Op-Ed: Pat Clark December 13, 2020

In today's The Scranton Times-Tribune Op-Ed, FOL's Pat Clark makes the case: one of the Biden Plan's main goals is Environmental Justice. If our country is going to give EJ the seat at the table it has long deserved, the KSL expansion is the perfect proving ground. The landfill's expansion, in a designated Environmental Justice area, on Biden's hometown turf, must be denied.

"...there is no better place to start than the president’s hometown. Locals often joke that all roads lead to Scranton. With the inevitable spotlight presidential attention will bring, let’s hope those roads aren’t filled with garbage trucks for the next 40 years."

https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/.../article_4f85dc8c...

Proposed landfill expansion an environmental injustice

BY PATRICK CLARK GUEST COLUMNIST

If you want something done, ask a busy person. If you want to locate or expand a polluting business, ask a community already filled with them. Benjamin Franklin is known for one of those quotes. The other has plagued our region for decades.

Environmental justice embodies the principle that minority and low-income communities shoulder a disproportionate burden caused by pollution. Over time, the cumulative impact of concentrated pollution destroys a community’s economic outlook and health profile.

Thirty years after the birth of the environmental justice movement, Northeast Pennsylvania faces its own crusade with Keystone Sanitary Landfill’s proposed mega-expansion in a designated environmental justice area.

However, with the election of President-elect Joe Biden, this expansion is no longer just a local or state issue. It is now a national issue.

Biden’s connection to Scranton is well-established. He grew up on North Washington Avenue, less than two miles from the landfill as the crow flies. Though that proximity is an interesting geographic tie to the landfill, his incoming administration’s stated policy on environmental justice inexorably binds the two together.

Biden’s plan on environmental justice recognizes “that communities of color and low-income communities have faced disproportionate harm from climate change and environmental contaminants for decades.” Its goal is “to clean up our communities and provide new opportunities to those that have been disproportionately burdened by pollution.” The landfill’s proposed expansion, in an environmental justice area next to Biden’s hometown, is the perfect case to highlight his new policy objectives.

Over the past 30 years, Keystone has accepted more than 30 million tons of garbage. It now seeks a permit to expand its lifespan by 40 more years and bury 100 million new tons of trash. What is already one of the largest landfills in the nation seeks to triple in size; a previously unheard-of request for the state given the landfill’s already enormous size and proximity to homes, schools and parks.

The landfill is in an environmental justice area as defined by Pennsylvania due to a concentration of low-income population surrounding it. Residents of Northeast Pennsylvania, led by Friends of Lackawanna, have fought this expansion since day one, including presentations and meetings with environmental justice agencies. The Pennsylvania Office of Environmental Justice has noble goals, stating on its website that, “environmental justice ensures that everyone has an equal seat at the table.” Unfortunately, to date, those goals are mere words, not results.

It is expected that Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection will issue its decision on the landfill’s expansion request in early 2021. Since the proposal’s submission in 2014, the only thing growing faster than the mountain of trash are the documented reasons to deny it: ongoing groundwater pollution issues, air contaminants, subsurface fires, radioactive fracking waste, leachate spills and other issues.

What has also transpired since the original submission is a renewed focus on state-level environmental initiatives. In September, New Jersey passed one of the nation’s strongest environmental justice laws. It grants regulators the right to review cumulative impacts on public health or environmental risks based on “combined past, present and reasonably foreseeable” future pollution. In October, Connecticut strengthened its regulations.

Pennsylvania is also considering doing the same and the change is badly needed. The state’s current approach to environmental justice is informational and advisory only — no action, only talk.

We already import more garbage than any state and more than 60% of Keystone’s waste comes from out of state. As the environmental justice movement grows, so too will the list of states adopting progressive measures. If Pennsylvania does not match our neighbors, our self-defeating lead in imports will not end at trash — we’ll simply become the state that imports pollution.

Weeks before the DEP is scheduled to make its final decision on the landfill expansion, Biden will be sworn in as the next president.

One of the largest decisions his hometown region will ever face, impacting multiple generations, is the expansion of the landfill. A denial of this expansion will showcase the momentum of the environmental justice movement at large and directly supports the Biden plan’s goals. Conversely, allowing this expansion would mark this environmental justice area as another sad, cautionary tale where help came too little, too late.

