By SHERYL MYERS
I was disturbed to read in The Herald Bulletin (Dec. 22) that the Madison County Board of Zoning Appeals had approved an above-ground landfill at Mallard Lake, when in fact it has not.
Contrary to the reporting of Justin Schneider, JM Corporation does NOT have an operating permit for an above ground landfill, and our County Board of Zoning Appeals has yet to grant a special-use variance for such an operation. In fact, they have yet to hear public comment on such a landfill.
Anyone who lives near Mallard Lake, drives the narrow county roads in northern Madison County or drinks well water in the vicinity has reason to be very worried. There are many facts about the Mallard Lake landfill that are not generally known to the public. Anyone who would like to read about a worst-case-scenario involving what seemed to be a harmless landfill should see the July 1992 issue of Reader’s Digest. And if you think that landfill liners don’t leak, think again.
This isn’t a case of the Killbuck Concerned Citizens Association versus JM Corporation. Rather, it is a matter of the health and wealth of the residents of Madison County versus a major waste hauler that most likely has every intention of dumping out-of-state trash that will not be closely monitored. In our efforts to bring new business to Madison County, we should not be too anxious to sacrifice the livability of Richland Township to the trash-hauling industry.
I urge the reader to ask our county commissioners and members of the Board of Zoning Appeals if they are doing all they can to protect the health and welfare of the residents of Madison County as stipulated in their bylaws. A landfill that could inadvertently take in toxic waste should receive at least as much attention from our BZA as an ethanol plant or a confined animal feedlot. The very last thing that future taxpayers need is a massive clean-up bill.
I think we might be surprised to learn who in Madison County not only has a vested economic interest in seeing the landfill open, but also is willing to sacrifice the peace-of-mind and property values of the hundreds of nearby residents. For more information, see the Jan. 23 issue of the Indianapolis Business Journal.
Sheryl Myers is an Anderson resident.
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