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County consultant presents Amherst County 20-year solid waste management plan; board takes no action
Summary
SCS Engineers consultant Quinn Bernier reviewed the county’s 20-year solid waste management plan, reporting that projected daily landfill intake under maximum scenarios (122 tons per day) remains below the permitted 200 tons per day; the board opened a public hearing with no public speakers and was not required to take action.
SCS Engineers consultant Quinn Bernier presented Amherst County’s 20-year solid waste management plan and summarized projections, recycling efforts and landfill capacity during the Board of Supervisors meeting.
Bernier told the board the plan uses a per-capita generation figure of 6.2 pounds of municipal solid waste per person per day based on 2019–2023 disposal averages and U.S. Census population projections. Using that data, the plan’s maximum projection for landfill intake was 122 tons per day, which the presenter said is below the county’s permitted limit of…
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