News Release 420

DEPARTMENT ISSUES CONSTRUCTION PERMIT FOR
SOLID WASTE PROCESSING FACILITY IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY

Volume 36-420

Contact: Renee Bungart

(For immediate release)

573-751-4465

JEFFERSON CITY, MO, JULY 18, 2008 -- The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has issued a construction permit to FW Disposal South LLC to construct the FW Disposal South LLC Waste Processing/Transfer Facility in St. Louis County.

The site is to be located at 5219 Baumgartner Road, 3/10 of a mile east of Lemay Ferry Road and 1.3 miles west of I-55 in unincorporated St. Louis County.  The processing facility will be used to receive solid waste material onto the tipping floor, load waste into open top transfer trailers, cover and stage the filled trailers and ship the trailers to a landfill or material recovery facility. 

The department held a public hearing on this application on April 10 and solicited comments.  A summary of the comments received and the department's response, along with a copy of the construction permit, can be found on the departments' Web site at http://www.dnr.mo.gov/env/swmp/fredwebertransfer.htm.

The Department of Natural Resources reviews all applications submitted by cities, counties and private owners to ensure that solid waste processing facilities are properly designed and constructed.  Other technical factors that protect Missouri's environment are also examined. Prior to acceptance of waste at the facility an operating permit must be issued.

Questions regarding the processing facility or the department's role in regulating solid waste processing facilities may be sent to the Department of Natural Resources' Solid Waste Management Program, P.O. Box 176, Jefferson City, MO  65102-0176 or by calling 573-751-5401 or
800-361-4827.

For news releases on the web, visit www.dnr.mo.gov/newsrel.  For a complete listing of the department's upcoming meetings, hearings and events, visit the department's online calendar at www.dnr.mo.gov/calendar/search.do.

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