Dive summary:
- The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has labelled the Liberty Environmental Landfill as the worst odor violator in the state of Michigan.
- In the past two years, the DEQ has received 73 odor complaints about the landfill odor from 15 different people.
- The DEQ sent eight Environmental Protection Act violation notices to the landfill; the owner of the landfill claims he never received any of them.
From the article:
"... An official from the state Department of Environmental Quality said the owner of the Liberty Environmental Landfill is downplaying the extent of its odor violations.
'I’m not aware of any landfill in the state of Michigan that has that many violations,' said Larry Bean, DEQ district supervisor for waste management and radiological protection. 'To my knowledge they are the worst of any landfill in the state.' ..."
