We just reviewed the February inspection report from TDEC on Middlepoint. It was not good. Here are the highlights: 15 acres of area that didn’t have sufficient initial cover or intermediate cover resulting in visible open trash Hydrogen sulfide staining on the southern slope and gas bubbling in multiple leachate pools. This causes significant odor….
Murfreesboro Mayor Shane McFarland announced Wednesday, April 13, 2022, a letter of intent among WastAway, LLC and Argos USA LLC and the City. The letter is a step toward utilizing in Argo USA’s Calera, Alabama cement plant sustainable engineered fuel manufactured by WastAway and derived from the City’s solid waste. This letter of intent results…
At the Central Tennessee Regional Solid Waste Board meeting on April 7th, Rutherford County Representative Donna Barrett introduced a resolution that states that the region will prohibit the acceptance of trash from outside counties, including from Davidson County. The Board then moved the resolution forward for consideration following a public hearing at the Board’s next…
Pursuant to a recent court ruling by the Chancery Court in BFI vs. Regional Board, the Central Tennessee Regional Solid Waste Planning Board is accepting requests from “interested persons.” The requests would expand or restrict the current record provided in court proceedings related to the Middle Point Expansion application last summer. The request to expand…
Rutherford County Mayor Bill Ketron says the County will also be opting out of a class action lawsuit settlement from BFI Waste Systems of Tennessee, LLC, a subsidiary of Republic Services and the owner/operator of Middle Point Landfill. The lawsuit, filed in March 2021 in federal court, was brought by local resident, Justin Burriss, with…
People who live around Middle Point Landfill are all too familiar with the noxious odors that have persistently emanated from the landfill for years. In March 2021, a class action lawsuit was filed in federal district court in Nashville against BFI Waste Systems of Tennessee, LLC, the owner and operator of Middle Point Landfill. BFI…
On December 20th, Davidson County Chancery Court Judge Russell T. Perkins ordered that, in light of newly discovered evidence, the application of a Republic Services’ subsidiary to construct a new landfill be returned to the Central Tennessee Regional Solid Waste Planning Board so the Board can “consider all appropriate matters” related to the proposed landfill….
Murfreesboro Mayor Shane McFarland has notified officials at the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) that the City objects to the State’s review of Republic Services’ application to expand Middle Point Landfill. In a letter sent earlier today (Wednesday), the Mayor advised TDEC that the City opposes TDEC’s review of the application unless and…
Here’s the much asked about Middle Point Landfill Update. Rumor was that they were pulling out… here’s the details!!