One of the predecessor companies (Browning-Ferris Industries) has an even gnarlier reputation. And then there's Marvin Bush's outfit....
Marvin Bush is partner and co-founder of the venture capital firm, Winston Partners, out of McLean, Virginia. Marvin's company purchased Tellurian, the Page County's waste management and landfill operator. In Page County, companies like Tellurian were symbolized by the 18-wheelers that arrived around the clock laden with high-value garbage from out-of-state.
The permit for the Battle Creek landfill allows for 250 tons of garbage per day. The expected carry capacity for an 18-wheeler is about 20 tons, so 250 tons a day would bring a dozen big trucks every day into the Battle Creek facility.
Seriously folks, you can't make money like that! So an under-the-counter deal was made between some Page County supervisors and Tellurian to illegally accept delivery of 1,500 tons/day at the Battle Creek landfill. The DEQ in Richmond, the Governor's office (at the time this was Governor Mark Warner, now a 2008 Democratic presidential aspirant, and his Republican Attorney General Jerry Kilgore) and others were aware of the deal. 1,500 tons! That's six-dozen big trucks a day, and the over-dumping began.
An illegal "amendment" to the Page County contract with Tellurian — increasing the garbage deliveries to 1,500 tons a day — was physically signed by the local County supervisors on 14 December 2001. Within hours of this illegal amendment, Tellurian was purchased by Winston Partners. Several months later, Tellurian was renamed National Waste Services of Virginia. Over-dumping continued, with help from the Virginia DEQ and the governor's office for nearly two years.
Skeezy source - but it's a trashy story! http://www.lewrockwell.com/kwiatkowski/kwiatkowski150.html
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