Who inspects and monitors the Tontitown Landfill?
Oversight is important at the landfill to ensure environmental protection, and it involves many people and redundant checks and balances. The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) is the primary regulatory agency. ADEQ reviews and issues operating permits for waste disposal and conducts unannounced inspections of the landfill. Upon an inspector’s arrival, the Tontitown Landfill is required to provide any environmental information requested. The ADEQ inspector reviews and inspects landfill operations, including the waste disposal area, weigh station, leachate collection tanks, and record-keeping. In addition, Waste Management conducts self-inspections. Our company-wide Environmental Compliance program mandates routine inspection of each function of the landfill operations. Where applicable, independent monitoring and laboratory testing is performed by approved third-party companies and is submitted to the ADEQ. Waste Management has a full-time environmental engineer (regis
