[CPEO-BIF] "Yukon [Pennsylvania] landfill owner plans expansion"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Yukon landfill owner plans expansion

by JOE NAPSHA 
TribLive (PA) 
July 21, 2018

The owner of a Yukon industrial waste management facility wants to build a 14-acre landfill on its site to extend the life of its operations by 20 to 30 years - a project that could cost between $15 million and $17 million - while replacing a dump expected to be filled in the next few years. 

“This will allow for continuous operations,” said Robert Shawver, chief executive of MAX Environmental Technologies Inc., which treats waste from steel mills and brownfield sites, as well as oil and gas operations. 

MAX Environmental is in the midst of preliminary site assessment, which includes taking soil samples, testing groundwater and the bedrock, Shawver said. The company is starting work on the project well in advance of its No. 6 landfill being filled. The process to obtain environmental permits from the state can take years, he said.

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For the entire article, see
https://triblive.com/local/westmoreland/13888967-74/yukon-landfill-owner-plans-expansion

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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