State, County Clash Over C&D Landfill

Harford County, Md., has appealed a state order to reopen a 75-year-old construction and demolition landfill near Abingdon, Md., according to a report in the Baltimore Sun.

The appeal is the latest development in an ongoing fight over the prospect of reopening the landfill. The area has undergone significant residential growth over the past 10 years, according to the report.

Harford County officials have sent a letter to the head of the Maryland Department of the Environment asking him to reconsider the decision to reject the county’s solid waste management plan.

In March, the county council approved a new solid waste management plan that eliminated the use of the former Spencer sand and gravel pit as a C&D debris landfill, according to the report.

The council supported its action by saying the site’s permit had expired 13 years ago and that it was no longer appropriate to operate a landfill at the site because of the number of homes that had been built there.