Citizens Disposal, Inc v. Department of Natural Resources

Plaintiff, Citizens Disposal, Inc., has been thwarted in every administrative and judicial forum in which it has appeared while attempting to obtain a construction permit allowing it, in essence, to enlarge a sanitary landfill in Genesee County. Most recently, the Ingham Circuit Court rejected plaintiff’s request for relief. Essentially, plaintiff has consistently been denied permission to use a particular parcel of land as a landfill because it has not met the requirements of the Wetland Protection Act (wetlands act), MCL 281.701 et seq.; MSA 18.595(51) et seq. Except as provided under the…