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Response to Comments SummaryWest Old Town Landfill License Amendment ApplicationPrepared by the Department of Environmental ProtectionApril 2004IntroductionThis document contains a summary of comments received andDepartment of Environmental Protection responses to those commentsconcerning the application of the State of Maine (State Planning Office)to amend the existing license for the West Old Town Landfill. Thisapplication (DEP#S-020700-WD-N-A) proposed the acceptance ofadditional waste types, an increase in the approved final elevation of thelandfill and associated design and operational changes, in order tofacilitate use of the landfill as a State-owned solid waste disposal facility.The application was submitted to the Department on October 30, 2003and was accepted as complete for processing on November 21, 2003.This comment and response summary is a compilation of all commentsand questions received by the Department during review of the abovedescribed application. Specifically, it includes all comments receivedfrom interested parties in writing, comments made verbally at thepublic information meeting held on January 21, 2004 in Old Town, andcomments from the transcript of the public sessions held on March 29-30, 2004 in Old Town.The comments and questions in this summary have been categorizedand consolidated for ease of reading and to avoid duplication. Everyeffort has been made to capture the substance and spirit of eachcomment and ...