Las Vegas NowSenate OKs Money for NV Landfill Study
The U.S. Senate has approved a measure sought by Sen. Harry Reid to study the environmental impacts of a proposed landfill near Winnemucca and tons of imported trash from California.
An amendment to the Interior Department's appropriation bill approved Tuesday night funds a study by the U.S. Geological Survey on seepage from trash at the site.
A California company, Recology, wants to haul 20,000 tons of garbage weekly to the site for 95 years.
The company received a conditional special use permit from the county two years ago, but a citizens group is fighting the project.
The project still needs state permits.
Reid says the study would evaluate how long it would take seepage from the dump to contaminate local water resources, and how far contamination would travel over the next two centuries.
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