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Stop polluting Sewickley Creek, EPA tells Yukon landfill operator

Eric Harder, Youghiogheny Riverkeeper for Mountain Watershed Associaiton of Melcroft, collects a sample of water discharged from MAX Environmental Technologies Inc.’s landfill in Yukon on March 16. The pipe discharges water into the Sewickley Creek, a tributary of the Youghiogheny River.

A Yukon landfill operator that stores industrial and hazardous wastes it treats has agreed to repair its onsite wastewater treatment plant that has holes in it, allowing pollution from the facility to be discharged into Sewickley Creek, according to a federal consent decree released Friday.


Source: The Tribune-Review