Today’s article says approving a new contract would not be seen as consent for the landfill expansion by the DEP. This would be the case as long as that contract did NOT include the Phase 3 expansion, however, the current proposed agreement does include Phase 3.

The Host Municipality Agreement is weighed heavily in the Harms/Benefit analysis. If the Borough agrees to accept money for Phase 3 then they are saying that Phase 3 is acceptable. The DEP will certainly see that as consent. We want to be clear that Friends of Lackawanna is opposing the inclusion of Phase 3 in the agreement since this is the important distinction.

Also, the article does not mention how this proposed deal is worth less and less with each passing year – to the point that in terms of today’s dollars, the last year of the proposed deal is worth less than what the Borough receives today.

http://thetimes-tribune.com/news/dep-dunmore-landfill-agreement-not-consent-for-expanding-1.1788476