Letter: No, DTG’s landfill is not reopening anytime quickly | Opinion

To the editor — Readability is required on the Yakima Herald-Republic’s implication that DTG’s landfill could reopen quickly as a result of regulators are working with DTG on required permits. For a number of causes, DTG’s landfill won’t reopen this 12 months.

First, the Yakima Well being District denied DTG’s allow renewal final 12 months as a result of it didn’t, and hasn’t but, offered oversight businesses with adequate information to point out they’ve a functioning groundwater monitoring system in place.

This process requires drilling not less than six monitoring wells. Since possession, DTG has drilled just one new monitoring effectively. It’s unrealistic to imagine they’ll drill 6 wells, analyze information, generate studies and obtain regulatory approval in 2024. Drilling season doesn’t start till Spring. Given DTG’s poor compliance document, we hope YHD doesn’t bow to political stress to approve the landfill allow earlier than the groundwater monitoring system is in place.

Second, DTG’s air working allow is pending approval by the Yakima Regional Clear Air Company and acquired important feedback in opposition, many requesting extra environmental opinions. Given YRCAA’s failure to ever grant a allow to this landfill, we encourage them to be thorough of their evaluate and resist political stress to expedite the allowing course of.

To study extra go to: Buddies of Rocky High https://www.cascadianow.org/friends-of-rocky-top.

NANCY LUST

Yakima