Why contain wastes at a site rather than excavate the wastes and take them off-site? Doesn DEC have a policy preferring permanent remedies?
DEC does prefer use of permanent remedies. Treatment of wastes is preferred over containing wastes in place. However, for landfills, such as municipal landfills which contain hazardous waste, in-place containment may be the only feasible remedial alternative. For example, at a small industrial landfill (Columbia Mills), cost estimates were $3 million for capping; in contrast it would cost approximately $15 to $20 million for excavation of wastes and off-site disposal. Since both remedies would be protective of public health and the environment, we must give consideration to using the cost savings for remediating other sites.
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