Burnsville approves plan for landfill expansion
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency also issued a draft permit for the Burnsville Sanitary Landfill expansion in July.
Source: startribune.com
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The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency also issued a draft permit for the Burnsville Sanitary Landfill expansion in July.
The expansion will increase the landfill's allowable height by an additional 262 feet.
The City of Burnsville and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency are accepting public feedback on the proposal.
Some closed landfills in this area -- near New York Mills, Wadena, Sebeka and Barnesville -- are leaching unhealthy amounts of PFAS into the groundwater. In some cases two or three times the amount considered safe by the state Health Department