No lawsuits...yet

Marty Taylor, president of Greeneagle Co., stopped by The Herald this morning to talk about lawsuits he plans on filing related to his proposed construction and debris landfill on Quarry Road in York.

He says his attorneys are sorting out how many lawsuits to file and who to name in them.

Taylor said he was notified by the state’s Department of Health and Environmental Control Monday that his landfill permit application was denied. The same day he stood before the York County Council and declared intentions to sue the county.

He said DHEC told him Greeneagle's landfill was consistent with the county’s waste plan until they changed it last February, something he says points the finger to the county as to why his plans were halted.

“I have no choice but to sue,” Taylor said.

Greeneagle is in the process of appealing DHEC’s ruling on the landfills, suing the county to get an answer to a zoning question and suing over the changes made to the solid waste plan early in 2007. He says they’ll be at least two lawsuits filed soon.

Another proposed landfill on Vernsdale Road in Rock Hill is still in litigation. Taylor said some of the issues in his lawsuits could be resolved by the outcome of the Vernsdale Road issues.