BERLIN — House Bill 707 will create a site evaluation committee to consider new landfills and their local impact. But supporters of the Dummer Yard Project say the bill jeopardizes their project.
“It’s going to kill that project,” said Milan businessman Robert Chapman, who owns land abutting Dummer Yard.
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