If the country is going to give environmental justice the seat at the table it deserves and the incoming administration follow through on its stated goals in that respect, there is no better place to start than the president’s hometown. Locals often joke that all roads lead to Scranton. With the inevitable spotlight presidential attention will bring, let’s hope those roads aren’t filled with garbage trucks for the next 40 years.

Landfill, DEP reach agreement to accept waste in lieu of $113,000 fine

"It's a win win!" Says Al Magnotta on behalf of polluters everywhere.

Full article below on how the Landfill and Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection DEP work together to frame a fine for repeated violations as a benevolent act. Merry Christmas, NEPA.

https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/.../article_650aaf23...

Landfill, DEP reach agreement to accept waste in lieu of $113,000 fine

The landfill will accept 2,500 tons of illegally dumped waste in Taylor at a lower rate, totaling the cost of its fines

BY FRANK WILKES LESNEFSKY STAFF WRITER

In lieu of nearly $113,000 in fines for violations involving leachate storage and groundwater degradation, the Keystone Sanitary Landfill will accept about 2,500 tons of waste illegally dumped in Taylor.

The state Department of Environmental Protection and the landfill in Dunmore and Throop reached an agreement where Keystone will take in 2,509 tons of construction and demolition debris that had been dumped at A Plus Power Washing, 15 S. Keyser Ave., according to the agreement executed Friday. In 2016, Michael Lee Stine of Northampton County was charged with dumping more than 23,000 tons of the debris in four counties, including 8,200 tons at the Taylor business. At the time, the DEP estimated it would cost $459,200 to clean up.

Stine admitted to dumping the debris in 2017, according to the DEP. He pleaded guilty to two counts of criminal mischief — third-degree felonies — and five counts of unlawful contact, according to court paperwork. He was sentenced to 10 years of probation. Stine has not removed the debris, according to the DEP.

The DEP entered into a similar agreement with the Grand Central Sanitary Landfill in Northampton County last month. Instead of paying a $50,500 fine, the landfill agreed to take in about 1,000 tons of waste that Stine had illegally dumped in the county, according to the DEP.

Keystone’s fines stem from three violations.

On Nov. 9, 2016, the DEP said it issued the landfill a notice of violation after determining leachate had leaked from the liner in one of Keystone’s lagoons, seeping into and impacting the groundwater. Leachate is the garbage juice that percolates through piles of trash. The DEP determined the groundwater had degraded. Both the leakage and groundwater degradation violate state law.

Landfill consultant Al Magnotta emphasized Friday that there was no public health issue stemming from the water degradation.

The DEP also issued a notice of violation Sept. 20, 2018, citing the landfill for storing too much leachate in its lagoons. The landfill is supposed to regularly be at 25% or less of its total storage capacity for leachate to account for storms or issues with the leachate treatment system, DEP spokeswoman Colleen Connolly said in an email. The landfill is allowed to temporarily exceed 25% in the event of storms or treatment issues as long as it works to lower the amount of leachate in a timely manner, she said.

However, for the majority of time between October 2016 and August 2018, the landfill’s leachate storage totals ranged between 27.72% and 85.77% of total capacity, according to the DEP.

The landfill has addressed the violations, including reconstructing its lagoons and lowering the amount of leachate stored in them, the DEP said. The DEP determined the landfill had reduced its leachate storage below 25% on Feb. 18, 2019.

The violations totaled $112,905 in fines. Instead of paying the fines, the landfill will accept the waste in Taylor for $45 per ton, according to the agreement. Normally, the landfill would charge about $65 to $70 per ton, Magnotta said.

“I think it’s a win-win all the way around,” he said.

Noting a fire at the site several years ago, Taylor Borough Manager Dan Zeleniak was enthusiastic about the work.

“This is a good thing if we can get rid of it. It’s a mess,” he said. “It’s just waiting to catch fire again.”

The landfill has until Dec. 11, 2021, to fulfill its agreement.

The DEP will have until the week of Feb. 22 to either approve the landfill's expansion or send the landfill a pre-denial letter

The Landfill just filed its reply to the DEP's most recent technical deficiency letter. It's over 800 pages. As stated in today's The Scranton Times-Tribune this is KSL's "latest attempt to substitute complexity for sanity."

