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Compliance officer reports 51 audits, reduced leachate and 13 odor complaints in 2024
Summary
At its April 7 meeting, the Emerald Park standing committee heard a compliance officer summary of 2024 operations at the Muskego landfill: 51 audits (25 construction-related), Phase 8 opening, reduced leachate after a 2023 tank installation, 13 odor complaints, and localized erosion; wetlands reshaping was completed recently.
The Emerald Park standing committee on April 7 received a year-end compliance report that said the landfill had 51 audits in 2024, including 25 construction audits, and entered a new active area, described as Phase 8.
Compliance officer Joe Spear Jr. told the committee that construction activity produced an unusually high number of construction audits last year and that the landfill team began receiving waste in the new cell (Phase 8) in November 2024.
Spear said the operator placed a protective “fluff” layer over the leachate collection system during Phase 8 work to protect the…
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