Illinois EPA Issues Permit for Sangamon County Landfill
Landfill Can Now Begin Accepting Waste
For Immediate Release
July 7, 2003 |
Contact: Maggie Carson
217-557-8138
TDD: 217-782-9143 |
Springfield, Ill. -- Illinois EPA Director Renee Cipriano has announced
that a permit was issued today to allow Allied Waste to accept waste for disposal
within the previously permitted boundaries of the Sangamon Valley landfill
facility. The landfill is located just north of Springfield at 2565 Sandhill
Road.
This facility was closed in the mid-90s after a long enforcement process
resulting from a history of environmental violations. Some of the problems
included groundwater
contamination caused by the landfill and the landfill being built beyond
the permitted boundaries. The landfill was previously owned by Jim Watts of
Watts
Trucking, but was purchased by Allied Waste.
In order to allow the project
to move forward, Sangamon County entered into a host agreement with Allied.
The host agreement included, among other considerations,
an annual payment for road improvements of Sand Hill Road and the cost
to provide public water supply hook-ups for the neighboring properties currently
using
private wells.
Throughout the development and construction process, the
Illinois EPA Springfield Regional Office and the Sangamon County Health Department
monitored activities
to ensure compliance with the development permit issued in October 2002.
The
permit did not increase the disposal capacity of the landfill in excess of
the disposal capacity originally authorized by a development
permit
issued in 1980. Landfill disposal capacity actually decreased by approximately
one-half
million cubic yards, according to calculations provided by the applicant.
The decrease in disposal capacity results from a reduction in the lateral
waste
disposal boundary of the landfill. The 198-acre municipal solid waste
landfill contains 74 acres of disposal area.
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