JACKSON COUNTY, MI — The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy said it needed a letter from the county to verify a landfill expansion met its guidelines.

On Tuesday, Sept. 23, the Jackson County Board of Commissioners voted to sign a letter endorsing a vertical expansion at the Waste Management landfill on McGill Road. EGLE must ensure that the project is consistent with the Jackson County Solid Waste Management Plan, which outlines how local communities plan to manage their waste, Director of Communications Dale George wrote in an email.

The McGill proposal had some ambiguity in the plan that led to the potential for the permit to be denied, he said. The landfill currently consists of three hills, and the plans would be filling in the service roads between them, cre

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