ASAN – The owner of the closed landfill land off the American Highway 290 aims to take legal action against Travis province because of its large “exposure” of the environment and the public “to real estate management according to the notification of intention (NOI) to the province of Travis.
Travis province runs this landfill from 1968 to its closure in 1982. RCRA)The previous operator of the disposal can bear the responsibility of the environmental risks that contributed to the activities of previous waste management.
Noi details that there are “continuous versions” from confusingA liquid is often dangerous and comes from several materials of garbage – from closed landfill. Texas filed a lawsuit against Travis Province for this case in May.
The current landowner, Moo Moo Moadows, got the property in 2024.
“I have never had a problem like the problem of the lifted material in the burials of the Travis province, which I spent about 50 years of its profession as an environmental lawyer in Texas,” said Blackburn. “[The leachate] Litely leaks into tributaries like Walnut Creek, who has public access and Park Space Download. “
Moo Moo Meadows contracted an environmental consultant to assess environmental conditions in the waste dump in 2024. The company stated that it had found dangerous materials such as arsenic, barium and lead that exceed the safety limits in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
| Pollutants | The maximum level of polluted EPA (MCL) | The amount in the landfill in livestock samples |
| Arsenic | 0.01 mg/l | 0.034 mg/l |
| barium | 2.0 mg/l | 3.9 mg/l |
| Lead | 0.015 mg/l | 0.11 mg/l |
Blackburn said: “This pans – which you know in a surprising way – has been continuing for decades and was never stopped,” said Blackburn.
In 1973, before the facility was closed, a letter was sent from the director of the health services department in the Austin-Trainis Province at the time, saying that they discovered the mirror on the landfill. The message separates that the nominated material formed due to a “insufficient cover” and the “risk of water pollution” constitutes nearby tables.
In 1977, Travis Province reached a compliance plan to reform such issues. The plan developed ways to implement better drainage and monitoring. Blackburn said that these concerns are still present today.
KXan communicates with Travis Province on alleged issues in the landfill, and they answered this statement to inquire:
Travis province works in a productive and cooperation with the Texas Environment Committee (TCEQ) to treat closed landfill and will continue to do so. The commitment of Travis to protect our environment is clear through the policies and measures taken by this and the previous courts of commissioners. They were a good rule of our natural resources and are still focusing on maintaining the natural resources of Travis Province for future generations.
Hector Nyito, spokesman for Travis Province
BlackBurn emphasizes that problems in the landfill need to be processed sooner, not later.
“We just want to stop this leak. We want to fix the maximum, and we want to create our property rights as soon as possible,” said Blackburn.