Escambia To Consider Permit For Molino Land Clearing Debris Disposal Facility

January 6, 2013

The Escambia County Commission has set a public hearing later this month to consider a permit for a land clearing debris disposal facility near Molino.

Sand & Dirt, Inc., doing business as the Brickton Borrow Pit, is located on a 33.04 acre site at 8800 North Highway 29, in a wooded area just northeast of Morgan Cemetery Road. The sand and dirt borrow pit has existed at the location for numerous years. The new permit would allow the facility to use land clearing debris fill-in around the perimeter of the pit while excavation continues in the middle.

The disposal facility would be allowed to operate from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m., Monday-Friday and 7 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Saturdays. Cover material will be added on working faces at least  bi-weekly to deprive the debris of oxygen, minimize the risk of fire and prevent the emission of objectionable odors.

The permit public hearing is set for 5:35 p.m. on January 17 before the Escambia County Commission.

Comments

12 Responses to “Escambia To Consider Permit For Molino Land Clearing Debris Disposal Facility”

  1. RB on January 7th, 2013 9:24 am

    Land clearing debris means more than what you think. There’s one of these on the Jay Brewton Road near the Florida line. There’s plenty of debris such as construction and other waste that’s disposed there, just no home trash. That site was started years ago and now it looks like the highest point in Escambia Couty Alabama.

  2. Mulchman on January 6th, 2013 8:15 pm

    What is more amazing Mark T is that the smelly pit near 29/10 Mile is directly adjacent to Pine Meadow Elementary School.

  3. Mark T on January 6th, 2013 3:25 pm

    @Mulchman
    You are right about that 29&10 mi. area it smells like 2 week old sweaty gym socks and approaches the odor of a skunk!!! Can’t believe the residents put up with it.. The smell has to affect home values there…

  4. Patrick Johnson on January 6th, 2013 3:06 pm

    The site across from Morgan Cemetery east of hwy 29.

  5. Mulchman on January 6th, 2013 2:48 pm

    There is a pit just off Hwy 29 between 9 1/2 and 10 Mile Roads which grinds up land debris. The place does give off quite a strong smell, especially at night, which can be smelled up to a 1/2 mile away. Maybe our new commish could look into this operation for us…

  6. William on January 6th, 2013 1:41 pm

    >>>It would be a great service to the community if northescambia.com could report more information about this. The site in the photo may not even be the actual location where this dump will operate. The name alone is questionable: The Brickton Borrow Pit?

    The site in the photo is it, per the GPS coordinates on the application. And the name is the Brickton Borrow Pit. It’s been there for years.

  7. melodies4us on January 6th, 2013 1:31 pm

    It would be a great service to the community if northescambia.com could report more information about this. The site in the photo may not even be the actual location where this dump will operate. The name alone is questionable: The Brickton Borrow Pit? The Sand and Dirt Inc trucks access a pit on Brickton Rd.

  8. mnon on January 6th, 2013 9:27 am

    @Jane probably mulched land debris, wood, leaves, etc. That stuff can start to get stinky as it decays/composts. Every smell cotton seed mulch composting? It smells like diesel fuel… almost.

  9. patrick johnson on January 6th, 2013 8:43 am

    Cover material would typically be soil.

  10. 429SCJ on January 6th, 2013 7:23 am

    Looks like it would be better used as a training area for the Mars mission.

    Good question Jane.

  11. Walnut Hill Roy on January 6th, 2013 7:20 am

    The other question is “what is meant by land clearing debris?” Will it just be dirt and a few roots or are we talking about large roots and wood from trees? Will they allow the debris from houses that are being demolished because of problems to be disposed of there?

  12. Jane on January 6th, 2013 6:02 am

    What sort of “cover material” are we talking about?

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