Pennsylvania DEP approves permit for Tri-County Landfill in Mercer County
The operating permit will allow Tri-County Inc. to construct a new landfill within the 99-acre footprint of the old one and bring in up to 4,000 tons of trash a day.
The DEP operating permit, announced Dec. 28, allows Tri-County Inc. to construct a new landfill within the 99-acre footprint of the old one and bring in 600 truckloads or up to 4,000 tons of trash a day. It also requires the landfill operator to excavate more than 1.5 million cubic yards of waste from the old unlined landfill and relocate it to new lined and monitored areas of the landfill.