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Quarterly probe report: no methane migration detected; TDEC to release 10-year guidance

Loudon County Commission (meeting) · January 16, 2026

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Summary

The operator submitted a fourth-quarter gas probe report to TDEC that showed no methane migration to probes; commissioners were told a TDEC Knoxville meeting will release 10-year-plan guidance and discuss grant opportunities.

Speaker 4 told the commission the fourth-quarter probe report was submitted to the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) and that "no evidence of methane migration to any of our probes" was found, which the speaker said indicates waste gas remains contained within the landfill liner.

Speaker 2 said TDEC will soon release guidance for a 10-year plan and that a TDEC office meeting in Knoxville (referred to in the transcript as occurring "on the 20 first") will discuss that guidance and possible grant opportunities; Speaker 2 offered to forward meeting materials to commissioners and invited interested members to attend.

Commissioners said they had not seen violations in the Republic report and that TDEC had noted issues but appeared satisfied with operator responses. No enforcement actions or required immediate remediation were recorded in the meeting transcript.