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Lycoming-led five-county solid-waste plan opens 90-day public comment period
Summary
County planning staff presented a draft five‑county solid waste management plan required by the Pennsylvania DEP, saying the plan received a positive preliminary review and will guide waste and recycling policy from 2025 through 2035.
Shannon, a planning and community development staff member for Lycoming County, told commissioners the five‑county solid waste management plan — covering Columbia, Lycoming, Montour, Snyder and Union counties — has entered a 90‑day public comment period after receiving a positive preliminary review from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
"We kicked this off in fall of 2022," Shannon said, and added that the draft required only "very few revisions" following DEP comments. The plan, she said, projects regional waste generation and recycling needs for 2025 through December 2035 and was prepared with regional steering committees and…
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