Important Meetings Regarding Riverbend!

Two important meetings regarding the future of Riverbend Landfill are coming up in the next two weeks!

Mark your calendars and SHOW UP!  This is our chance to change the future of the landfill.

Expansion: 

On November 7, 2013, Waste Management will ask the Yamhill County Planning Commission to rezone the land beneath the dump to EF-80 -- farmland.  Although this sounds absurd, this is a necessary step that will allow the dump to expand!

But it is far from a minor, preliminary step.  Once the land is rezoned, the only thing standing in the way of expansion will be a site design review by the County Planning Department.  The huge expansion proposed back in 2008 passed site design review with only one change -- after a public outcry, the planners imposed a maximum height on the landfill. 

We don't expect height to be an issue this time.  But we do expect Waste Management to seek expansion of at least 37 acres, which means 25 more years of trucks, noise, stink, birds, lights, litter, and uncontrolled waste dumped on the banks of our river.  And the rezoning they are seeking would give them the legal right to expand onto a minimum of 87 acres.

See related story "Riverbend Expansion Is Back!" below dated Sunday, October 20, for more details.  Comment below or contact the Stop the Dump Coalition with your questions.

Meeting November 7, 2013, at 7:00 PM at McMinnville Civic Hall, 200 NE 2nd Street near Baker in McMinnville.

Air Quality Permit:

On Wednesday, October 23, 2013, DEQ and Waste Management host the semi-annual Air Quality Meeting.  Learn about changes to the dump's air permit and also about DEQ's new Odor Nuisance Strategy.  For details, see story "Air Quality Meeting Wednesday October 23" immediately below.

Meeting October 23, 2013, at 6:00 (pizza) and 7:00 (meeting itself) at McMinnville Senior Center, 2250 NE McDaniel Lane in McMinnville.