Anderson Independent-Mail: Residents speak out about proposed landfill in Powdersville area

Skip Wilson/Special to the Independent Mail

ANDERSON COUNTY — A line of local residents who seemed poised to speak their opinions extended out the door Tuesday as they sat in the nearly packed auditorium at Wren High School in Piedmont.

The public meeting community members were attending was the last gathering where Anderson County residents could express their thoughts about a proposed landfill in the Powdersville area before a cutoff date of April 7.

 

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Notice of Public Meeting

South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

Topic: Second Public Meeting for the proposed Greenpointe Construction, Demolition, and Land-Clearing Debris (C&D) Landfill
Date: Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Wren High School Auditorium – 905 Wren School Road, Piedmont, SC 29673

Cooper Introduces House Bill H.4762

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A BILL TO PROVIDE FOR A MORATORIUM ON THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS FOR CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS LANDFILLS UNTIL REGULATIONS REGULATING SUCH LANDFILLS HAVE BEEN PROMULGATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL AND BECOME EFFECTIVE.

H. 4762 A BILLTO PROVIDE FOR A MORATORIUM ON THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS FOR CONSTRUCTION DEBRIS LANDFILLS UNTIL REGULATIONS REGULATING SUCH LANDFILLS HAVE BEEN PROMULGATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL AND BECOME EFFECTIVE.Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1.    There is established a moratorium on the issuance of permits for construction, demolition, and land-clearing debris landfills by the Department of Health and Environmental Control. This moratorium remains in effect until new regulations promulgated by the department regulating construction, demolition, and land-clearing debris landfills become effective.

SECTION 2.    This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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