CITIZENS TO PRESERVE MORGAN COUNTY, INC.
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NEWS
THE LANDFILL PROPERTY:
Many
of us thought a landfill coming to Madison was just a rumor. Yet today
our entire county is faced with a very real threat.. Madison residents, Lamar Banks and his family - Jeff and Camille Banks -want to initiate the transformation with 518 acres with intent to transpose their complete 1,700 acres into a Regional
Municipal Solid Waste landfill that will reach heights of 250ft as shown below. The landfill property is located
on Aqua Road just south of I-20, west of Pierce Dairy, and east of Hwy 83. According to their submitted Letter of Intent the Banks family wants to also include a Construction & Debri (C&D) landfill on the property as well as a composting site.
The Banks family works closely with a 5 years standing on-call solid waste consultant firm out of Georgia - Atlantic Coast Consulting Inc. - who specialize in bringing together legal assistance and engineering consultants to work with private property owners looking to develop landfills. Despite all rumors, the landfill developer chosen is a newly developed 2002 Florida based company - Advanced Disposal Services Inc. - who's mission seems to focused on monopolizing the southeast trash transfer business during this economic recession. And according to Jeff Banks, the landfill would accept solid waste from surrounding states and would then convert the gases released by the garbage into viable energy or natural gas for home or business use.
Additional details on their development
intentions are detailed in their current rezoning application from AG
to I-2 submitted 02/05/10 to Planning & Development.The Banks family works closely with a 5 years standing on-call solid waste consultant firm out of Georgia - Atlantic Coast Consulting Inc. - who specialize in bringing together legal assistance and engineering consultants to work with private property owners looking to develop landfills. Despite all rumors, the landfill developer chosen is a newly developed 2002 Florida based company - Advanced Disposal Services Inc. - who's mission seems to focused on monopolizing the southeast trash transfer business during this economic recession. And according to Jeff Banks, the landfill would accept solid waste from surrounding states and would then convert the gases released by the garbage into viable energy or natural gas for home or business use.
02/16/10 - APPLICATION WITHDRAWN BY DRI : The intent of the DRI review committee’s action is to provide additional time for the inclusion of information associated with the proposed project’s application to the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) for a site suitability report that would become part of the EPD permitting process. The host government may proceed with action it deems appropriate related to the proposed project with the exception of last and final approval of the project. Each of these actions is considered a trigger for the DRI review process and official approval will need to be withheld on said actions until the review process is complete. Morgan County has the right to proceed with any action it deems appropriate related to the proposed project including any local decisions (such as REZONING and amending the local SWMP) and approvals necessary before any Solid Waste Permit application can be submitted to the EPD. Usually the DRI commission will request a resubmission of the application for review in six months. Yet that date will be contingent upon our rezoning decision.
A detailed
review of that application will be addressed as each section is reviewed.
COMING SOON
LANDFILL GROWTH IS STAGGERING:
CONTINGENT PUBLIC PARK
The
landfill is currently proposed at ~480 acres (red). The Banks Family
wants to be able to provide their additional adjacent properties
towards the landfill without public notice to a staggering ~1,700 acres.
CONTAMINATED WATER AN ISSUE:
Notice the location of water on the property picture above. Many of you can drive down Pierce Dairy Road and see the lake from the road. What you don't understand is that this water is Little Indian Creek, which is a protected sub wetland of the Big Indian watershed. Wetlands provide a desirable quantity of water during times of flood and backup reserves in times of drought as stated in our Comprehensive Plan (Section 3.3), not to mention the hundreds of homes surrounding the property that rely on well water for drinking.
CONTINGENT PUBLIC PARK
The applicants have offered to donate 55 acres on their northern parcel to the county for the construction of a park park which is contingent on getting a landfill permit. Don't forget this park would be next to a Mega Landfill with variances that included no buffer and no safety fence for our children.
JOBS LOST NOT GAINED:
ADVANCED DISPOSAL SERVICE INC.
There will be a loss of jobs due to industry not wanting to relocate to a city with a landfill ~1 mile outside it's border. In addition there will be 15 jobs created by a landfill for those of use who are certified - Georgia law states OCGA 12-8-24(a) "After
July 1, 1992, no person shall perform the duties of a municipal solid
waste disposal facility operator without being duly certified under
this Code section."
INTENT TO USE RAIL SYSTEM:
OUT OF STATE TRASH:
Morgan County cannot prevent transportation of out of state trash coming to a landfill. The map below show the full extent of where the trash could come from. The Norfolk Rail System reaches as far north as New York, as far west as Missouri, and all of the south east.
INTENT TO USE RAIL SYSTEM:
The
landfill design takes great advantage of the Norfolk Railroad that
would run directly through the center of the entire parcels to be used
for trash. What they aren't telling you is that trash revenue needs
trash - the more trash you can bring in the more revenue you will
generate. In order to get more trash you must be willing to go haul
the trash from surrounding states who are in need of landfill capacity.
OUT OF STATE TRASH:
Morgan County cannot prevent transportation of out of state trash coming to a landfill. The map below show the full extent of where the trash could come from. The Norfolk Rail System reaches as far north as New York, as far west as Missouri, and all of the south east.
ADVANCED DISPOSAL SERVICE INC.
Advanced Disposal is a company out of Florida that has been in business since 2001. Over the past 9 years the company has been trying to monopolize the southeastern waste industry by mergers and acquisitions during this economic recession. However, the company's strengths are in waste transfer and collection, not operating Municipal Solid Waste or Construction & Debris landfills.
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