The Environment Agency orders outstanding capping work in Staffordshire to be completed by December.
A landfill site operator has been ordered to complete temporary capping work before winter to reduce people's risk of exposure to noxious gas.
The Environment Agency had given the operator until 30 September to cap part of the site with clay, but said it was not satisfied with the work.The EA said its officers had made an unannounced site inspection on 2 October, during which they took issue with the extent of remedial actions. The work must be done before the onset of winter, when conditions for capping were more difficult and there was poorer air dispersion,
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