RIRRC Director Says He's Staying [Poll]

Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation Executive Director Michael OConnell said he will not resign from his post, the Providence Journal reported yesterday.

At last Friday's meeting of a special House Commission on the Central Landfill, state Rep. Stephen R. Ucci (D-Johnston, Cranston) in the midst of ongoing odor problems.

"Im not resigning — simple as that," OConnell said during a phone interview with JohnstonPatch this morning, adding that "significant, steady improvement is on the way as we speak."

Johnston Mayor Joseph Polisena and Broadrock Renewables, the company that runs a gas capturing and burning facility at the Landfill, over the smell problems that have lingered since at least mid-September.

OConnell also estimated that "we think within the next week or 10 days, this thing will be knocked out."

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