The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency is accepting public comment on environmental effects of a proposed landfill expansion in Inver Grove Heights.
BFI Waste Systems of North America would like to increase the capacity of its Pine Bend Landfill, which receives mixed municipal solid waste. The company will not increase the landfill’s footprint, but is asking permission to develop cover slopes, according to the MPCA.
The slopes would allow an additional 4.1 million cubic yards of waste to be piled atop the existing landfill. Based on the current volume of waste, this would add about eight years of capacity to the landfill.
The MPCA offers a worksheet detailing the site location, nearby bodies of water and groundwater, soil types, air and odor emissions, noise concerns and more.
Comments must be in writing and submitted by 4:30 p.m. July 27 to Charles Peterson, 651-757-2856, at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, 520 Lafayette Road N., St. Paul, MN 55155-4194.