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Speedway Landfill Odor Settlement — Charlotte Motor Speedway Landfill, Concord NC

Settlement Amount
Equal share per household
Claim Deadline
November 20, 2026
Total Fund
$675,000 (cash only)
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About 2,800 Concord households qualify. Despite the name, this settlement has nothing to do with attending a race, buying a ticket, or the racetrack company — the Charlotte Motor Speedway Landfill is simply named for where it sits, and the defendant is BFI Waste Systems North America, LLC, which owns and operates the landfill at 5105 Morehead Road in Concord, North Carolina. The class is purely geographic: you are in it only if you owned, rented or leased residential property within 1.5 miles of that landfill's property boundary at some point since August 14, 2021. Plaintiff's preliminary-approval brief counts just over 2,800 households inside the line, and the class-area map on the official settlement page is the authority on whether your address is one of them. Three things are easy to misread. The $675,000 is the cash side only: the settlement separately requires $1,025,000 of odor-control work at the landfill, which is equipment and operations rather than money to households, and current residents get its benefit whether they file or not. Attorneys' fees may be requested at up to one-third of the settlement's "Total Settlement Value" yet are paid out of the $675,000 cash fund, so the fee ruling can move your share a long way. And the cash is split per address, not per person — the net fund is divided by the number of addresses that file and one check goes to each household, so the per-household amount cannot be known until claims close. Filing takes a government photo ID plus a utility bill or lease, and the claim form makes you certify under oath that you have no odor-related illness or symptoms. Claims must be submitted online or postmarked by November 20, 2026 at lsclassaction.com.

Do I Qualify?

You may be eligible if:

Two documents, every time. Every claimant attaches a copy of a government-issued photo ID — a driver's license, a state identification card, or other government photo identification sufficient to prove identity — to establish identity and current address. On top of that, an owner attaches documentation of ownership such as a current utility bill, and a tenant attaches either a valid rental agreement or a current utility bill. The form also asks for the address of the class-area property and the dates you owned or resided there, and it is signed under penalty of perjury. Nothing was mailed to you that you need in order to file: there is no notice ID, claim ID or PIN. Send copies rather than originals — the claim form says documents you submit are not returned, and warns that a lack of documentation may result in your claim being rejected. One certification deserves a careful read before you sign. The claim form declares, under penalty of perjury, that you have not been diagnosed with, are not aware of and have no symptoms you suspect could be associated with any sickness, disease or physical injury which may have been caused by BFI Waste Systems North America, LLC; that you have not received Medicare or any other federal or state government-program benefits for any such condition; and that you will defend and indemnify the company against any related lien claims. Separately, the release in the notice does not bar claims for medically diagnosed personal injuries, and does not bar odor claims arising more than 36 months after final approval. Anyone who believes the odors made them ill should read both passages closely, and may want to speak with their own lawyer, before signing.

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What Happened?

Pamela Vines sued over odours from the Charlotte Motor Speedway Landfill at 5105 Morehead Road in Concord, North Carolina, alleging that emissions from the landfill's operations invaded nearby homes and public property and interfered with residents' ability to use and enjoy their homes. The complaint asserts private nuisance, public nuisance and negligence. The complaint was captioned against Republic Services, Inc. d/b/a BFI Waste Systems and the court docket still carries that name, while the settlement agreement and the court-approved class notice name BFI Waste Systems North America, LLC, which the notice identifies as the landfill's owner and operator. The company denies all of the claims and any wrongdoing or liability, and the notice states that the settlement does not mean any law was broken — the court did not decide who was right.

The case is Vines v. BFI Waste Systems North America, LLC, No. 1:24-cv-00697, in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, with U.S. Magistrate Judge Joe L. Webster overseeing it. The complaint was docketed in August 2024. A full-day mediation on December 19, 2024 ended without a deal, the parties agreed on terms in principle on July 7, 2025, and an unopposed motion for preliminary approval was filed December 8, 2025. The deal has two parts: a $675,000 cash settlement fund, and at least $1,025,000 that the company must spend on odour-control measures at the landfill between 2024 and 2027, reported to class counsel annually. There is no separate claims administrator — under the settlement agreement class counsel Liddle Sheets P.C. administers the settlement and approves claim forms, with Johnson & Groninger PLLC as co-counsel. Class counsel will ask the court for fees of up to one-third of the Total Settlement Value plus expenses, and a $5,000 service award for Ms. Vines, all payable from the $675,000 fund.

