Southeast Arkansas Landfill, Inc. v. State

Steele Hays, Justice.

Appellants Arkansas County Waste, Inc., and Southeast Arkansas Landfill, Inc., (SEAL) are Arkansas corporations owned by Appellant Gray Varnadore and by Lester Pinkus and several family members. Arkansas County Waste is a hauling company operating primarily from a rail spur near Stuttgart. Baled waste was received by rail car from Brooklyn, New York, and was off-loaded onto trucks and transported to SEAL where the bales were broken and landfilled with local trash.

In response to concerns over the environmental integrity of SEAL’S landfill operation, and to numerous…