DEQ Inspection Forces Shutdown of Landfill
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By Advocate staff report  The Swisco Road Construction and Demolition landfill in Sulphur was shut down Friday after Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality inspections showed numerous violations, according to a news release.
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By Dan Sorenson, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Sep. 22--A stubborn magnesium fire at a South Side recycling business ignited propane tanks, tying dozens of firefighters up for hours Thursday and closing down the business for at least the next few days.
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NASA's internal watchdog said Wednesday it is auditing the agency's handling of a survey on air safety that NASA shut down after it had spent $11.3 million and then withheld the results.
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By KERRY CAVANAUGH\\ Staff Writer  GRANADA HILLS -- Neighborhood activists worry the merger of two Sunshine Canyon Landfills into a megadump could draw tons of unwanted trash from outside the region if county officials agree to a last-minute request by dump operators.
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Health officials ordered a North Carolina company that collected human body parts for transplant to shut down Friday after inspectors found violations that posed a threat to human health.
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By Jayne Matthews, Belleville News-Democrat, Ill.  Feb. 6--TROY -- Contamination of Silver Creek and other waters in Illinois soon may bring down stricter inspections on above-ground septic tanks that spew cleansed water onto the ground.
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Turkey, deer and songbirds abound in a pastoral setting in Roanoke County, but under the surface lies the volatile legacy of an old landfill: explosive gases and contaminated fluids.  The mixture will require daily maintenance for decades and cost taxpayers millions, officials say.
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By Tran, Tu-Uyan  The Grand Forks city landfill has been the cheapest place for the region to put its garbage for decades. Now that it's scheduled to close at the end of 2008 and the replacement is in court, the region will have to take its garbage elsewhere.
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Greater Southeast Community Hospital had its national accreditation yanked yesterday because of the overwhelming problems that pushed the District facility close to collapse for much of this year.
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By John Estus, The Daily Oklahoman  Feb. 17--SPENCER -- A waste disposal company's plan to add to a landfill here troubles local officials and residents.
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Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Monday asked the Veterans Affairs Illiana Health Care System in Danville and 10 other hospitals to voluntarily shut down their medical waste incinerators and find alternate disposal methods.
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By Diana Bowley, Bangor Daily News, Maine  Dec. 12--GREENVILLE -- A loophole in the town's solid waste program that has allowed some residents to dump construction-demolition debris at the landfill for free will soon be closed.
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By Joanie Baker, Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky.  Feb. 10--For about two years, the Daviess County Sheriff's Department has been disposing of methamphetamine lab waste at the Daviess County landfill.
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Gov. Jon S. Corzine shut down the state government Saturday after a deadline to adopt a new balanced budget expired, bringing road construction projects to a halt and furloughing tens of thousands of state employees indefinitely.
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By Mary E. Young, Reading Eagle, Pa. May 26--Berks County's environmental defense fund stands to nearly double to $1.45 million because of landfill penalties announced Friday by the state Department of Environmental Protection.
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By Bob Downing, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  May 30--Placing a synthetic liner over a portion of a major landfill in southern Stark County is the best way to extinguish the underground fires there.
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Gas service at the Massachusetts Turnpike's Westborough service plaza will be shut down from Tuesday through Saturday next week as Gulf Oil LP begins switching its turnpike gas stations from the Exxon brand to Gulf. Turnpike spokesman Macdonald J. Daniel said all 10 other turnpike plazas will remain open from Sept. 4 to Sept. 8 as work is performed at ...