The claim period opened when class counsel posted the court-authorised class notice, a printable claim form, an online claim form and a class-area map. Opt-outs and objections must be postmarked on or before November 5, 2026; claims must be submitted online or postmarked on or before November 20, 2026; and the final fairness hearing is set for January 7, 2027 at 10:00 a.m. at 324 W. Market Street, Greensboro, North Carolina, with the notice warning it may be held by telephone or virtually if the court directs. Two inconsistencies in the official paperwork are worth knowing. The notice's answer on payment timing refers to a January 7, 2026 hearing while its section on approval gives January 7, 2027 — the 2026 date had already passed when the notice was posted, so 2027 is the date consistent with the rest of the schedule. And the eligibility tick-box on the online claim form reads "from October 28, 2018, to the present", while the class definition, the notice and the paper claim form all say August 14, 2021; August 14, 2021 is the class period. The court has authorised notice but has not decided whether to approve the settlement, and no payment date has been announced.

How to File Your Claim

  1. File online through the claim form on the official settlement page at lsclassaction.com/settlements/charlotte-motor-speedway-landfill/, which accepts uploads of your ID and supporting documents
  2. Or print the claim form from that page and mail it with copies of your documents to Liddle Sheets P.C., Attn: CMS Landfill Claim Forms, 975 E. Jefferson Ave., Detroit, MI 48207 — a mailed claim must be postmarked on or before November 20, 2026
  3. Attach a copy of a government-issued photo ID, plus documentation of ownership such as a current utility bill if you own, or a valid rental agreement or current utility bill if you rent
  4. Give the address of the class-area property and the dates you owned or resided there, and sign the form under oath
  5. Check the class-area map on the official settlement page before you file, or call class counsel free on 1-800-536-0045 if you are not sure your address falls inside the 1.5-mile line
  6. One claim covers the household: the form has a line for a spouse or roommate, and one check is sent per approved address, so co-residents do not file separately for separate shares
  7. To opt out instead, mail a signed exclusion letter containing the exclusion statement set out in the notice, with your full name, the class-area property address and the date, postmarked on or before November 5, 2026, to Class Counsel, c/o Liddle Sheets P.C., 975 E. Jefferson Ave., Detroit, MI 48207 — the notice says it cannot be done by phone or email, and you would receive no money and could not object
  8. To comment or object, mail a written statement to the same address postmarked on or before November 5, 2026, including your legal name, current residence address, the class-area property address, your telephone number and signature, the reference Pamela Vines v. BFI Waste Systems North America, LLC, Case No. 1:24-cv-00697, and a detailed statement of your objections
  9. add a line saying you intend to appear if you want to speak at the January 7, 2027 hearing
  10. The notice gives dates only, with no time of day and no time zone, so treat November 20, 2026 itself as the cutoff and post a paper claim well before it
  11. Filing is free
  12. class counsel's fees come out of the settlement fund, not out of your pocket
  13. Visit the official claim form: https://lsclassaction.com/settlements/charlotte-motor-speedway-landfill/

How Much Will I Actually Get?

