[CPEO-BIF] Hidden Lane Landfill, Loudoun County, Virginia

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

The Hidden Truth on Hidden Lane, Part I: Dangerous Ground
An introduction to the problems resulting from the Hidden Lane Landfill

Dorry Samuels
Loudoun Independent (VA)
September 10, 2009


In Loudoun County, there is a place where the carcinogens leak into the 
ground, contaminating the groundwater. That is not its only problem - 
this same area has also seen methane leaks and fires that lasted for weeks.

These problems are not hidden in the corner of someone’s decrepit farm, 
but rather in the Broad Run Farms development in Sterling. An old 
landfill that has been closed for decades continues to be a trouble the 
residents of this quiet community, polluting their water and endangering 
their health.

The Hidden Lane Landfill, consisting of about 35 acres of a 147-acre 
property, is located 3/4 of a mile north of Route 7 in Sterling, 
sandwiched between the subdivisions of Broad Run Farms and CountrySide. 
In 2000, there were almost 7,600 people living within a one-mile radius 
of the old landfill.

The landfill is also adjacent to the floodplain of the Potomac River—the 
water source for many northern Virginia residents.



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For the entire article, see
http://www.loudouni.com/news/2009-09-07/hidden-truth-hidden-lane-part-i-dangerous-ground

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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