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Updated FEMA data prompted landfill footprint reduction, BOC approved permit modification
Summary
Newton County staff told the SWMA the Board of Commissioners approved a landfill permit modification after updated FEMA floodplain elevations (2024) raised the 100-year flood elevation to about 570–573 ft MSL, prompting voluntary grading and footprint reductions so the landfill does not restrict flood flows.
Solid Waste Manager Matt Dolan told the Authority the Newton County Board of Commissioners approved a permit modification following a public hearing on June 16, 2026. Mr. Dolan and representatives from Atlantic Coast Consulting explained that updated FEMA floodplain data prompted changes to the landfill grading and footprint to avoid restricting the 100-year floodplain.
An excerpt from the consultant's July 7, 2026 email was read into the record: "In 2024, FEMA data places the 100-year flood elevation at 570-573 ft. MSL. By regulation, the landfill development cannot restrict the flow of the 100-year flood, so landfill grading was voluntarily restricted to locations that are above the more recently determined 100-year flood elevations." The Authority discussed the footprint adjustments and their operational implications but did not take a formal regulatory action; the permit modification was approved by the Newton County Board of Commissioners at the June 16 public hearing.
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