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Supplemental Environmental Projects

In April 2004, Waste Management finalized and ADEQ accepted the following Supplemental Environmental Projects to be completed over the coming year.

Project Names:

  • Groundwater Resources of the Boone/St. Joe Aquifer - $75,000
  • Leave No Waste - University of Arkansas - $8,600
  • Arkansas Audubon Town Branch Creek Project - $21,400
  • Fayetteville Natural Heritage Association - $10,000
  • Lake Fayetteville Watershed Study - $10,000

WM Tontitown Landfill, LLC ("WMTL") entered into Consent Administrative Order 02-054 on August 30, 2002 in full settlement of all alleged violations set forth in the related Notice of Violation that was issued by ADEQ on April 26, 2002. Pursuant to the CAO, WMTL was required to propose and perform one or more Supplemental Environmental Projects with aggregate expenditures of at least $125,000 in WMTL funds. WMTL has directed the SEP funds to the five separate environmental projects described above.

 
 
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