HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS: …The incinerator was one of the oldest of its kind in the nation, plagued by mechanical failures and wildly out of compliance with federal clean-air regulations.
It was also saddled with mounting debt. Money was borrowed to fix it. Money was borrowed to run it. And money was borrowed to pay off earlier borrowed money…
If Reed could get Dauphin County to agree to ship its trash to the incinerator, thereby guaranteeing a sufficient revenue stream, and then renovate — or “retrofit” — the incinerator so it was modern, efficient and in compliance with federal regulations, he would have another 25 or 30 years to take care of the debt. … (more)
