*Media Division*
September 19, 2008
/_FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:_/
Contact: State Rep. Rex Duncan
Capitol: (405) 557-7344
*/Duncan/**/ Announces Landfill Legislation/*
OKLAHOMA CITY – State Rep. Rex Duncan, R-Sand Springs, said he will
introduce legislation during the 2009 session to regulate large
landfills and the contents they are permitted to bury.
Currently, Duncan said the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality
(DEQ) cannot take adverse action against landfills in response to
complaints regarding odor emitted by large "trash mountain" sites.
Duncan said landfills that are authorized to bury solid waste and other
questionable materials can be just as objectionable as the Concentrated
Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs) found in Western Oklahoma. The obvious
difference, Duncan noted, is that the landfills haul the "smell" to the
site.
Duncan is also concerned that the DEQ has allowed the height of some of
these "trash mountains" to increase to the point some have become the
key terrain feature on the horizon.
"At some point in time the DEQ should require the closing of these
mountains and I intend to author restrictions on the size and content –
apparently there are no meaningful limits in the statutes," said Duncan.
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