LUBA to Hear Expansion Appeal on September 17

Next Thursday, September 19, the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals -- LUBA -- will hear arguments in the lawsuit filed by the Stop the Dump Coalition against the expansion of Riverbend Landfill.

Lawyers for Stop the Dump and other expansion opponents will try to convince LUBA's panel of judges that the procedure the County followed in approving the expansion was flawed and that the evidence the County relied on was legally inadequate.

One big bone of contention is the Farm Assessment submitted by Waste Management, which owns the dump.  Expansion opponents argue that the Assessment mischaracterized both the nature of farm activities surrounding the landfill and the extent to which the landfill's operation impacts those practices.

Another key point involves the unannounced visits that County Commissioners made to the landfill and other communications between Commissioners and Waste Management personnel.  Opponents were not privy to these visits and communications, and Stop the Dump's lawyers say that violates the law.

Besides the Stop the Dump Coalition, appellants include the Willamette Valley Wineries Association, McPhillips Farms, and Friends of Yamhill County.  The argument is open to the public.

IF YOU GO:

"Stop the Dump Coalition et al v. Yamhill County"

LUBA - Case #2015-036  

9/17/2015 at 1:30 PM

Land Board Room - 1st Floor

Department of State Lands Building

775 Summer Street NE (between Union and D Streets), Salem 97301

Park & Pay – Yellow Lot - bounded by Center, Summer, Marion, and Winter Streets.
Daily parking is available in the Capitol Mall area Yellow Lot at a self-serve park and pay machine.  $6/day.  Payment only by debit/credit VISA/MC (from machine in lot).

From Yellow Lot walk 1.5 blocks north on Summer Street to the State Lands Building.