Escambia County Set To Join Lawsuit Against Conecuh Landfill

June 16, 2011

Escambia County (Fla.) is set to join a lawsuit aimed at blocking the proposed Conecuh Woods landfill.

The Escambia County Commission approved a resolution Thursday night to participate in the lawsuit that was initiated by the Town of Repton, Ala., and Repton Mayor Terri Carter.

In late April, attorneys filed the suit in Conecuh County Circuit Court on behalf of Repton (pop. 280) and Carter seeking an injunction to block the 5,100 acre Conecuh Woods landfill. The landfill was approved 3-2 by the Conecuh County Commission just a week before the lawsuit was filed contending that the application violated applicable law and the public did not have ample opportunity to comment on the proposal.

Depositions of the Conecuh County Commission are scheduled for the end of June. The Town of Repton, Carter, and their attorneys Balch and Bingham have requested participation from Escambia County, Fla. along with several other local governments including  the cities of Brewton, Grove Hill, Atmore, Flomaton and Orange Beach in  Alabama; the counties of Monroe and Escambia in Alabama and the Town of Century in Florida to oppose the landfill. Escambia County, Ala., and Atmore voted to join the lawsuit earlier this week.

Conecuh Woods’ landfill, 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, Flomaton and drains through a North Escambia swamp into the Escambia River and then into Escambia and Pensacola bays.

According to the Escambia County (Fla.) resolution, the county opposes the landfill because it poses a threat to Escambia River, Escambia Bay and Pensacola Bay, as well as the drinking water supply in the county.

Comments

6 Responses to “Escambia County Set To Join Lawsuit Against Conecuh Landfill”

  1. 429SCJ on June 17th, 2011 2:42 pm

    Hello JustME, I can deal with bacterial contaminates from old septic tanks, it is dioxin and who knows what else? I do not know what classes of waste will be disposed of there, but old televisons, batteries and motor oil ect are bad enough for me. I guess some of these people live in unaffected areas and do not care. 429SCJ for Bad Cattle! .

  2. justme on June 16th, 2011 5:11 pm

    I personally think they are wasting there money fighting this. As for the contamination, you got more contaminants from non conforming septic tanks and raw sewage running on ground. Until the fine state of Alabama enacts state codes, there will always be problems.

  3. Dig for the truth on June 16th, 2011 5:03 pm

    Take a look at this history of Mr. Stone the big shot behind this land fill. He is from New Hampshire and I have looked at their county records online. He has liens and judgements against him like a rash going back decades. Then if you look under corporate filings you can find his corporations dirty dealings. He has a judgement from the EPA of several million dollars from some dirty deal he did in New York state. Made a mess up there and had to leave. So basically, he has come down here to dump trash on us to pay for his mess he left behind up there.

  4. 429SCJ on June 16th, 2011 3:35 pm

    The good lord only knows what concoctions will be dumped there, This is a bad thing. I think somebody better call all the local bands of Creek Indians on this one. We need their lawyers to fight these judas betrayers.

  5. Thinker on June 16th, 2011 10:47 am

    If they lose the lawsuit and there is no revolution, I’m moving to Australia.

  6. Robert on June 16th, 2011 10:22 am

    Some one needs to get the town of Jay and Santa rosa county involved with this also!!!!! The River feeds part of that County too.

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