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What regulations protect the environment and the public from potential adverse effects of a landfill being sited nearby?

April 26, 2017adverse Environment Landfill nearby potential protect public regulations sited

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What regulations protect the environment and the public from potential adverse effects of a landfill being sited nearby?

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The DNR cannot allow a landfill to be built if it believes the locational and performance criteria of s. NR 504.04, Wis. Adm. Code, would be violated*. These criteria provide strong protection of public health and the environment from the impacts of landfill development.