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Environmental health staff seek public hearing to expand groundwater-restricted zone near West Kale Avenue landfill
Summary
Kalamazoo County environmental health staff recommended expanding the West Kale Avenue landfill groundwater‑restricted zone after changes in federal guidance for 1,4‑dioxane lowered allowable groundwater concentrations. Staff plan a public hearing May 7 and a board vote in June if reviews continue as scheduled.
County environmental health staff recommended expanding the groundwater‑restricted zone around the West Kale Avenue landfill during a March 18 update to the Board of Commissioners.
"What I wanna do is just give a brief update for the West Kale Avenue landfill groundwater restricted zone, a little bit about what that is and, where we're going with it," Environmental Health Division Manager Lucas Pols told the board, describing a process governed by the county sanitary code and federal cleanup requirements.
Pols said the landfill — last accepting waste in 1979 and covering about 87 acres with 65 capped acres — has persistent…
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