DEP Approves Part of Expansion Plan for Greentree Landfill

The Department of Environmental Protection has approved the environmental assessment portion of an application to expand the Greentree Landfill in Elk County. DEP says the benefits of the project outweigh the known and potential harms. The decision allows the landfill expansion permit application to proceed to the technical review phase, which will examine the design details of the project. Plans call for the disposal area to expand by 104 acres, making the total area 1,148 acres. The landfill would continue to use the current permit average volume of 5,500 tons/day and maximum volume of 6,000 tons/day. Based on the permit average, the proposed expansion would provide about 10 years of additional disposal capacity.