The Department of Environmental Protection Thursday announced it will extend the public comment period for the permit expansion application submitted by Keystone Sanitary Landfill in Lackawanna County to expand its facility to April 6.

In March of 2014, Keystone Landfill filed a major permit application with the department requesting an expansion of its existing facility in the boroughs of Dunmore and Throop by 1-hundred and 65-feet.  The department held a public meeting at Dunmore High School on February 25 on the permit application to answer questions from the public. 

A copy of the expansion application is available for public review at the department’s Northeast Regional Office, located at 2 Public Square in Wilkes-Barre.

The documents are also available for review on the department’s website. Appointments to review the application may be made by calling 570-826-2519 for the Wilkes-Barre Office.

To submit written comments to the department about Keystone Sanitary Landfill’s permit expansion application, mail or hand-deliver them by 4 p.m. on April 6 to Roger Bellas, Waste Management Program Director, 2 Public Square, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18701.

The public can also email comments to: rbellas@pa.gov.

3/9/2015