Action Alert

June 8, 2004

Your help and support are needed!

The Berkeley County Solid Waste Authority is holding a public hearing on June 15 to consider a request from Waste Management to increase its tonnage limit at the LCS Services Landfill. Increasing the tonnage would change LCS to a Class A landfill. Class A landfills are allowed to take in 10,000 to 30,000 tons per month. This change would mean more truck traffic, more litter and more odor for residents living near the landfill.

The Berkeley County Solid Waste Authority has issued a draft decision to deny this tonnage increase and is now accepting public comment leading up to the public hearing. Its tentative conclusion is that it is more fair to have another facility developed at another location than having the citizens of one community bear the full impact of the growing waste stream of three West Virginia counties, one Maryland county and one Virginia county.

Please cut and paste the following and mail or e-mail it to:

Berkeley County Solid Waste Authority
P.O. Box 1227
Inwood, WV 25428
304-267-9370 (fax)
berkeleycountyswa@msn.com 

Thanks!

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June 8, 2004

Berkeley County Solid Waste Authority
PO Box 1227
Inwood, WV 25428

Attn: Siting Plan

Dear Solid Waste Authority,

I wish to express my support for maintaining the LCS Services Landfill as a Class B landfill with the 9,999 tons per month and 500 tons per day. I wish to express my appreciation and support to the solid waste authority for denying Class A status to the facility.

Sincerely,

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