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Former mine may be site of next landfill in Maury County, Tenn.

Published Aug. 29, 2013
By
Nicole Wrona Contributing Editor
State of Tennessee

Dive Summary:

  • Denver based-developers RLF Duck River LLC and RLF Green Duck LLC are hoping to use an old phosphorus mine in Maury County, Tennessee as the location for a municipal solid waste landfill.
  • The property has 285 acres of land suitable for waste with 560 additional acres that could be used as a buffer.
  • An estimated revenue of $1,853,379, from taxes and tipping fees could be generated for Maury County through the landfill.

From the article:

A letter to the Maury County Board of Zoning Appeals requests that the land be rezoned to allow for construction of the landfill.

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