Written Comment Will Be Accepted Until November 11:

While the DNR Hearing has already taken place, Written Comment can be submitted to the DNR, Attention Emily Storm until November 11, 2025.  BE SURE TO LIST YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS WHEN LEAVING COMMENT

• • Wisconsin DNR, Attention Emily Storm, 2984 Shawano Avenue, Green Bay, WI 54313
  •  By email at [email protected]

TALKING POINTS REGARDING DNR HEARING
• Brown County has submitted a request to the DNR to be allowed to use contaminated soils for so-called “beneficial” purposes at the landfill.

• These soils are the type that previously had to be disposed of in the landfill and properly covered for health and safety purposes. Now, the County is asking the DNR to be able to use them for things like stockpiling, building road base, and daily cover. Rather than being buried safely in the landfill, these soils will be in the open and exposed to the air.

• To make matters worse, the County is asking permission to do this with soils that are up to ten times more contaminated than the DNR regulations would otherwise allow.

• The County has not demonstrated that this practice will be safe or that it will be free from human health risks for those who live in the area. Nor have they demonstrated that adequate controls will be in place to prevent contaminated dusts from migrating offsite and impacting the air and water.

• The Town’s position is that, because the County has not demonstrated that its proposal will be safe, it should be denied. The Town’s priority is the safety of its residents, not the efficiency or profitability of the landfill.