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Will, would be, and that this was an ongoing process. we were just at the beginning that this was an ongoing progress. >> you also spoke with the pakistani ambassador to the united states, which i also spoke to last night. what did he have to say about this? >> i asked him about these facts we just talked about. he absolutely did not want to comment, refused to comment. although i will say he didnt seem unhappy with the news that i knew. he was not upset with it. he just said he wouldnt comment....

Matter. thats because waste management, which owns the landfill, doesnt have to listen to what the county board says. it answers to the state. so it signed a contract with bp and started dumping the oily waste right where rockco and plenty of others feared they would. >> what concerns you most about this oil and the tar balls and the whole mixture going to your landfill? >> the long-term effects that we will have to endure if it in fact -- if in fact we do find that it is dangerous. >> like if i...

Where they feared they would. >> what concerns you most about the oil and tar balls? >> the long-term effects that we will have to endure if, in fact, we do find that it is dangerous. >> like if it gets into your water? >> absolutely. >> reporter: keeping them honest, we asked bp why its disposing of spill waste in a county thats pleaded with them not to. bp wouldnt comment. so we kansas the waste management team to take us inside the landfill so we could see for ourselves why they all say its s...

>> rocco says the county board passed a resolution not to accept any waste in this community. that doesnt matter, waste management that owns the landfill doesnt have to look at what the board says. it answers to the state. so it signed a contract with bp and started dumping the oily waste right where rocco and plenty of others feared they would. >> what concerns you most about this oil and the tar balls in this whole mixture going to the landfill. >> the long-term effects that we will have to en...

This oil and the tar balls in this whole mixture going to the landfill. >> the long-term effects that we will have to endure, if it, in fact, is -- if, in fact, we do find that it is dangerous to -- >> it gets into your water or -- >> the water table, absolutely. >> reporter: keeping them honest, were asking bp why its disposed of spill waste in a county that pleaded with them not to. bp wouldnt comment. we asked ken holden to take us inside the landfill so we could see for ourselves why bp, the...

Hazardous to our citizens. take your waste somewhere else or find an alternative. >> rocco says the county board passed a resolution not to accept any waste in this community. that doesnt matter, waste management that owns the landfill doesnt have to look at what the board says. it answers to the state. so it signed a contract with bp and started dumping the oily waste right where rocco and plenty of others feared they would. >> what concerns you most about this oil and the tar balls in this who...

>> reporter: like if it gets into your water? >> water table, absolutely. >> reporter: keeping them honest, we asked bp why its disposing of spill waste in a county that says its pleaded with them not to. bp wouldnt comment. so, we asked waste managements ken haldin to take us inside the landfill so we could see for ourselves why bp, the epa and waste management all say its safe. there are many worried that whatever is going into this landfill from the oil spill is going to end up in their water...

That it is dangerous. >> reporter: like if it gets into your water? >> water table, absolutely. >> reporter: keeping them honest, we asked bp why its disposing of spill waste in a county that says its pleaded with them not to. bp wouldnt comment. so we asked waste managements ken haldin to take us inside the landfill so we could see for ourselves why bp, the epa and waste management all say its safe. there are many worried that whatever is going into this landfill from the oil spill is going to ...

If, in fact, we do find that it is dangerous. >> reporter: like if it gets into your water? >> absolutely. into the water table. >> reporter: keeping them honest we asked bp why its disposing of spill waste in a county that says its pleaded with them not to? bp wouldnt comment. so we asked waste managements ken holdin to take us inside the landfill so we could see for ourselves why bp, the epa, and waste management all say its safe. there are many worried that whatever is going into this landfil...

With them not to. bp wouldnt comment. so, we asked waste managements ken holding to take us inside the landfill so we could see for ourselves why bp, the epa and waste management all say its safe. there are many worried that whatever is going into this landfill from the oil spill is going to end up in their water system and make the community sick. >> its an understandable concern because theres a lack of awareness about what an engineered landfill is. >> reporter: he says its a nonhazardous was...