Illegally dumped tires catch fire in Pa. coal mine
Updated Apr 29, 2021;
TREVORTON – A fire in an abandoned mine near Trevorton in Northumberland County might have spread from illegally dumped tires and trash to coal.
That is the speculation because sulphur odors have been detected along with those from burning rubber and plastic, Stephen Jeffrey, county public safety director, said Thursday.
The Trevorton Fire Co. was dispatched Saturday for a reported brush fire but discovered smoke coming out of the ground, he said.
The mine, which reportedly has not been operated since the 1970s, is on county-owned land that is leased to the Anthracite Outdoor Adventure Area.
From Pennlive
LOGANTON A large family-owned meat processing business in Clinton County has reopened because, due to snow melt, food processing residuals (FPR) can again be spread on farm fields.
Nicholas Meat reopened fully on March 3, Jana McGuire, a spokesperson for the Loganton area company, said Wednesday.
The plant closed Feb. 23 after a state Department of Environmental Protection ordered a halt to the spread of FPRs on snow-covered fields.
The closing affected more than 350 employees and 150 contract workers.
Training was provided during the shutdown and employees were paid the entire time they were off work, McGuire said.
Nicholas maintains when the Environmental Hearing Board denied its appeal of DEP’s Feb. 9 compliance order it had no alternative but to shut down.
Nicholas Meat can weather a pandemic, but the actual weather is a different story.
The central Pennsylvania meat processing plant temporarily ceased operations at its Loganton plant Feb. 23 following a Department of Environmental Protection compliance order prohibiting the company from applying processing waste to snow-covered fields.
The plant processes about 600 dairy cull cows and bulls each day. Brian Miller, director of sustainability at Nicholas Meat, said DEP has permitted the facility to apply the residual waste, which is mostly wash water, on snowy fields for the last 10 years. But this weekâs order brought the practice to an abrupt halt.
Nicholas Meat can weather a pandemic, but the actual weather is a different story.
The central Pennsylvania meat processing plant temporarily ceased operations at its Loganton plant Feb. 23 following a Department of Environmental Protection compliance order prohibiting the company from applying processing waste to snow-covered fields.
The plant processes about 600 dairy cull cows and bulls each day. Brian Miller, director of sustainability at Nicholas Meat, said DEP has permitted the facility to apply the residual waste, which is mostly wash water, on snowy fields for the last 10 years. But this weekâs order brought the practice to an abrupt halt.