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Chicago losing 86 acres
Waste company wants to expand landfill
By Dawn Rhodes, Chicago Tribune reporter
9:01 PM CDT, May 25, 2012
A Cook County judge ruled Friday that 86 acres on the Southeast Side will no longer be part of Chicago, opening the door for the waste disposal company that owns the property to expand a landfill into that area.
Cook County Associate Judge Susan Fox Gillis ruled in favor of Land and Lakes Co., which was suing the city for the right to disconnect the land in the Riverdale community. The land sits on the southern edge of the city limits at 138th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue, just north of Cook County's only operating landfill, Land and Lakes' River Bend Prairie Landfill in south suburban Dolton.
Environmental advocates ...
A Chicago Law Department spokesman said the city was weighing its options, "including an appeal."
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