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Monday, February 20, 2006

Environment - More on Pines Transfer Station

The Munster (NW Indiana) Times reports today, in a story by Brian Williams:

Start of construction on a waste transfer station about one mile from Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore will depend on this week's decision on a delay request.

A hearing on a request for a stay of the permit issued to Great Lakes Transfer LLC will be heard Thursday in Indianapolis by the state Office of Environmental Adjudication, an administrative law court that reviews decisions of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management.

Already postponed once, the stay hearing could again be pushed back if a request for a one-month continuance is granted to LaPorte County, which is appealing the granting of the station permit. * * *

Stay or no stay, other hearings in the appeal process will continue through the spring and summer, with a projected final hearing set for August. If the stay is not granted, construction and operation of the waste facility would still need to wait until Great Lakes' renewed building and zoning permits, [that?] have expired.

For background, see these ILB entries from Jan. 12, 2006 and Jan. 18, 2006.

Posted by Marcia Oddi on February 20, 2006 10:35 AM
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