Leachate Crisis
PHOTO · POLICE
Police
Shoosmith landfill owners face criminal investigation as Virginia's DEQ cooperates with attorney general
Virginia's Environmental Quality Department is working with the Attorney General to investigate the owners of a bankrupt Chesterfield County landfill over alleged criminal abandonment of the facility and misappropriation of millions in company assets.
PHOTO · GOVERNMENT
Government
State emergency funds aid Chesterfield landfill closure
Virginia legislature allocated $10.6 million in emergency state funds to help contain a toxic leachate crisis at the bankrupt Shoosmith Landfill in Chesterfield County, though the full closure is estimated to cost $173 million.