News and archives
PC PRIDE Files Legal Challenge to Special Use Permit for
Upper Piedmont Environmental Landfill - Jan. 3, 2008: BREDL
chapter PC PRIDE (Person County People Rising in Defense of
Ecology) has filed a legal challenge in superior court against
the December 3rd decision made by the North Carolina Person
County Commissioners. The commissioners voted to grant a special
use permit to Republic Services of North Carolina LLC for an
expansion of the Upper Piedmont Environmental Landfill.
PC PRIDE Press
Release | View
Court Petition
Reasons for the legal action include:
- The expansion of the landfill is not in harmony with the
existing agricultural and residential uses in the Mount Tirzah
area where the landfill is located.
- The proposed expansion will constitute a nuisance to the
members of PC PRIDE and other members of the public.
- The property owners adjacent to and in close proximity to the
landfill and proposed expansion have suffered losses of property
values and an interference with health, safety and general
welfare.
- PC PRIDE members were not given a fair and unbiased hearing.
More info: www.pcpride.org
August 2007: The Center for Health, Environment and Justice,
Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League and its chapters
conducted a 10-county “Don’t Dump on Us Keep North
Carolina Healthy” tour urging state leaders to oppose “mega-dumps”
and to adopt sound policies for dealing with solid waste in North
Carolina. Photos and articles from
the tour.
March 2007: Summary
of DENR recommendations for new legislation to regulate
landfills.
Does environmental justice for New York City mean more
garbage for North Carolina? Read David Mickey's Op-ed piece
which was printed in the Sept. 11, 2006 edition of Waste News.
Aug. 07, 2006: Moratorium
stops North Carolina mega-dumps
April 17, 2006: Report Finds Duplin Citizens Are
Concerned About Proposed Landfill: A new University of
North Carolina School of Public Health study released by a local
citizens group found that Duplin County residents remain
concerned about the potential for declining air quality,
contamination of their wells, and lost opportunities for future
parks and outdoor activities. The report, “A Community
Health and Demographic Survey Near a Proposed Landfill Site in
Northwestern Duplin County, NC”, found slightly elevated
rates for allergies and asthma, as self-reported by residents,
already existed in a two mile radius around the proposed site
near Faison.
BREDL
Press Release | Download the University of North Carolina
School of Public Health study: "A
Community Health and Demographic Survey Near a Proposed Landfill
Site in Northwestern Duplin County, NC "
Jan. 14, 2006: Brunswick
Citizens For a Safe Environment Presents: Download 2 great
songs written and performed by local artists for BCFSE in their
fight against the proposed Hugo Neu auto fluff landfill.
Nov. 05, 2004: Neighbors for Environmental Safety Today in
Forsyth County, NC is celebrating the closure of the Waste
Management, Inc. landfill. NEST defeated WMI expansion seven
times. Chapter Spotlight:
Neighbors for Environmental Safety
Today, Forsyth County, NC - More details about the fight and
closure of the Piedmont Landfill.
Oct. 28, 2004: Link
to sign the Swamp Watch petition "No Hugo Neu landfill"
July 17, 2004: Brunswick Citizens For A Safe Environment, a BREDL
chapter, is fighting a proposed Hugo Neu auto fluff landfill in
their community of Leland, NC (link to
pictures, auto fluff factsheet, and additional info.) | July 10, 2004 Press Release
Oct. 20, 2003: Factsheet: Hydrogen Sulfide - The Human Health Effect of a Toxic
Pollutant. (.pdf)
Sept. 11, 2003: BREDL Factsheet on Waste Industries USA, Inc.
which has operations throughout North Carolina and the Southeast.
(.pdf)
March 13, 2002: Landfill discussions raise open
meeting questions - Greene County Board of Commissioners
and representatives of Republic Industries, a
waste dump company, may have violated the state's open
meetings law. The parties met to
discuss their response to Citizens For Responsible
Growth, a BREDL chapter. A victorious lawsuit
filed by Citizens For Responsible Growth
found that county commissioners failed to consider
alternative landfill sites as required by the state's
environmental justice law.
March 3, 2002: The U.S.
Supreme Court ended Virginia's efforts to limit garbage imports
today by refusing to consider Virginia's appeal of last years 4th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling.
