December 7, 2009
Proposed Regional Landfill in Morgan County
Have you traveled Hwy 83
North and seen the “Stop the Landfill” signs from the Jasper County
line to Interstate 20? There is a
regional landfill being proposed by some landowners in Morgan
County south of Madison.
TWG has learned that in September
2009 there was a town hall meeting held by one of the Morgan County
Commissioners. Over 150 citizens
attended to hear about and voice their opinion about the proposed
landfill. All spoke about the potential negative
impact on Morgan County.
The landfill would be on 144
acres of a 479 acre tract owned by Jeff and Camille Banks. It would be located adjacent to County Road
116 and Indian Creek Road, south
of Madison. It would be a regulated and permitted municipal solid
waste landfill.
Morgan County residents are strongly opposed for a variety of
reasons:
- Lower property values
- Increased truck traffic
- Negative environmental effects
- Concern about the quality of ground water and
groundwater contamination
The owners and the waste
management company had a list of a number of zoning variances they requested. These included:
- Allowing waste cells to rise at least 250 feet
- Eliminating fences around cells and the landfill
boundary
- Changing buffer requirements
- Allowing hours of operating from 3:00AM to 6:00PM
There is a list of approval
and permitting tasks that must be completed before the landfill could be
granted local approval. The property
owners are applying for a permit with EPD.
Jasper
County
could be affected with increased truck traffic on our roads and possible ground
water contamination.
If you want to know more about what the citizens
of Morgan County are doing and more about the
landfill, the Citizens to Preserve Morgan County, Inc. have developed an
informative website--http://www.ctpmc.org/
TWG
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