The crisis at the bankrupt Shoosmith Landfill in Chesterfield is directly triggering a statewide rewrite of Virginia’s landfill rules.
Why it matters: New regulatory filings are the clearest acknowledgment yet from state regulators that gaps in Virginia’s rules left them unprepared for a cleanup as expensive as Shoosmith’s.
Catch up quick: Shoosmith is expected to cost about $173 million to stabilize and monitor over the next 30 years, a price tag that may ultimately fall to taxpayers since it far exceeds what the owners were required to set aside…