Union County Solid Waste District Fined by DEQ
By Garrett Christensen on Wednesday, January 25th, 2023 in More Top Stories Northeastern Oregon News
UNION COUNTY – (Information from the Department of Environmental Quality) The DEQ announced that the Union County Solid Waste District has been fined $9,000 dollars for solid waste related issues. Specifically, the district was fined for, “failing to maintain the leachate, gas collection systems and groundwater monitoring wells at the closed Fox Hill Landfill,” and impacting “transparency and accountability.” This is one of 13 penalties issued by the DEQ for December 2022, totally over $237,022 dollars.
