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Ulster County Legislature urges DEC to open rulemaking on on-site landfill leachate treatment
Summary
After a presentation on statewide leachate volumes and potential drinking-water impacts, the Ulster County Legislature passed a memorializing resolution asking the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to initiate rulemaking under 6 NYCRR parts 360 and 363 for on-site treatment and disposal of landfill leachate.
The Ulster County Legislature voted to urge the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to begin formal rulemaking on on-site treatment and disposal of landfill leachate, passing a memorializing resolution during its Environmental Committee meeting.
Rebecca Martin, who presented the leachate research to the committee, told legislators the group’s statewide review found roughly 671,000,000 gallons of landfill leachate produced annually from 2019–2023 and that about 40% of that volume is being sent to Class A or Class A special waters — including stretches of the Niagara River and parts of the…
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