A group of Ringgold residents has raised concerns in recent months about the operating procedures of the First Piedmont Corporation landfill, but they say they have received little support of their efforts from the Pittsylvania County government.
The Coalition For a Clean Dan River Region re-formed in recent months â after existing by other names and being led by different people in the past â and has spoken out about what its members call a lack of oversight for the landfill and the odors and possible safety and environmental threats it produces.
The group is hitting a roadblock, though, in part because the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors can only regulate the private landfill to a certain extent. Further, the landfill is generally in good standing with the agencies that do play a more active role in regulating it.