DEQ agreed to sped up review process for waste company
“They gave us 10 days, when this isn’t what we do for a living. We’re homemakers, ranchers, farmers, we work all the time to get done with harvest and then
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“They gave us 10 days, when this isn’t what we do for a living. We’re homemakers, ranchers, farmers, we work all the time to get done with harvest and then
Deters first heard about the landfill project five days into the initial 10-day public comment period, and she immediately started working to stop the Pacific Steel and Recycling project.
In Shepherd, a proposed landfill is the focus of discussion among many in the community, and the D.E.Q. is hosting a public meeting to clarify, and answer citizens' concerns.
Montana had 87 landfills in 1979 and 59 two years after the Montana Legislature began tightening regulations. By 2011, the number of landfills across the state was 29.
The 79-year-old Roundup resident was pronounced dead at the scene by emergency crews, according to a statement from Montana Highway Patrol.