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Committee backs leachate treatment study and major MRF upgrade in recycling CIP
Summary
The Transportation and Environment Committee on March 17 supported the County Executive’s recommended capital improvements that add planning and design funding for PFAS treatment at the Oaks Landfill leachate plant and for a full upgrade of the county’s Materials Recovery Facility (MRF).
The Transportation and Environment Committee on March 17 supported the County Executive’s recommended capital improvements that add planning and design funding for PFAS treatment at the Oaks Landfill leachate plant and for a full upgrade of the county’s Materials Recovery Facility (MRF).
The amendments matter because they fund regulatory compliance work and work to expand recycling processing capacity as county solid-waste tonnage rises. Committee members and staff said the changes are covered by the solid waste disposal fund, current revenues and revenue bonds and that rate decisions tied to the operating budget will be considered later in the spring.
Jamie Foster, section chief in the Resource and Recycling Management Division, said the Oaks Landfill Leachate Retreatment Plant will be retrofitted to address PFAS…
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