Dive Brief:

• A project to construct a waste storage facility at an incinerator plant in Chester City, PA is on hold.
• The proposed facility was intended to hold trash transported by rail from New York City, before it’s moved to a landfill site for disposal.
• Opponents of the project requested a review of the facility during a Chester City Planning Commission meeting. After residents brought up questions about the project, the commission agreed to postpone voting. The commission will hold another vote in 30 days.

Dive Insight:

Covanta Energy currently operates the incinerator in Chester. The company has a contract to discard 800,000 tons of waste between two facilities: one in Chester, and the other in Niagara Falls, NY. Covanta anticipates permits necessary to move forward will be approved in August; after that, the company would seek approval from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.