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Continued from page 1 recommended that they revise their application to cover 25-30 acres.
“If they’ve got to go to all the expense and trouble, they ought to get enough to last for a while,” he said. According to the consulting engineer, 25-30 acres would provide landfill capacity for about 35 years, Mr. Forman reported. But if the larger area is okayed, waste disposal operations would be permitted only in stages, he noted. “The consultant would study the whole site and then draw up a plan for five, six, seven acres. . .enough for 9-12 years.” When capacity is reached for that portion, another plan for another area would be submitted to the state for approval, Mr. Forman explained.
According to their permit application, the Lees intend to use the landfill for disposal of 14 tons of trash per day, including:
• municipal solid waste,
• inert waste (bricks, concrete rubble),
• brush, tree trimmings and stumps (for which they will also seek a bum permit),
• sludge,
• tires.
Buffer zone considered
According to the zoning administrator, the proposed site is heavily wooded. “And Mr. Lee is talking about maintaining a 100 -oot buffer zone of trees around the actual dump,” he reported. Mr. McCarthy noted, however, that the consulting engineer will design the landfill and conduct the required geological and hydrological studies. “He may specify that the buffer zone should be greater.” The consultant will also determine whether access to the landfill should be from the Fodderstack Road or Route 211, Mr. McCarthy said.
The supervisors have scheduled a public hearing on the Lees’ application for their October board meeting. Following that hearing, the supervisors will recommend to the state whether the site should be approved as a sanitary landfill. However, as Mr. McCarthy noted at an earlier hearing on a debris landfill application, the state is not bound to follow the supervisors’ recommendation.
But certainly weight will be given to the board’s finding, Mr. Forman said. If the supervisors recommend that the site be approved as a sanitary landfill, then the next step will be the geological and hydrological studies conducted by the consulting engineer, Mr. Forman said, estimating that the studies will take
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