Ontario County EQ Committee to revisit landfill master plan

By David L. Shaw, Finger Lakes Times. 

Five years ago, Ontario County began the process of devising a master plan to guide future development at its Routes 5&20 landfill.

However, the idea drifted into the background in 2013. That’s when the county and Casella Waste Systems, the company that operates the landfill, began working with Barton & Loguidice on an application to create a new, 43.5-acre deposit area within the property’s 389-acre footprint.

Now that the expansion has been approved, the board’s Environmental Quality Committee is reviving its hopes of finishing a master plan.

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