We are getting close to DEP decision time on the expansion and we'll be updating everyone regularly from now through the decision.

You can read the full story online or below.

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Landfill responds to DEP technical deficiency letter on 42-year expansion, begins countdown for final decision

The DEP will have until the week of Feb. 22 to either approve the landfill's expansion or send the landfill a pre-denial letter

BY FRANK WILKES LESNEFSKY STAFF WRITER

The state Department of Environmental Protection could make a decision on the Keystone Sanitary Landfill’s proposed 42-year expansion by the end of February.

The landfill’s Phase III expansion moved into the DEP’s final phase of reviews — the technical review phase — April 30, initiating the process that will ultimately decide the controversial expansion’s fate. The DEP reviewed Keystone plans, and on Sept. 8, cited dozens of technical deficiencies, asking for clarification, updates and additional information on more than 60 items in the landfill’s expansion plans. Keystone submitted its initial application for expansion in 2014.

In its deficiency letter to the landfill, the DEP noted deficiencies including Keystone’s contingency plan, facility plan, eventual closure plan, groundwater, odor control and leachate generation.

On Nov. 25, the DEP received Keystone’s 838-page response to the technical deficiency letter, giving the organization 60 business days to review Keystone’s response, DEP spokeswoman Colleen Connolly said in an email. Taking holidays into account, the DEP’s due date will fall during the week of Feb. 22, Connolly said.

Attempts to reach landfill officials were unsuccessful Tuesday.

When the DEP completes its second technical design review, it has two options, according to a landfill fact sheet. If the DEP determines the landfill’s response is sufficient, it will approve the application. If it is insufficient, the landfill will receive a pre-denial letter, giving it another opportunity to respond.

Following the landfill’s response, the DEP would then hold a final technical review and issue a decision within 30 days, according to the fact sheet.

The landfill in Dunmore and Throop would close in 2064, with closure plans including planting grass and other vegetation and offering the land to Throop and Dunmore boroughs as a green-space buffer between the Casey Highway and the towns, according to supplemental information Keystone previously submitted to the DEP.

In total, the 42.41-year expansion would bring in 94,085,925 tons of municipal solid waste, or about 188 billion pounds, according to the landfill’s response. The waste would total 126,496,981 cubic yards, or enough garbage to bury nearly 5,930 professional football fields under 10 feet of trash — high enough to reach the crossbars of the goal posts.

Pat Clark, a leader of anti-landfill expansion grassroots group Friends of Lackawanna, called the landfill’s more than 800-page response “their latest attempt to substitute complexity for sanity.”

“After six years, all this does is magnify how much risk is at hand and how much of our future is at stake,” he said in an emailed statement.

Clark also pointed to the landfill’s location and noted multiple previous revisions to Keystone’s plans due to deficiencies.

“A mega landfill in the middle of a community will never make residents healthier nor improve the environment,” he said. “That fact cannot be changed no matter how many ways you attempt to spin it.”

https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/.../article_0bdbcb1d...

Supreme Court won't hear appeal of Keystone Sanitary Landfill case

[NOTE: this is not related to DEP's decision on the landfill's attempted expansion. DEP is still evaluating it and has not issued its ruling. This is specific to our ongoing zoning matter.]

*Background*

Earlier this year, we petitioned the PA Supreme Court to hear an appeal on our zoning case that has been winding its way through the system for nearly 6 years. We suspected it was a long shot but it was worth the time and effort in our ongoing efforts to stop this expansion. And yes, landfills are still structures. And yes, structures are controlled by height restrictions of the zoning code. Ultimately the courts decided to look at the procedure instead of getting to the merits. So be it. For now.

This is a complicated issue and the nuance of explaining it will cause just about anyone to stop scrolling immediately. But in an effort to summarize it, here are a few points as well as the content of the article below.

*How we view this ruling*

The Supreme Court's decision, though frustrating, is not unexpected. This entire zoning process, beginning nearly 6 years ago, has been convoluted. What began as an attempt to clarify and enforce a known point in Pennsylvania law - that Landfills are Structures and therefore subject to height restrictions in the zoning code - has taken a long and winding detour down never-ending legal procedural roads.

