Council Approves Landfill Remediation Plans
Town will now request final RI DEM authorization to begin landfill remediation project.
During the Jan. 28 meeting of the Coventry Town Council, a presentation was made by Attorney Richard Sherman and Alliance Environment Consultant Richard Hittinger with regards to the remediation and closure of the inactive Coventry Landfill located on Arnold Road. The presentation was a follow-up to a Dec. 10, 2012 landfill discussion and described in detail what is known as the Beneficial Use Determination (BUD) program. The program involves asking the RI Dept. of Environmental Management (DEM) to approve the use of slightly contaminated materials to reshape the landfill as part of the remediation process. Examples of such materials include urban fill from construction/excavation projects, catch basin cleanings, street sweepings and …
A Taxpayer
8:18 am on Thursday, January 31, 2013
So taxpayers are on the hook for $3.9 million ( 60% of $6.5million)? Might as well double that because we all know how well the Gov't does with estimates. Maybe taxpayers should ask Hoover to live in a shack on the "slightly contaminated materials" as part of this proposal to give everyone cancer. more ›