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DNR letter pushes Franklin City landfill expansion into longer, costlier process; committee to send unified response
Summary
A DNR letter requiring a feasibility report submitted together with a wetland IP has prompted the Franklin City Waste Management Monitoring Committee to prepare a unified response listing supporting municipalities and to gather technical backup; members warned the combined requirement could add months or years and extra cost to the planned expansion.
The Franklin City Waste Management Monitoring Committee heard on Monday that the state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has insisted the city submit a feasibility study together with a wetland IP — a combined submission the committee and its contractor say is not the usual sequence and could add significant time and cost to a planned landfill expansion.
Unidentified Speaker (waste management representative) summarized the DNR position: “they're still pushing that we just spent feasibility report side by side with the wetland IP,” and warned that submitting both at once risks repeated redesign and rejection cycles that could extend the project timeline “months of net years.” The representative said a response letter from DNR arrived recently and that Waste Management has…
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