*What's next relative to zoning?*

It remains to be seen whether all legal questions relative to the Landfill and zoning are over. It depends on what actions KSL chooses to, or needs to, take relative to zoning. As we always do, we will continue to evaluate all options.

*How does this tie into the big picture & the expansion?*

The entire point of this 6 year battle is the expansion and we look forward to the DEP's ruling on it. We are confident the DEP has no choice but to deny the expansion given the recent technical review deficiency letter. That letter is the 5th issued by DEP during this expansion evaluation and it has 10 pages full of over 60 items which KSL has not yet answered. At this point, the only thing growing faster than the massive pile of trash visible for all to see and smell is the list of reasons for DEP to deny it.

*Link to article*

https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/.../article_185de826...

Supreme Court won't hear appeal of Keystone Sanitary Landfill case

BY TERRIE MORGAN-BESECKER STAFF WRITER Oct 21, 2020

The state Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of a court ruling upholding a finding that the Keystone Sanitary Landfill is not a structure subject to a height restrictions.

Friends of Lackawanna, a group that opposes the proposed expansion of the landfill, has battled Keystone since 2015 over whether Dunmore’s zoning ordinance, which limits the height of structures to 50 feet, applies to landfills.

The group contends the landfill’s trash pile constitutes a structure and it therefore must comply. Keystone maintains the ordinance applies only to buildings.

In February, the state Commonwealth Court upheld a lower court ruling that favored Keystone. The court did not rule on the merits of the case, but instead dismissed it on a procedural grounds.

The Supreme Court’s refusal to hear an appeal of that ruling ends the case, said Jeff Belardi, attorney for Keystone.

Pat Clark, one of the leaders of Friends of Lackawanna, said the group is disappointed, but expected the court would not accept the case.

Clark said the group is considering its options. It’s possible it may be able to file a new court challenge. That will be dependent on whether Keystone must file for additional zoning permits.

Keystone is continuing to work to obtain the approval for the expansion from the state Department of Environmental Protection. The expansion would allow the landfill — located in Dunmore and Throop — to continue bringing in trash until 2064, totaling an additional 94,072,940 tons of waste, or 188 billion pounds, according to the landfill’s 42.4-year expansion plans.

DEP recently notified the landfill it needs to correct more than 60 deficiencies in its expansion application.

Belardi said DEP is seeking clarification on a number of issues. The landfill is in the process of responding to the questions.

“That does not mean the permit is sunk. It means they have to give DEP more information on things they identified,” Belardi said.

FOL participates on Environmental Justice Call

Earlier this week, some members of FOL participated in a virtual Environmental Justice Roundtable hosted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

It was an engaged session and we shared our experience in working with the PA Environmental Justice processes over the past 6 years.

Though we admire the aspirations and goals of any Environmental Justice initiative we think there is so much more that can be done immediately in this area using a combination of regulations, technology, data and common sense.

The Landfill expansion is a perfect use case for how things need to change on the EJ front - how much burden should any one community bear? That is, at its essence, what environmental justice is about.

We hope that the State, and the decision makers involved with EJ, start to allow EJ concerns to be not only heard but acted upon.

If any of our Friends have any questions on EJ, let us know. We're still at it...

#EnvironmentalJustice

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Editorial: Dump expansion inherently deficient

Today's editorial in the The Scranton Times-Tribune is in lock-step with our conclusions on the recent DEP deficiency letter issued to the landfill. If it wasn't clear from Day 1, at this point is unavoidable - the entire project is deficient. Check out the editorial here.

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Dump expansion inherently deficient

BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD

State regulators have told the Keystone Sanitary Landfill to correct dozens of deficiencies in its application for a 42-year expansion beginning in 2022. But for Northeast Pennsylvania, the expansion is more broadly deficient and should not be allowed to proceed.

Keystone, in Dunmore and Throop, plans to accept another 92,072,940 tons of garbage at the sprawling landfill through 2064, more than 184 billion pounds, the vast majority of it from other states.

In its 10-page letter citing 60 deficiencies, the state Department of Environmental Protection required additional information, revisions or clarifications regarding major aspects of Keystone’s plan, including groundwater protection, odor control, liquid drainage known as leachate, and its eventual closure plan.

