Va. legislature grants emergency funds to help close leaking, bankrupt landfill in Chesterfield

By: Shannon Heckt

Outlets: Virginia Mercury

Published: June 25, 2026

Words: 887

Last Updated: 4 weeks ago

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The Virginia General Assembly allocated $10.6 million in the two-year budget lawmakers passed this week for the Department of Environmental Quality to help contain toxic leachate spilling from the bankrupt Shoosmith Landfill in Chesterfield County.

The emergency funds will be used “to prevent it from becoming a catastrophe”, according the Sen. Glen Sturtevant, R-Chesterfield.

It represents a fraction of the $173 million needed to fully close down the landfill located off of Route 10 …

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