YUKON LANDFILL OPERATOR AGREES TO REPAIR WATER TREATMENT PLANT

A Yukon landfill operator that stores hazardous waste has agreed to repair the onsite water treatment plant.  The Trib reports that MAX Environmental Technologies of McCandless signed a consent decree with the Environmental Protection Agency to correct violations found in a March 2023 inspection.  EPA inspectors said there were “numerous failures” to properly maintain and operate the treatment plant, as well as poor reporting of wastewater test results and a lack of pollution prevention training of its employees.  Metals and other pollution were found flowing from a pipe discharging water into the tributary of the Youghiogheny River, as well as the stormwater runoff from the landfill, from January 2022 to July 2023.  A company official said the work may take until 2025 to complete.