According to the DEP, for example, the landfill projects leachate generation of 13.6 million gallons a year, even though it has produced more than four times that amount in recent years.

The DEP previously had determined, in a required analysis, that the expansion would produce more benefits than harms for the surrounding areas. But the benefits it cited were primarily economic — including, remarkably, legally required host municipality fees that the landfill would pay to Dunmore and Throop to mitigate the burden that it places on them. The analysis acknowledged potential environmental degradation inherent in such a project, but said that the landfill would mitigate them.

Some of that mitigation, however, is supposed to be fleshed out in details of the expansion plan, within which the DEP now finds sweeping deficiencies.

The scope of this expansion plan is such that even if the landfill were to be operated perfectly 100% of the time, without any unforeseen problems, it still would constitute a massive harm to the quality of life in Northeast Pennsylvania.

State regulators should make the deficiency letter the first step in permanently pulling the plug on the expansion.

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https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/.../article_0fa08b16.../

5th Deficiency Letter Sent to KSL

The DEP recently issued its 5th deficiency letter to KSL during this expansion evaluation period. This entry is a 10 page letter, listing over 60 deficiencies, and is linked to below for anyone looking for some light weekend reading. The Scranton Times also had a detailed article on it (see our page for more details and a link to the story).

The listed items aren't small - they are big ticket items: underestimated leachate generation and treatment, unresolved groundwater contamination, a consistent minimization of closure related items, and more.

Every project will have some back and forth between those seeking approval and those with the power to allow or deny it. But after six years of paperwork, plans and prodding these issues still are not even almost ironed out. How can DEP grant an expansion when these issues remain open, unclear, and evidently unsolvable?

http://files.dep.state.pa.us/.../KSL_8Sept2020_first...

DEP finds more than 5 dozen deficiencies in landfill's expansion application

“After six years, the only thing growing faster than the heap of garbage is the list of reasons to deny it.” —Patrick Clark, Friends of Lackawanna

https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/.../article_af66eb90...

Excerpts:

The state Department of Environmental Protection notified the Keystone Sanitary Landfill this week of more than five dozen technical deficiencies in its 42-year expansion application.

The DEP’s letter cited deficiencies in a variety of areas, including the landfill’s contingency plan, facility plan, eventual closure plan, groundwater, odor control and leachate generation.

The deficiency letter, signed by David F. Matcho, the environmental engineer manager in the DEP’s Waste Management Program, noted a substantial underestimation in Keystone’s projected leachate generation. Leachate is the liquid that percolates through piles of trash.

Keystone estimated it would generate nearly 13.6 million gallons of leachate annually. However, from July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2019, it generated almost 73.2 million gallons, according to the deficiency letter. From July 1, 2019, to June 30, with data missing from November and April, the landfill generated about 55.5 million gallons, Matcho wrote.

Pat Clark, a leader of anti-landfill expansion grassroots group Friends of Lackawanna, noted that Tuesday’s letter is Keystone’s fifth deficiency letter from the DEP.

“At some point, it becomes clear that these items are not fixable,” he said in an email. “This deficiency letter, almost exactly six years after the expansion proposal was submitted, is still 10 dense pages filled with 60 items.”

“How can DEP grant an expansion when these issues remain open, unclear and evidently unsolvable?” he said. “DEP is going to have to make a decision on this expansion soon. And after six years, the only thing growing faster than the heap of garbage is the list of reasons to deny it.”

FOL's Letter to PaDEP regarding Technical Review

This is the letter that we sent to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection as part of the Technical Review comment period. We have sent the DEP many, many, many pages since we began this journey with you all. And as you will see in the below, we remain as convinced as ever that allowing this expansion would directly contradict and ignore the facts, the history, DEP's mission and the PA Constitution. There's only one conclusion the DEP can rationally reach -- to deny the expansion. We look forward to their decision.

We could not continue to do this work without your support and we are forever thankful for it.

Scranton School District Letter of Opposition

Thank you Scranton School District School Board Members for taking the time to submit your comments to Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. Your concern for your students and their future is admirable. We are disappointed that the Dunmore School District Board Members will not be a voice for their students.

Excerpt: “Most importantly, consider the implications to our young students. It is they who will bear the consequences of the decisions we make today. Consequently, we urge you to deny the expansion application sought by KSL and to afford this community and all surrounding communities the constitutional rights that they have to live here unfettered by a private industries’ toxic waste.”

