The Mid-Huron landfill site in Holmesville is nearing the end of its life as a landfill site.
Goderich CAO Larry McCabe is the Secretary of the landfill board and confirms the site will be closed on June 30 of next year.
Goderich, Huron East and Central Huron are in negotiations to continue using the site as a hazardous waste and recycling depot. But McCabe says the other three original partners, Huron-Kinloss, Bluewater, and Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh are still responsible for their share of costs involved in closing the site, monitoring of the site, and looking after leachate removal, which will go on for the next 50 years at the site.
McCabe says the six municipalities have close to $6-million in reserve to cover those costs but consultants have suggested that may not be enough. McCabe says if the interest rates for the investments of that money go up, that would reduce their liability.
"We're discussing with Huron East, Central Huron and the town of Goderich a hazardous waste and recycling depot for such goods as white good, tires, shingles, separated loads, but there would be no refuse to speak of coming into that site," he says.