Tue, Oct 12, 2004
Agency Orders Work Halted On Landfill Near Williamson County
Airport
Developers of a Southern Illinois
landfill will have to stop work immediately, after the FAA said
they hadn't filed the proper paperwork.
As ANN reported in August, government
officials were worried that the landfill was too close to the
airport. Moreover, the FAA says the developer of the 189-acre
landfill is thinking about changing the purpose of the landfill
from household waste to demolition or construction waste. But FAA
spokesman Tony Molinaro said the Kibler Development Corporation
hadn't filed any paperwork on the change. No paperwork, no
landfill.
The site, which was already being surveyed by Kibler, is close
to the Williamson County Airport near Marion (IL). While the
company had planned to finish an access road into the site,
Molinaro told the Southern Illinoisan that Kibler "must first file
paperwork asking us to do a compatibility study. Nothing can be
pursued (on their end) until that study is completed and we come to
a decision on whether or not to grant permission for that
construction."
Molinaro said a compatibility study would take 60 to 90 days to
complete.
"We look at the safety of the airport first," he told the
Southern Illinoisan. "If we can be assured that the landfill will
be used only for construction waste and not grow beyond a certain
height, then and only then may permission be granted to build the
landfill.
"But let me make it clear that we will need exact information
from the developer about the location of the landfill, for example,
what kind of waste will be disposed, the projected lifespan of the
landfill, and more."
The issue with household garbage is that it can rot, creating
explosive gases. Kibler says, by switching from a household waste
landfill to a demolition landfill, the company needs no approval
from the FAA. Molinaro says, think again.
FMI: www.faa.gov
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