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This is a list of Superfund sites in Connecticut designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
The site was in operation from 1949 to 1987. In the 1960s the site was excavated in some areas to bedrock. According to a 1972 Inventory of clients serviced by the landfill conducted by the CT DEP [clarification needed], 107,000 short tons (97,000 t) of solid waste and 46 short tons (42 t) of liquid waste were disposed of per year at the Laurel Park Landfill. [1]
However, this number is deceptive. Much of the decrease is due to consolidation of multiple landfills into a single, more efficient facility. Also technology has allowed for each acre of landfill to take 30% more waste. So during this time, the available landfill per person has increased by almost 30%. [27] [28]
The Connecticut Siting Council is a State of Connecticut entity that has legal jurisdiction over the siting of power facilities, transmission lines, hazardous waste facilities, telecommunications towers, and other types of infrastructure. [1]
Staples is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Westport, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It occupies the eastern side of the town and is bordered to the north by Cross Highway, to the west by Compo Road, to the south by U.S. Route 1 (Post Road), and to the east by the town of Fairfield .
Thompsonville is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Enfield in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The population of the CDP was 8,577 at the 2010 census. The population of the CDP was 8,577 at the 2010 census.
The use of landfill gas is considered a green fuel source because it offsets the use of environmentally damaging fuels such as oil or natural gas, destroys the heat-trapping gas methane, and the gas is generated by deposits of waste that are already in place. 450 of the 2,300 landfills in the United States have operational landfill gas ...
Enfield was the headquarters of Pilch Meat Breeders, which was once the second-largest broiler breeder in the world. The company was founded by Chester Pilch in 1936, and sold in 1969 to DeKalb Agricultural Research Corp. At its peak, Pilch owned 230 acres in Enfield, had farms in four countries, and produced about 24 million chickens a year.