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Commission asks counsel to review flow‑control resolution after regional board seeks TDEC enforcement
Summary
Following a long legal briefing on a denied landfill expansion and a regional 'flow control' rule, the county commission voted to have counsel review a proposed resolution asking TDEC to notify Middle Point Landfill of alleged unlawful acceptance of out‑of‑region waste and discuss enforcement options in a special session.
Rutherford County commissioners directed county legal staff on March 13 to review a proposed resolution supporting a Central Tennessee Regional Solid Waste Planning Board effort to enforce a flow‑control rule that the regional board adopted to bar out‑of‑region solid‑waste disposal.
Donna Barrett, the county’s regional board representative, summarized a multi‑year series of actions: the regional board’s 2021 denial of a Middle Point Landfill expansion, litigation and an appeals process that Republic/ BFI pursued, and the regional…
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