Pima County, Ariz. (Jan.11, 2012) – Landfills and transfer stations operated by the Pima County Department of Environmental Quality Solid Waste Division will be closed on Monday, January 16, for the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.

All will reopen on Tuesday, January 17.

The closure includes landfills in Sahuarita and Ajo, the Tangerine Landfill and the Catalina and Ryan Field Transfer Stations.

The Solid Waste Administrative office on Ina Road also will be closed on Monday.

For more on the closures please call (520) 243-7400 or go to www.deq.pima.gov.

Pima County, Ariz. (Dec. 8, 2011) – Landfills and transfer stations operated by the Pima County Department of Environmental Quality Solid Waste Division will be closed December 24 through 26 for the Christmas holiday and also from December 31 through January 2 for the New Year’s holiday.

The closures include landfills in Sahuarita and Ajo, the Tangerine Landfill, and the Catalina and Ryan Field Transfer Stations.

The Solid Waste Administrative office on Ina Road also will be closed.

For more on the closures please call (520) 243-7400 or visit www.deq.pima.gov.

Pima County, Ariz. (Nov. 7, 2011) – The Pima County Department of Environmental Quality will hold a  public hearing in Green Valley Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011, on the request by ASARCO for a revision to its ASARCO Mission Complex air quality permit.

The open pit copper mine operates along I-19, in Sahuarita.

 The hearing will be at the Joyner Green Valley Branch Library, 601 N. La Canada Drive, Green Valley, Ariz. from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

This is an opportunity for the public to speak about a proposed revision to the current ASARCO air quality permit, or to drop off written comments about the permit revision request.

ASARCO has applied for a revision to the air quality permit. The company seeks to increase the Ball Mill capacity at the South Mill, as well as to upgrade and/or add pollution-control equipment. As a result of the capacity increase, ASARCO has proposed an emission limitation of 12,500,000 tons per year on the South Mill Crusher, which is below the currently allowed capacity.

In addition to limiting emissions, the draft air-quality permit revision would require ASARCO to test the new pollution-control equipment in order to demonstrate compliance with the emission limitation.

The draft revised ASARCO permit also has additional monitoring and recordkeeping provisions that would require ASARCO to demonstrate compliance with the emission limitation.

Copies of the permit application, the draft revised air-quality permit and relevant background material may be reviewed during normal business hours at the PDEQ office. These materials may also be viewed online at www.deq.pima.gov. For more information, please contact Beth Gorman at DEQ at (520) 243-7446.

Pima County, Ariz. (Nov. 3, 2011) – Landfills and transfer stations operated by the Pima County Department of Environmental Quality Solid Waste Division will be closed on Friday, November 11, for the Veterans Day holiday.

The landfills and transfer stations will reopen the next day,  Saturday, Nov. 12.

The closures include landfills in Sahuarita and Ajo, the Tangerine Landfill and the Catalina and Ryan Field Transfer Stations.

The Solid Waste administrative office on Ina Road also will be closed on Friday. For more on the closures, call (520) 243-7400 or visit www.deq.pima.gov.

Pima County, Ariz. (Aug. 29, 2011) – Landfills and transfer stations operated by the Pima County Department of Environmental Quality Solid Waste Division will be closed on Monday, Sept. 5, for the Labor Day holiday.

The county’s Solid Waste Administrative office on Ina Road also will be closed.  The holiday closure includes landfills in Sahuarita and Ajo, the Tangerine Landfill and the Catalina and Ryan Field Transfer Stations.

For more on the closures please call (520) 243-7400 or go to www.deq.pima.gov.

Pima County, Arizona – Sahuarita has a new high school and a new road to get to the school and the adjacent Pima County park.

A new entrance road for Sahuarita Park has been constructed approximately ¼ mile to the west of the previously used road.  The new road will be called Sahuarita Park Road.  It is also the entrance road to Walden Grove High School.

The new road was constructed by the Sahuarita Unified School District to provide the new high school with access to the park.  The school district has a 25-year intergovernmental agreement with Pima County and will maintain the park in exchange for the high school’s priority use of the park fields.

The old entrance road to Sahuarita Park has now been closed to public traffic.

The address for the park – 15500 S. Sahuarita Park Road – remains the same, and the address to Walden Grove High School is 15510 S. Sahuarita Park Road.