CLINTON - Members of a local group opposing the disposal of chemical waste at Clinton Landfill say they have new information that may give the DeWitt County Board and the Mahomet Valley Water Authority more control over the permit the landfill operator is seeking. While WATCH (We're Against Toxic Chemicals) contends a section of the federal Toxic Substances Control Act gives precedence to local waste-disposal laws in such cases, Environmental Protection Agency officials say the decision on the permit is theirs to make.
GRAND BOIS, La. - The trucks came at night, ferrying load after load of oilfield waste from Alabama to the US Liquids disposal facility in this tiny south Louisiana settlement. For the oil company, it was an easy decision: Exxon's drilling and production waste was classified as hazardous under Alabama law. Its disposal there would cost about $100 a barrel. In Louisiana, however, the chemical waste could be dumped into open pits at a cost of $8 a barrel.
CWM Chemical Services, the current operator of a waste disposal site that dates back to the early days of World War II, has been assessed a civil penalty of $45,000 for failure "to apply adequate daily cover on the open cells" of one of its disposal areas in April 2010, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation. A consent order dated Feb. 25, but not widely reported at that time, said CWM "has self-reported seven violations" of its disposal permit from May 2008 through Nov. 20, 2009, and the additional violation occurred "between April 1, 2010, and April 30, 2010.
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