Dec. 10, 2001: BREDL and BREDL chapters
Brunswick Environmental Defense League and Friends of Green Swamp
comments on Clean Water Act, Section 404 for proposed municipal
solid waste landfill by Riegel Ridge, LLC in Columbus County. UPDATE:
Sept. 6, 2003: N.C. Division of Waste Management has
returned the landfill application to Riegel Ridge, according to
an article in the Sept. 6 Fayetteville Observer. A letter sent by the
Division of Waste Management to the landfill partners stated that
they have failed to show the state that they are financially
qualified to design, construct and operate a landfill in an
environmentally sensitive area.
| Resource link: EPA Hazardous Waste Characteristics
Scoping Study The "Hazardous
Waste Characteristics Scoping Study" was conducted
under a May 17, 1996 consent agreement with the
Environmental Defense Fund to investigate if there are
gaps in coverage in the existing hazardous waste
characteristics under the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA), as well as the nature and extent of
such gaps. The study presents EPA's methodology for
identifying potential gaps, as well as, the results of
the analyses conducted.
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June 5, 2001 - The NC Court of Appeals has
ruled favorably for Green Citizens for Responsible
Growth in the Greene County landfill case.
The Court of Appeals has ruled that the Greene County Board of
Commissioners must consider socioeconomic impacts and alternative
sites to proposed landfill. more info and link
to court opinion
June 4, 2001 - The three-judge panel of the 4th U.S. Circuit
Court of Appeals has ruled that laws limiting out-of-state waste,
tightening restrictions on large trash-hauling trucks and banning
garbage barges from three Virginia rivers are unconstitutional. more info and link to appeals
court opinion
November 29, 2000 - BREDL
letter to NC Division of Waste Management - BREDL Challenges
TCLP testing of Special Wastes: The Blue Ridge Environmental
Defense League requests that the NC Division of Solid Waste cease
the disposal of "Special Wastes" in NC Subtitle D
landfills until adequate testing methods are developed and
implemented that can adequately determine the hazards of the
"Special Waste" streams.
November 29, 2000 - PRESS RELEASE: Anson
County CACTUS files environmental justice complaint with EPA.
Anson County CACTUS is requesting that the United States
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) initiate an investigation
into the North Carolina Department of the Environment and Natural
Resources' issuance of a June 1, 2000 construction permit
allowing Chambers Development of North Carolina, Inc. to
construct a Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Facility adjacent to a
predominantly African-American community in Polkton, North
Carolina.
November 21, 2000 - Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League and
our Halifax County
chapter, Citizens Against Regional Dumping, held a press
conference and rally on the steps of
the courthouse in Halifax, NC. CARD members spoke against
the county’s plans for a
regional, commercial landfill to be operated by WMX in their
community. Details about the press
conference (including photos and statements) plus a report on the landfill. UPDATE: On
December 5, 2000, the Halifax Board of Commissioners released a
statement which said, "The Board of Commissioners will
not consider the proposal from Waste Management Inc. for a Solid
Waste Disposal Franchise. As a result, the public hearing
and action on the franchise request have been taken off the
agenda. It is the intent of the Halifax County
Commissioners not to consider this proposal further."
Feb 03, 2000 - Federal Judge throws out Virginia Trash Laws/Virginia
will Appeal the decision - A federal judge has ruled
against Virginia's trash laws passed by the 1999 Virginia General
Assembly to limit importation of trash from New York and other
out-of-state areas. The new laws were scheduled to go into effect
July 1, 1999; however, in June 1999, Waste Management Holdings,
three other waste-hauling companies and Charles City County,
which leases land to Waste Management for a large landfill, sued
Virginia challenging key provisions of the new trash statutes.
Nov. 9, 1999 - ANSON
COUNTY CACTUS TAKES LEGAL ACTION OPPOSING WATER QUALTIY
CERTIFICATION PERMIT - Anson County Citizens
Against Chemical Toxins in Underground Storage, filed a petition
for a contested case against the North Carolina Department of
Environment and Natural Resources, Division of Water Quality, for
the issuance of a 401 Water Quality Certification permit to
Chambers Development of North Carolina, Inc. The petition was
filed with in the office of administrative hearings in Raleigh.
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