New 5,100 Acre Landfill Planned Near Big Escambia Creek

January 26, 2011

Officials in Conecuh County, Alabama, have set a March 10 public hearing on a proposed 5,100 acre landfill near the Repton community.

Conecuh Woods LLC has formally applied for the landfill, which will include a 1,600 acre “disposal cell” from Range to Repton to near the Big Escambia Creek. Big Escambia Creek flows southward into Escambia County, Alabama, through Flomaton and drains through a swamp into the Escambia River in Escambia County, Florida.

According to a published report by the Mobile-Press Register, waste from 48 states would arrive at the landfill by truck and rail.

The public hearing will be held at Reid State Technical College in Evergreen. If the Conecuh County Commission takes no action on the proposal within 90 days, it will automatically be approved.

Comments

19 Responses to “New 5,100 Acre Landfill Planned Near Big Escambia Creek”

  1. Just An Old Soldier on January 29th, 2011 12:05 pm

    Great. And our legislators and last Gov. though Septic Tanks were an issue?

    Sure hope Pam Bondi files an injunction against this in Federal Court.

    Talk about downstream pollution – all that waste flow will drain straight down to P-cola, and everywhere in between. Think about those East Bay Oysters filtering that through their system, before they become someone’s next meal.

  2. Bamcubz on January 28th, 2011 10:47 pm

    Since no-one wants to live next door to a landfill, what we need are some very aggressive mandatory recycling laws. Charge by the pound to dump your trash and see how many people will take the time to sort through it. I have been recycling for over 10 years now, aluminum cans current price in California is $1.50 per pound, just think of all those beer cans you people drink, you could be making a fortune or at least enough to fill up your big SUV’s once a week.

  3. eab on January 28th, 2011 2:34 pm

    Well said. (chuckle) That’s why in most cities (not all) in the US the rich part of town is on the north and the poor folks live on the south side. The garbage,sewage,etc. flows from north to south. We don’t usually care who has to deal with it as long as it ain’t us.

    DAVID SAID…
    folks used to haul it down to the river swamp and let the next flood take it the rest of the way to Pensacola

  4. David Huie Green on January 28th, 2011 10:43 am

    folks used to haul it down to the river swamp and let the next flood take it the rest of the way to Pensacola

  5. eab on January 27th, 2011 9:48 pm

    None of us want a dump next door but I have a question….

    What do y’all do with *your* garbage? Whose community do you send it to? Do you burn it and pollute your neighbors air? Or do you toss it into the back yard like one family I know?

    Just curious.

  6. flomaton man on January 27th, 2011 3:57 pm

    big money in landfills Alabama is #1 in the country,we take everyone’s trash.You should look it up online,it will freak you out!!!!!!!

  7. tara on January 27th, 2011 8:53 am

    Recycling is a good idea. Also, each state should have a landfill for their own garbage. This is something that should not be shared from state to state. And Possibly, have one for each ounty, or divide counties up into districts for a landfill. Have more organization of where the garbage is coming from adn going to. That way Alabama does not get anything but Alabama garbage. And if it is your own garbage you shouldn’t complain.

  8. commonsence on January 27th, 2011 5:56 am

    Has anyone ever considered INCENTORATOR? My God people in Leadership, stop thinking of everything that Stinks up the Town, the Air and Polute the grounds. I can imagine how some live to think so small and inconsiderate.
    Burn the Garbage.

  9. mom of 2 on January 27th, 2011 12:36 am

    The mayor of Repton is Terri Carter she is diligently working to prevent this from happening and has met with the former mayor of Pensacola. Here is a link to her website or more specific to the page about the dump. She is very actively battling this issue.

    http://reptonalabama.com/no_dump.html

  10. Bob on January 26th, 2011 9:46 pm

    @ Haze. You are right. Read the manifest,it says garbage from all over 48 states. The other states have forbidden these kind of facilities. They do not want them in their back door. We do not want California and New York garbage dumped in our back door,we have enough of our own, let them take care of theirs.

  11. haze on January 26th, 2011 5:57 pm

    If garbage is coming from 48 states it can’t be regular garbage. Must be something more specific and dangerous than ordinary garbage. It would cost a fortune to transport from say, California.

  12. DENNIS REAVES on January 26th, 2011 5:43 pm

    WELL, HERE WE GO AGAIN, HOPE ESC COUNTY COMMISSION GETS ON THE BANDWAGON TO TRY AND STOP THIS AS IT WILL EFFECT OUR COUNTY NEGATIVELY AS WELL! BIG ESCAMBIA CREEK RECREATION WILL BE A THING OF THE PAST!! WE WILL SEE IF THIS COMPANY HAS ENOUGH MONEY TO GET THIS THROUGH THE POLITICIANS!!

  13. Safebear on January 26th, 2011 5:11 pm

    I’m not for it but where will it go? Does anybody on here recycle? Have any of you done anything to cut back so we don’t have as much waste to put in landfills? I wish there was a way we could get a garbage burner to produce electricity there – that would create more jobs but nobody would be happy with that either.

    Let’s work on some solutions, not just bitch about the problems.

  14. Bob on January 26th, 2011 2:58 pm

    Consider this. There is a Hazardous waste Facility in Emelle,Ala. Approx 150 miles north of Mobile. The Gulf Coast has the highest incidence of cancer of any place in the United States. Do you believe what our government tells you? Of course not. Some of the most bizarre chemicals known to man is buried there. Contrary to what we are told these materials will leach into the aquifier eventually. they cannot be stopped. Now are we going to sit idly by and let them put another one north of us to compound the problem. Garbage will be hauled from all over the U.S. to be put there. Granted it won’t be a hazardous waste facility but our part of the country deserves better than that. Tell the fat cat politicians ,NO MORE DUMPS.

  15. Alice on January 26th, 2011 11:41 am

    I believe this is a horrible idea. The world is bad enough without any other additions. Yes, I know it will possibly bring in money, but think about all the factors that are involved. You have to clear out the land for it, losing wildlife habitation (which is already a huge problem and kills of the inhabitants of said wildlife area), the waste will destroy the land beneath and around it, rain water run-off will seep into the ground and travel to the creek. That’s another huge matter. There are people that swim in Big Escambia Creek, and it is a vital source for the swamps.
    Okay, I realize that I am going on and on and on, but still, the point is, this is a horrible idea. Don’t think about the present, people, think about the future, because that is where we are all heading. The present never stays the present for long.

  16. nudo on January 26th, 2011 8:53 am

    Lawsuit only way to stop it.

  17. nudo on January 26th, 2011 8:46 am

    Doesn’t matter they vote it down or not. Small communities is where they go. The big BFI one north of Brewton was voted down but that’s where it went anyway.

  18. CreamPuff on January 26th, 2011 8:35 am

    oH THATS JUST GREAT!
    You better ALL be at that meeting and vote that sucker down, or the WHOLE
    COUNTRY WILL BE CALLING YOU WORSE THAN TRAILER TRASH, and
    just wait till YOU have to pay to clean up that mess.

  19. LA Redneck on January 26th, 2011 8:02 am

    NO !!!

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