The Times-Tribune Editorial Board points out that the potential addition of more toxins to the landfill in the form of flowback sand adds to a lengthy list of objections justifying opposition to the expansion. Many thanks to the Editorial Board for continuing to shed light on these matters of profound concern.

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The more revelations that surface during Keystone Sanitary Landfill’s effort to win state approval for a massive expansion, the more troubling the scenario becomes.

The landfill has state approval to dispose of sand that is used in the underground natural gas-drilling process and washes back to the surface during hydraulic fracturing extraction. The disclosure was publicized by Friends of Lackawanna, a citizens group opposed to the dump expansion, following a recent state Department of Environmental Protection meeting regarding Keystone’s desire to move skyward by 165 vertical feet over more than four decades.