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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, we're asking bp why it's disposed of spill waste in a county that pleaded with them not to. bp wouldn't comment. we asked ken holden to take us inside the landfill so we could see for ourselves why bp, the epa, and waste management all say it's safe. there are many worried that whatever is going in to...

Anyway. here again is randi kaye keeping them honest. >> reporter: if you've been wondering where all that scooped up on shore oil ends up, here's your answer. this is mississippi's bee can grove land fill. what cleanup crews gather on shore -- tar balls, oiled sand, and vegetation, is hauled aw awaway to a land fill. it's one of nine landfills bp cut deals with across the gulf to dump all of this stuff. that must mean the communities are okay with it too, right? wrong. connie rocco is the president of the board of supervisors in harrison county, mississippi where the bee can grove land fill i...

Then we funnel it down to a guy who's lost his shrimp boat. >> what's your message? >> been from one great disaster to another. been in haiti for a while. and there, you can see the resilience. here there's an interesting thing because so many people love to come down and pick this stuff up and take it off. they're not sure there's science involved and there's health issues involved. so it builds the frustration. >> people are mad about this. and they -- everybody understands that. and i think channeling that anger to something positive is the thing to do. i was just showing you the whole appl...

>> reporter: if you've been wondering where all that scooped up on shore oil ends up, here's your answer. this is mississippi's bee can grove land fill. what cleanup crews gather on shore -- tar balls, oiled sand, and vegetation, is hauledaway to a land fill. it's one of nine landfills bp cut deals with across the gulf to dump all of this stuff. that must mean the communities are okay with it too, right? wrong. connie rocco is the president of the board of supervisors in harrison county, mississippi where the bee can grove land fill is located. >> how do you feel about the oily mixture coming ...

>> it will stay closed until the oil leak is stopped. once the oil leak is stopped, then we'll have a very aggressive and very comprehensive survey of that area for reopening. >> now, the spill is in the gulf, but the oil is turning up in some pretty unlikely places, including one local community's land fill. they don't want it. the bp is putting it there anyway. here again is randi kaye keeping them honest. >> reporter: if you've been wondering where all that scooped up on shore oil ends up, here's your answer. this is mississippi's bee can grove land fill. what cleanup crews gather on shore ...