Maine lawmakers will close a loophole that has allowed hundreds of thousands of tons of waste from across New England into the state-owned landfill in Old Town.
The Senate unanimously approved the proposal late last week. The House of Representatives approved the bill in a 102-25 vote on Monday, and a spokesperson for Gov. Janet Mills said on Tuesday that she'll sign it.
That has concerned environmental activists and neighbors of the landfill including the Penobscot Nation. Activists also worry that the imports are adding potential sources of contamination to the liquid runoff that comes out of the landfill. While that leachate is collected and treated at a nearby wastewater plant, that facility can’t fully remove a dangerous class of chemicals known as PFAS before the water is discharged into the Penobscot River.
It will also phase out an exemption that ReSource has received from Maine’s recycling rules, add “environmental justice” as a standard for future waste facilities to meet and force the state to review its contract with the company that runs Juniper Ridge, Casella Waste Systems of Vermont.
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