CLEARFIELD – Members of the Clearfield Borough Council plan to attend the Local Municipality Involvement Process (LMIP) meeting to state their opposition to the proposed Harmony Residual Waste Landfill in Chest Township. The meeting is set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Harmony Area High School Cafeteria.
At the meeting, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will provide information about the regulations, policies and permitting process.
Officials from both the local municipalities and the county will have the opportunity to identify concerns in respect to the project.
Borough Operations Manager, Leslie A. Stott said she drafted a letter to submit at the meeting.
According to Stott, her letter stated the council’s concerns, as 75 percent of the traffic would come through Clearfield and clean-up work is currently underway.
“I think a landfill would be a step backward,” she said.
She asked the council members to review her draft and offer their comments.
Council President, James Leitzinger said he would like members present at the meeting.
“We need to strongly oppose this,” he said. “I think they’ll keep shooting them at us until they land one.”
The council agreed to postpone its regular meeting until 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 26 at the borough building.