Closed landfill may tempt owners

By BRIAN MOSELY

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Times-Gazette, Shelbyville, Tennessee

http://www.t-g.com/story/1635069.html

Summary: Quail Hollow Landfill was closed down on Dec. 12, 2003 when about 20,000 gallons spilled from one of its tanks and into the environment. The result of the spill is still being recorded today and there have been several drastic changes as a result of the spill. Several conflict have arisen from the landfill, yet Leachate leakage is one of the most significant.

Court orders Monroe Branstad to pay $17,000 penalty for environmental violations
Wednesday May 12, 2010
Global Gazette

http://www.globegazette.com/news/local/article_784fb140-5df3-11df-902c-001cc4c002e0.html
A Mr. Monroe Branstad has been accused of endangering the environment and has been ordered to pay 17,000 by a court for his action. Leachate was just one of several toxics that Bandstand failed to properly manage and dispose of and as a result the biological waste leaked into the environment. The result if his tardiness were horrific and the pollution maybe long term. It is said that the pollution caused of the death of thousand of fish in the Winnebago River along a 16 mile stretch.

No Agreement yet On Seepage
By Ryan Bentley News-Review Staff Writer
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Petoskey News

http://www.petoskeynews.com/news/article_0942c6f2-5394-11df-8de7-001cc4c002e0.html

Leachate is created from the mixture of water when it comes in contact with cement kiln dust. Cement kiln is a waste product and in this case was created underneath sections of the resort corridor from the years when a cement plant operate in the area. Petoskey’s wastewater treatment plant is considering offering a effective alternative for disposing of toxins collected in the ecological cleanup at Bay Harbor, city staff and consultants told the Petoskey City Council Wednesday. Leachate is just one of several toxins being discussed and the decision could be dire for the environment.

Major U-turn on dumping of liquid waste

By Kevin Doyle, POLITICAL REPORTER
Friday May 21 2010
http://www.herald.ie/national-news/city-news/major-uturn-on-dumping-of-liquid-waste-2189076.html

Contractors were regularly dumping hazardous liquids, in many cases, leachate, across the city into the public sewer from where it flowed to a treatment plant in Ringsend.

Council workers have been prohibited from dumping toxic waste into a Phoenix Park sewer after the issue was brought into the light by the Herald.