Friday, January 23, 2009

Proposed landfill expansion sparks controversy

From News 8 Austin, January 21, 2009...

BFI Waste Systems went before the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Tuesday to find out once and for all whether it can expand its landfill in northeast Travis County.

The fight between neighbors and the landfill has gone on for well over five years.

BFI said it needs more space, and wants to expand the landfill by 75 feet. Neighbors said the landfill is already too big, and the expansion would make it taller than Mt. Bonnell.

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