Dive summary:

• Earlier this week, 10 acres of garbage tumbled down from a landslide in the west end of the Chrin Bros. Sanitary Landfill in Pennsylvania.
• Colleen Connolly, a regional spokeswoman for the state Department of Environmental Protection, said the landslide was the first one in the state and that an investigation will begin next week to find the cause.
• The landslide uncovered decade old liquefied trash that have intensified the smell at the landfill; however, the DEP said they don’t think the landslide will have a negative environmental effect.

From the article:

Leverington said the landfill will be rebuilt once the cause of the failure is determined. Connolly said the investigation could take months and declined to talk about penalties Chrin could face.

"That's a long way off," Connolly said, "we're still in cleanup mode."

Connolly said the DEP's top concern is the stability of the old part of the landfill where the slide occurred. ...