{"id":165958,"date":"2024-07-12T00:00:27","date_gmt":"2024-07-12T04:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wasteadvantagemag.com\/?p=165958"},"modified":"2024-07-11T17:37:58","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T21:37:58","slug":"deschutes-county-or-moving-forward-in-process-to-find-a-future-landfill-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wasteadvantagemag.com\/deschutes-county-or-moving-forward-in-process-to-find-a-future-landfill-location\/","title":{"rendered":"Deschutes County, OR Moving Forward in Process to Find a Future Landfill Location"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Deschutes County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) voted to select \u201cMoon Pit\u201d as the preferred location for the County\u2019s next landfill and authorized County staff to move forward with the selection process. \u201cWith the Board\u2019s selection of Hooker Creek\u2019s \u201cMoon Pit\u201d property, County staff can now begin negotiating a purchase agreement, securing necessary permits and establishing a mitigation strategy that will minimize impacts to wildlife and recreation in the area,\u201d said Deschutes County Solid Waste Director Tim Brownell. \u201cWe are doing our due diligence before any final decisions are made on a new landfill location.\u201d<\/p>\n
The County\u2019s Solid Waste Advisory Committee (SWAC) unanimously recommended the \u201cMoon Pit\u201d site earlier this spring. Then in June, the BOCC held a public hearing to allow community members to provide their input on the location of the County\u2019s future Solid Waste Management Facility. The BOCC also provided time for the public to submit comments in writing.<\/p>\n
Following the public hearing, the BOCC asked for additional information regarding water rights, environmental mitigation and the value of the aggregate on the property, all of which will be considered as the County does further exploration of the \u201cMoon Pit\u201d site. The \u201cMoon Pit\u201d property is located east of Bend on U.S. Route 20 and is currently a privately owned aggregate surface mine. SWAC\u2019s final evaluation included the following feedback about the proposed location:<\/p>\n
A new solid waste facility will be needed once Knott Landfill, the County\u2019s only landfill, reaches capacity in 2029. Over the past two years, the Department of Solid Waste has been working with a consultant team and SWAC to screen and evaluate potential in-county locations using siting criteria that include environmental, land use, site characteristics, and engineering considerations.<\/p>\n
The Department of Solid Waste has included $2,700,000 in the Fiscal Year 2025 budget for this next phase in the landfill siting process. The overall project development cost is anticipated to be between $50-60 million to procure, permit, develop and commence operation in 2030.<\/p>\n
The Deschutes County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) voted to select \u201cMoon Pit\u201d as the preferred location for the County\u2019s next landfill and authorized County staff to move forward with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1792,"featured_media":165959,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[123,14,122],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-165958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-government-and-regulations","category-landfill-news","category-newsletter-headline"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n