The state Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has reissued the public notice for the upcoming hearing on a permit that would allow Waste Management (WM) to increase the height of Riverbend Landfill.
The new notice moves the May 2nd information meeting and public hearing to the Falls Event Center (aka Evergreen Aviation Museum campus), 510 NE Captain Michael King Smith Way, Main Hall, McMinnville. A short informational meeting on the proposal will begin at 6 p.m., to be followed by the formal public hearing.
The proposed permit would modify WM's existing landfill operating permit by allowing WM to change the final grading plan for a 20-acre portion of the 87-acre landfill. If the permit is modified as proposed, WM will be able to add an additional 400,000 tons of garbage to the landfill and to remain open about another year before reaching capacity. The 20 acres affected include the original three landfill cells, which are not lined and which lie in the floodplain of the South Yamhill River and fill with water each year when the river floods.
A larger, 29-acre expansion proposal remains in the courts. That expansion would bring a 90-foot high swath of the landfill to within 50 feet of Highway 18 and also cover the original three cells.
To comment on the proposed vertical expansion, you can testify at the public hearing or you can submit written comments for the public record by mail, fax, or email to the Riverbend DEQ permit writer:
Bob Schwarz
Oregon DEQ
400 E. Scenic Drive, Suite 307
The Dalles, Oregon 97058
Email: schwarz.bob@deq.state.or.us
Phone: 541-298-7255, ext. 230
Fax: 541-298-7330
Written comments are due not later than 5:00 pm, May 8, 2017.
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