The U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is continuing to enforce the expanded closure of the Meyers Landfill site and surrounding area while construction takes place.

The expanded closure, implemented in November 2010, is meant to protect the public from the hazards of heavy equipment operations, in addition to preventing potential exposure to contaminated materials which may be encountered during remedy construction activities.

The Meyers Landfill was a municipal landfill operated by El Dorado County under a Forest Service special use permit from 1955-71.

Groundwater beneath the site has been impacted by water leaching through the decomposing landfill waste.

For more information on the Meyers Landfill Site, including a map of the closure, go online.