Board: Middle Point Landfill expansion should be rejected by state
Board recommends state reject Middle Point Landfill expansion plan Expansion would increase landfill capacity by 82.5% Republic has another expansion plan Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation will make decision on landfill expansion permit Central Tennessee Region Solid Waste Planning Board member Donna Barrett, a former state representative, called for the unanimous vote because the 99.45-acre expansion permit application was "incompatible" and "inconsistent" with the 10-year solid waste plan. That plan calls for "an integrated system for responsible solutions that are soci...