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Post by pavel on Jan 25, 2016 16:35:17 GMT -6
An out-of-state waste disposal company wants to dump toxic coal ash into a southeast Georgia landfill riling up residents and elected officials in Wayne County. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is reviewing plans to build a 250-acre rail yard alongside a landfill off U.S. 301 near the town of Screven. As many as 100 train car loads a day of coal ash and/or municipal waste could end up in the Broadhust Environmental Landfield. Up to 10,000 tons daily of coal ash could be deposited in the landfill. A decision is expected early next month, angering locals who had no idea until last week that coal ash was headed their way. “This whole thing blindsided us,” Kevin Copeland, who chairs the Wayne County commission, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Monday afternoon. “It’s something all of Georgia needs to be concerned with. Do we want to be known as the dumping ground for the East Coast?” Read more: www.ajc.com/news/news/state-regional-govt-politics/south-georgia-community-up-in-arms-over-coal-ash-l/nqCBd/ .
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