bottom of it to protect the ground from chemicals and waste dumped into the site.
He said the landfill would receive up to 4,000 tons of waste per day. This waste would come primarily from out of state locations such as New York City, New Jersey and Ohio.
Local residents said they had concerns about chemicals and other hazards that locals might face due to the opening of a landfill.
Robert Wall, a resident of Grove City, said he was most concerned about chemicals in the air due to traffic to and from the landfill.
"You can't see it, but it's always present," Wall said. "I don't see the dust emissions addressed in (the) application."
Wall also said that bags containing hazardous chemicals and gases can burst when they're compacted with other waste at a landfill site and the gases are then released into the air.
Jodi Recor, vice president of the Citizen's Environmental Association of the Slippery Rock Area (CEASRA), said Vogel and Tri-County Industries Landfill were impeding on the rights and lives of the residents in the area.
