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Article: New cap prescribed for landfill
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- The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
- Article date:
- April 13, 2002
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New cap prescribed for landfill
Stoughton may be responsible for estimated $3M cost Jessica
Fargen
The Patriot Ledger
STOUGHTON - The Stoughton landfill that was capped nearly three
decades ago may need a new $3 million cap before it can be developed.
The town owns the 33-acre site on Page Street, but leases it to
local developer Conroy Development Inc.
It is still unclear who would have to pay for the new cap and who
would be responsible if there is any leakage from the landfill, said
Town Manager Jeanne Fleming.
"The possibility is there that the DEP could still tell us we had
to re-cap," Fleming said. "We could be responsible for replacing the
cap, because we are the ones who put ...