Newton County has handed over one of two letters requested by the East Georgia Land & Development company and ordered by the Georgia Supreme Court, as East Georgia seeks to build a private sanitary landfill on its property located on Lower River Road. In accordance with the Supreme Court's order, the county provided a letter certifying that the proposed landfill "is not contradictory to any county zoning or land use regulation or ordinance in affect on June 25, 1997." East Georgia also requested a letter stating that the proposed landfill is consistent with Newton County's local,