Dive summary:

• The South Hadley Landfill in Massachusetts has been fined $3,450 for not properly covering their trash for the second time in less than a year.
• According to an inspection report from Feb. 22, there was a substantial amount of waste visible and blowing around that was not covered with the required materials.
• The Department of Environmental Protection called the landfill's string of violations “willful – not the result of error – and part of a pattern of noncompliance – not an isolated incident.”

From the article:

And in a separate notice of noncompliance issued the same day to South Hadley selectmen, the state Department of Environmental Protection warned the town that as owner of the site it also faces fines if the problems persist.

“MassDEP’s investigation shows that the town, as the owner of the Landfill, is responsible for the violations,” the DEP wrote to selectmen.

Advanced Disposal operates the landfill with state permits to accept 156,000 tons of trash per year, most of it from out of town. Advanced Disposal took over the landfill operation from Interstate Waste Services on Sept. 1. ...