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Dear Mr. Mussler:
Thank you for your prompt reply to my telephone call of 4/1/98.
Yes, there is something in the wind so far as the East Carolina
Regional landfill operation. Two Republic Industries Attorneys walked
into the Bertie County Commissioners meeting on March 17, 1998,
supposedly unannounced, and presented a document requesting permission
to start negotiating with the county attorney for a new franchise
ordinance and the expansion and layout of the East Carolina/Bertie
Regional Landfill.
As you probably know the Bertie Citizens Action Coalition and I have
fought hard to preserve the County's environment and are continuing to
do so. We are terribly disappointed in our County government because
they seem to do everything they can to satisfy the corporation's every
desire and expand that facility and wrap Bertie County up with any
areas garbage. No person in Bertie County or Bertie County's
Government knows what type of waste is being put in the County's soil.
The only inspection at the landfill is a State inspector's occassional
visit. We believe this landfill is a catastrophe about to happen.
About a year and a half ago our commissioners approved a 3 year
franchise ordinance for East Carolina to operated the landfill until

the year 2000. We knew they would be back for another renewal soon,
but not this soon.
It is the Bertie Citizens Action Coalition's intent to fight this
request in every way possible. We didn't want the landfill in in the
first place. We don't want it now. The county isn't getting hardly any
revenue from the facility along with the certain risk that in the
future we will have major and costly problems maintaining all of the
solid waste being dumped forever.
hope the State of NC will tighten all regulations and requirements
for these big Corporations to operate these facilities. They must be
require to permanently monitor and be resonsible for their actions.
The citizens such as I living near these type facilities are in a very
bad position now and even more so in the future. These big companies
are leaving the people with a major problen and taking all the money
that will cost to fix it, if it ever can be fixed, to another state
and county.
I would greatly appreciate you notifing me when Republic Industries or
any Bertie County official requests any permit action or change to the
East Carolina Regional Landfill.
Thank you again for your prompt reply.
Sincerely,
Reginald S. Early
Bertie Citizens Action Coalition, Inc.
438 Early Road
Aulander, NC 27805
Telephone: [phone] or 757-498-4162
E-Mail : [e-mail]