But Tampa, FL-based EnCap Golf is said to be deep innegotiations to turn one active and five abandoned landfills intofour golf courses. The contiguous sites sit in the towns of NorthArlington, Rutherford and Lyndhurst. The proposal entails theHackensack Meadowlands Development Commission buying up whatever itdoesn't own among the 2,600 acres and leasing the tract to EnCapfor $6.2 million a year.

EnCap would spend as much as $50 million to cap and seal thelandfills and prepare them for 72 holes of golf. Encap also wantsto develop a water park, hotel, equestrian center and marina, butgolf would be the focus. To get the project done, the company stillneeds several environment-related permits.

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