Tonight Concerned Citizens of Throop reports that the stench from Keystone Sanitary Landfill was horrible. The smell traveled as far as Dickson City. Please note: this is the Landfill on its best behavior as it is being assessed by the DEP for an expansion. Should the DEP grant the 50 year expansion, all bets are off. Thick, putrid landfill smells will be the norm across the valley for at least the next 2 generations. Don’t believe it? Drive past the CES Landfill in Hegins (same owners) along I-81. For at least a mile or two before and after you reach it, you will not want to breathe.

Everyone impacted needs to call and report.

PADEP After hours hotline: 800 541-2050

Please note: the process to get the smell on record with the DEP is absolutely ABSURD! You have to call and then they will send someone out to verify the smell, but it has to be on your own property to count. When that person gets there, often hours later when the smell has dissipated, they can and very often have disagreed that the obvious landfill smell is coming from the landfill. They get to make the final determination. IF they agree, then and only then is it considered officially on record. THAT is why the DEP keeps saying there aren’t many complaints. Absolute absurdity.

Don’t let that stop you from calling. Please feel free to post below if you call and let us know what happens when you call and afterward. If the DEP won’t log it, at least we will have a record of citizens reporting smells.

Thank you!