ONE EQUAL SHARE PER ADDRESS. BFI Waste Systems North America, LLC agreed to create a settlement fund of $675,000. Court-approved attorneys' fees and expenses, a $5,000 service award for the class representative and administrative expenses are paid out of that fund first; what remains is the net settlement fund. The notice says class counsel then calculates each approved claim by dividing the net settlement fund by the total number of addresses for which claims were submitted, so every claiming household receives the same equal share. There are no tiers, no separate claim for documented property loss, and no larger payment for living closer to the landfill or for having been there longer. THE PER-HOUSEHOLD AMOUNT IS GENUINELY UNKNOWN. It turns on two things that are not settled until after the claim period closes: how many of the 2,800-plus households file valid claims, and what the court awards in fees, expenses and the service award. The notice states that the amount a class member will receive will not be known until all claim forms have been submitted and assessed. Any specific per-household dollar figure circulating now is somebody's estimate, not a term of the settlement. THE $675,000 CAPS ONLY THE CASH SIDE. The settlement has a second part that is not money to class members: the company must spend at least $1,025,000 on odor-control measures at the landfill between 2024 and 2027, which the preliminary-approval brief says may include drilling gas extraction wells, pipes, flares, pumps or other gas-control equipment, installing and operating an odor-neutralizing and masking system, or capping waste cells early, and it must report those measures and their costs to class counsel each year. That $1,025,000 is spent on the facility, never distributed, and the notice says people who currently live in the class area receive the benefit of the improvements whether or not they file a claim. Figures near $1.7 million describe the settlement's combined value; only the $675,000 is cash that households can claim. FEES ARE MEASURED AGAINST THE COMBINED VALUE BUT PAID FROM THE CASH. This is the term most likely to shrink your share. Both the notice and the preliminary-approval brief say class counsel will ask the court for attorneys' fees not exceeding one-third of the Total Settlement Value, a term defined in the settlement agreement that the notice does not reproduce, plus the litigation expenses they incurred. The notice also says those fees, the expenses and the service award are all paid from the $675,000 settlement fund. If one-third is measured against the combined value of roughly $1.7 million rather than against the cash fund alone, the fee request on its own could absorb the greater part of the $675,000 and leave a materially smaller net fund to divide. Nothing has been awarded yet: the court decides the amount at or after the January 7, 2027 fairness hearing, class counsel's request is filed before that hearing, and class members who want to be heard on it must comment or object postmarked on or before November 5, 2026. PAYMENT MECHANICS AND TIMING. The company pays the $675,000 into an escrow account held by class counsel only after final approval, and class counsel begins reviewing claim forms only if the court approves the settlement. Payments are made after any appeals are resolved, and the notice says no payment date can be set yet. One check is sent to each approved household. The claim form gives 180 days from the date printed on the check to cash it; after that the check becomes null and void and, in the claim form's words, everyone in that household forever forfeits any claim to a payment from the settlement fund.

