EPA On-scene Coordinator Subash Patel said EPA personnel will remain to monitor the Moody landfill into April, but that most of the agency’s work is finished. “We are in the final stages,” Patel said late last week.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is wrapping up its two-month operations at the site of the Moody landfill fire northeast of Birmingham.
Patel said the agency has finished bringing in fill dirt to cover the site of the fire -- 2,599 truck loads worth -- and covered about 90 percent of the site with hay and grass seed to create a lasting vegetative cover over the site area. Patel said the water exiting the site will probably be warm for several weeks, until the site cools completely.
State and local officials have formed a working group to examine the response and evaluate laws and regulations thatThe Alabama Department of Environmental Management is leading the group, which also includes the Alabama Forestry Commission, legislators representing the area, as well as municipal governments.One of the top issues discussed in the meeting, LeFleur said, was the issue of who had the authority to act in this situation.
The working group has also been expanded to include Agriculture Commissioner Rick Pate, as the issue of tree farming waste may factor into the group’s recommendations.
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