LTE: August 9, 2020

Wise words from a 14-year-old Dunmorean: “I urge people to seriously consider that ignoring this issue will cause massive problems in the future. Fight against this and protest. I love where I live and if the landfill continues to expand I’m afraid quite a few people will move away.” This young student also questions the elected leaders who have remained silent. For anyone who feels the same way, attend the next Dunmore School Board meeting and ask them directly why they will not advocate for the health of the students in their district.

Editor:

I am 14 and I have concerns about the expansion of Keystone Sanitary Landfill.

It breaches a number of health and environmental concerns. First, studies show that living within a certain radius of a landfill increases risk of cancer. The International Journal of Epidemiology says, “Respiratory symptoms were detected among residents living close to waste sites. These were linked to inhalation exposure to endotoxin, microorganisms, and aerosols from waste collection and land filling.”

That does not sound good. As we already live so close to a large landfill, imagine what an enlarged one could do to health.

Second, consider the environment. Expanding the landfill would do more damage to the environment than can be accounted for. According to Environment Victoria, an Australian environmental organization: “When organic material such as food scraps and green waste is put into a landfill, it is generally compacted and covered which removes all oxygen and causes it to break down in an anaerobic process. Over time, this releases methane ... a greenhouse gas 25 times more potent than carbon dioxide! The implications for global warming and climate change are enormous.”

Landfills release toxins and leachate, which cause problems for us and for future generations.

My question is, where is everyone? Where are the elected officials and every politician that have the power to stand against this? They do not stand with us because it would not be the easy way out.

A simple sign in your front yard will not prevent the deterioration of our health and environment, So I urge people to seriously consider that ignoring this issue will cause massive problems in the future. Fight against this and protest. I love where I live and if the landfill continues to expand I’m afraid quite a few people will move away.

HANNAH MURPHY

DUNMORE

https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/.../article_48f5ff1c...

Mid Valley School District Board of Director's Letter of Opposition

Thank you Mid Valley School District Board of Directors for your powerful letter to Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (and Governor Tom Wolf).

How right you are when you say that “As a governing body charged with protecting the safety and welfare of our students and faculty, we have an obligation to monitor any increased threats posed by outside forces” and “That protection is more vital when the risks affect our children.” We wish the Dunmore School District School Board of Directors shared your courage. We are greatly disappointed that after statements they would send a letter to the DEP, on behalf of the students in their district, they opted to remain silent.

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LTE - July 26, 2020

This incredibly impactful Letter to the Editor by Gene Katapski points out that contaminants from the landfill are not contained within the landfill. Hard to attract new businesses to the Keystone Industrial Park when this is what employees have to endure.

Landfill’s effects

Editor:

Face coverings due to COVID-19 are old news for employees who work in the Keystone Industrial Park, some 2,500 feet from Keystone Sanitary Landfill. Their walk from a vehicle to their place of employment can be quite nauseating at times.

On days when the stench is particularly noticeable, landfill officials attempt to mask the smell by spraying industrial-strength deodorizer via tanker trucks. This liquid deodorizer then becomes airborne, travels and settles on surfaces. Employees in the industrial park making the trek to their vehicle must clean eyeglasses and windshields for clear vision.

Is this not positive proof that contaminants from the landfill are not contained within landfill boundaries? How far do airborne particles, too small to see but still breathable, travel? Do these contaminants settle on water supplies and home gardens and become consumed? For reference, the drinking water at Dunmore Reservoir No. 1 is only 800 feet from the landfill.

It is obvious that not only should Keystone’s expansion request be denied, but the landfill should be capped as soon as possible.

GENE KATAPSKI

MOUNT COBB

https://www.thetimes-tribune.com/.../article_1ab783c5...

Scranton Council Letter of Opposition

Another recap letter to thank all of the Scranton Council members, Bill Gaughan,

Kyle Donahue

Jessica Ann Rothchild

Tom Schuster

and

Mark McAndrew

for their strong letter of opposition to the expansion. Staying true to their oath and standing up for their citizens. Thank you for reminding everyone that the landfill has no borders, it does affect Scranton residents and it is a regional issue.

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