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Consultant outlines multi‑year timeline for new regional landfill near Pecos
Summary
Parkhill Smith & Cooper consultant Tyler Krueger told the Pecos City Council the city should expect 4–6 years to permit, design and construct a new lined landfill on a roughly 150‑acre site; current landfill cells under construction are expected to provide about 10 years of capacity.
Tyler Krueger, an associate with Parkhill Smith & Cooper, told the Pecos City Council on Jan. 23 that work on the city’s existing landfill cells is on track and that the city should begin permitting work for a new lined landfill.
Krueger said the city’s current cell construction should yield about 10 years of remaining life at the existing site and that the consultant has identified a roughly 150‑acre parcel southwest of town with no “fatal flaws” in an initial screening. He said the next steps are a geotechnical investigation (soil borings) and preparing a permit application for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ).
“Once we get this prepared, we’re gonna submit it to TCEQ,” Krueger said. He…
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