Decatur Daily Democrat:
Adams County Solid Waste District Manager Hank Mayer reported to the district's board of trustees on Monday that the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) has backed off an earlier requirement that a passive gas study be performed at the county's long-closed south landfill.
After IDEM earlier this year had required the county to implement the additional test vents to monitor methane gas at the landfill, Mayer called the state agency to protest.
"I told them they were making us spend a lot of money for absolutely nothing, and that they should take another look" at the mandate, Mayer told the board.
The director reported that IDEM officials responded by saying that if the passive gas vents were installed as requested, the district could halt its ongoing methane monitoring at the landfill. If the new vents are not installed, Mayer said, IDEM will require methane testing for five more years.
Adams County Solid Waste District Manager Hank Mayer reported to the district's board of trustees on Monday that the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) has backed off an earlier requirement that a passive gas study be performed at the county's long-closed south landfill.
After IDEM earlier this year had required the county to implement the additional test vents to monitor methane gas at the landfill, Mayer called the state agency to protest.
"I told them they were making us spend a lot of money for absolutely nothing, and that they should take another look" at the mandate, Mayer told the board.
The director reported that IDEM officials responded by saying that if the passive gas vents were installed as requested, the district could halt its ongoing methane monitoring at the landfill. If the new vents are not installed, Mayer said, IDEM will require methane testing for five more years.
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