ELGIN – After months of delays, the 2nd District Appellate Court heard oral arguments Thursday for and against the public hearing process that led to the pending decision to expand the DeKalb County Landfill.

Since the DeKalb County Board’s May 2010 vote to allow the landfill expansion after a public hearing, the residents’ group Stop the Mega-Dump has contended the process was unfair.

The Illinois Pollution Control Board ruled there was no wrongdoing in the public hearing process, so the Stop the Mega-Dump group appealed to the courts.