Permit for mega-dump hits a snag

June 11, 2010

By Philip D. Brown
Richmond County Daily Journal

A private company’s plans to locate a “mega-dump” landfill just across the South Carolina line from Hamlet in Marlboro County haven’t been nixed just yet, but it looks a lot less likely they will be successful.

The Marlboro Herald-Advocate of Bennettsville recently reported the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control has issued a draft decision that won’t allow Sandhills MMR to proceed with the necessary permitting process to bring the large landfill to the county. Read the full article.