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Mobile County Commission considers Chastain Landfill service-area expansion and higher daily tonnage
Summary
Commissioners heard split public comment on a permit modification asking to raise Chastain Landfill’s maximum daily volume from 1,725 to 5,000 tons and expand its service area to counties in Alabama, Florida and Mississippi; staff said the city authority recommended denial and a motion to deny was made and seconded in the meeting (no roll-call tally appears in the transcript).
Mobile County commissioners took public testimony and debated a permit modification for the Chastain Landfill that would increase the maximum daily volume from 1,725 to 5,000 tons and expand the landfill’s service area into multiple Alabama, Florida and Mississippi counties.
Jamie Petbees, a resident who said she has submitted prior filings to the commission, argued the application is consistent with prior approvals and the county’s solid-waste practice. “We have not seen a staff report,” Petbees said, adding the proposal would increase competition, help…
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