Dive summary:

• An assessment of the Cherokee Nation landfill in Cherry Tree, Okla. will be conducted after concerns regarding the safety of the landfill pushed officials to require a review to see if the landfill is worth maintaining.
• The biggest problems for the landfill are regarding possibly toxic dust that is stirred up by trucks and landfill equipment which needs maintenance or replacing.
• The assessment will take three to six weeks, depending on the contingencies, if the problems are deemed as hazardous enough, the landfill could face closure or a change in ownership.

From the article:

“They didn’t want to say ‘we need to close the landfill’ without some data that says, ‘it would be best to close it.’ They don’t want to keep it running without some data saying ‘it’s best just to run it for a while.’ There’s also been some discussion about maybe running it for a period of time,” he said. “So, those three different scenarios are what we’re looking at to be answered and to get data to make those decisions.” ...