Last reviewed: October 16, 2026 | Information verified from court records and official settlement documents.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is this settlement about Charlotte Motor Speedway races, tickets or parking?
No, and this is the single most important thing to understand about it. The Charlotte Motor Speedway Landfill is a waste landfill at 5105 Morehead Road in Concord, North Carolina that takes its name from where it sits. The defendant is BFI Waste Systems North America, LLC, which owns and operates the landfill; the complaint was captioned against Republic Services, Inc. d/b/a BFI Waste Systems. The racetrack company is not a defendant and is not part of the settlement. Attending a race, buying a ticket, parking, camping or any other dealing with Charlotte Motor Speedway gives you no claim here. The only thing that qualifies anyone is having owned, rented or leased residential property within 1.5 miles of the landfill's property boundary since August 14, 2021.
Who actually qualifies, and how do I find out if my address is in the class area?
The class is everyone who owned, rented or leased residential property located in whole or in part within one and one-half miles of the landfill's property boundary at 5105 Morehead Road, Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, at any time from August 14, 2021 to the present, who does not opt out. Plaintiff's preliminary-approval brief counts more than 2,800 households inside that boundary, so this is a small, closed, strictly geographic class. Owners, renters and leaseholders are all included; commercial and industrial property is not, because the class is defined as residential real property. Where you live now does not matter, so a former resident who has moved out of state claims on the same terms. The authoritative boundary is the class-area map filed as Exhibit A to the settlement agreement and posted on the official settlement page, and an address a short distance outside the line is simply not in the class. The settlement agreement called for the notice and claim form to be mailed to every reasonably ascertainable residential address inside the area, with a publication notice in a local newspaper, but you do not need a mailed notice to file. If you are unsure, class counsel will check for free on 1-800-536-0045.
How much money will my household actually get?
Nobody knows yet, and the notice says so. There is a $675,000 cash settlement fund. Court-approved attorneys' fees and expenses, a $5,000 service award for the class representative and administrative expenses come out of it first, leaving the net settlement fund. Class counsel then divides that net fund by the total number of addresses for which claims were submitted, and every approved household receives the same equal share. So the figure depends on two unknowns: how many of the 2,800-plus households file valid claims, and what the court awards in fees and costs. The notice states the amount will not be known until all claim forms have been submitted and assessed. Treat any specific per-household dollar figure you see quoted now as an estimate rather than a settlement term.
Does the $675,000 include the $1,025,000 of odor-control work?
No. They are two separate obligations, and the $675,000 caps only the cash side. The $675,000 is the settlement fund that gets divided among claiming households. Separately, BFI Waste Systems North America, LLC must spend at least $1,025,000 on odor-control measures at the landfill between 2024 and 2027 — the preliminary-approval brief lists gas extraction wells, pipes, flares, pumps and other gas-control equipment, an odor-neutralizing and masking system, and early capping of waste cells among the possibilities — and report those measures and their costs to class counsel annually. That money is spent on the facility and is never distributed to anyone. The notice says people who currently live in the class area receive the benefit of the improvements whether or not they file a claim, and a household that files no claim still keeps that benefit. Totals near $1.7 million describe the settlement's combined value; only $675,000 of it is cash. One further wrinkle matters: the notice and the brief both say class counsel will ask for attorneys' fees of no more than one-third of the "Total Settlement Value" — a term defined in the settlement agreement that the notice does not reproduce — while the fees, expenses and service award are all paid out of the $675,000 cash fund. If one-third is measured against the combined value rather than the cash alone, the fee request could absorb the greater part of the fund. No fee has been awarded; the court rules on it at or after the January 7, 2027 hearing, and class members can object postmarked on or before November 5, 2026.
Does everyone in the house get a check, or just one per address?
One per address. The notice says the net fund is divided by the total number of addresses for which claims were submitted, not by the number of people, and the claim form says that if a claim is approved a check is sent to your household. Two adults at the same address therefore share one equal household share rather than collecting two, and the claim form provides a line for a spouse or roommate on the same form. If you owned or rented more than one qualifying property inside the class area, each address is a separate claim. Once a check arrives, the claim form gives 180 days from the date on the check to cash it; after that it becomes null and void and everyone in that household forfeits any claim to a payment from the fund.
What proof do I need, and what am I certifying about my health?
Two kinds of document. Every claimant attaches a copy of a government-issued photo ID — a driver's license, state identification card, or other government photo identification — to establish identity and current address. In addition, an owner attaches documentation of ownership such as a current utility bill, and a tenant attaches either a valid rental agreement or a current utility bill. There is no notice ID, claim ID or PIN, so you can file without having received anything in the mail. Send copies, not originals: documents are not returned, and the claim form warns that a lack of documentation may result in rejection. The certification is the part to read slowly. By signing, you declare under penalty of perjury that you have not been diagnosed with, are not aware of and have no symptoms you suspect could be associated with any sickness, disease or physical injury which may have been caused by the defendant; that you have not received Medicare or any other federal or state government-program benefits for such a condition; and that you will defend and indemnify the company against any related lien claims. Separately, the release in the notice does not bar claims for medically diagnosed personal injuries, and does not bar odor claims arising more than 36 months after final approval. If you think the odors made you ill, read both passages closely and consider talking to your own lawyer before you sign.
The online claim form mentions October 28, 2018 — which class period is right?
August 14, 2021. The eligibility tick-box on the online claim form hosted on the official settlement page reads "from October 28, 2018, to the present", but the class definition in the settlement agreement, the court-authorized class notice and the printable paper claim form all give August 14, 2021 to the present. The 2018 date appears to be a clerical carry-over in the web form. Nothing turns on it for most people, since anyone who qualifies under the later date also satisfies the earlier one, but the class period that governs is August 14, 2021. If your qualifying occupancy fell between 2018 and August 2021 and not afterwards, ask class counsel on 1-800-536-0045 before relying on the web form.
What are the deadlines, and why does the notice show two different hearing years?
Opt-outs and objections must be postmarked on or before November 5, 2026. Claims must be submitted online or postmarked on or before November 20, 2026 — the notice says a claim sent late is treated the same as doing nothing. The notice gives dates only, with no time of day and no time zone, so treat the date itself as the cutoff and post a paper claim well ahead of it. On the hearing date, the notice is internally inconsistent: its answer about payment timing refers to a January 7, 2026 hearing, while its section on when and where the court will decide gives January 7, 2027 at 10:00 a.m. The 2026 date had already passed when the notice was posted, so January 7, 2027 is the date consistent with the rest of the schedule. The hearing is set for the federal courthouse at 324 W. Market Street, Greensboro, North Carolina, and the notice warns it may be held by telephone or virtually if the court directs, with details posted on the court's docket and the settlement website. The court has authorized notice but has not decided whether to approve the settlement; payments follow final approval and the resolution of any appeals, and no payment date has been announced.

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