Dive Summary:

• City council members in Ukiah, California, are in talks to request a waiver from California Legislature to render it exempt from current requirements regarding the landfill.
• The attorney for the city said Ukiah could be issued penalties while it attempts to pursue a legislative solution to the capping issue.
• The city will save $6 million in fees associated with capping the landfill if the waiver is requested and then granted.

From the article:

The discussion was prompted by a Mendocino County grand jury report alleging that the city has "no plan, no schedule and shows no motivation to close (its former) landfill" off Vichy Springs Road, which hasn't been used for more than a decade.