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Council OKs Change Order for Long-Running Landfill Closure Evaluation after DEP Flags Expanded Dumping Area
Summary
The council approved a change order and additional funds to a consulting engineer to expand testing and design work at the township's former landfill after the state Department of Environmental Protection identified dumping beyond the previously known limits.
The council approved a change order and additional funds to a consulting engineer to expand testing and design work at the township's former landfill after the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) identified dumping beyond the previously known limits.
The resolution authorized Change Order No. 1 and additional funds to Remington & Vernick Engineers (listed in the meeting backup) for the landfill-closure evaluation, closure design and permitting work; the change order total shown in the agenda discussion was $449,940. Township staff told council members that DEP site investigations indicated dumping in what the DEP calls an "environmental benefit area" that may be substantially larger than the original landfill footprint.
"DEP notified the township that dumping occurred in what is considered the…
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