EGLE RESPONDS TO ODOR COMPLAINTS WITH SUNDAY ODOR SURVEILLANCE
There have been over 350 community odor complaints received during the first 12 days of November and this is after Advanced Disposal Service completed repairs to the West Haul Road drain and installation of a new leachate sump system at TS01. These projects were promised to correct the majority of the odor problems.
We learned today, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) issued another Violation Notice to Advanced Disposal for continued community odors. As a direct response to the numerous odor complaints on Friday and Saturday, November 1st and 2nd, EGLE conducted neighborhood odor observations on Sunday, November 3rd which resulted in the violation being issued today.
EGLE also sent an email to the landfill management earlier today requesting the landfill update the community on actions it taking to correct the odor issues. The email referenced frequently complaints from parents with school-age children at Ridgewood Elementary. EGLE states these complainant’s concerns deserve and require a response and directed ADS to update the community on actions being taken to correct the odors. It is unclear how these updates will be received. The Conservancy Initiative will pass along any pertinent information we receive from the landfill.
The Violation Notice is attached. The following post is a pictorial representation of odor complaints received on Friday, November 8th when over 100 complaints were received. These maps show how widespread the impact can be.
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