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Hearing on Marion County waste control bill draws industry opposition and local advocacy for city control
Summary
At a public hearing on Senate Bill 1067, waste-hauling companies and a materials recovery facility opposed the bill over concerns it would disrupt regional routing efficiency and raise rates; local advocates and 350 Salem supported the measure as restoring Salemauthority over city-generated solid waste.
Chair Karen Lively opened a public hearing on Senate Bill 1067, which would authorize a city within Marion County to control or direct the disposal, transfer, or material or energy recovery of solid waste generated within the city and to enter into related contracts.
Derek Nelotin, representing Resource, a materials recovery and transfer facility in Brooks, Oregon, said Resource opposes SB 1067 and submitted a list of what the facility called unintended consequences. Nelotin said Resource and local franchise haulers built the county's first construction-and-demolition processing facility and have scaled operations to receive large volumes of Marion County material. Kevin Hines, also representing Resource, testified the facility received 28,000 tons in its first year,…
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