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County staff: Waste Connections plans to reopen transfer station; county to consider solid-waste-code amendment
Summary
Sedgwick County staff told commissioners Waste Connections intends to reopen an unused transfer station in Commissioner Bluebaugh's district Sept. 1 and may accept C&D material; the commission will consider an amendment to the solid waste code and a conditional-use request to allow an on-site tire-collection holding area.
Sedgwick County staff briefed commissioners on a proposed amendment to the countysolid-waste code and a related conditional-use request tied to a transfer station Waste Connections plans to reopen.
Susan, an environmental-resources staff member, informed the commission that Waste Connections notified county staff it intends to reopen a transfer station in Commissioner Bluebaugh's district on Sept. 1. The facility has been unused for several years and is being brought back into operation, Susan said.
County counsel and staff said the agenda includes a resolution to amend part of the county solid-waste code in order to accommodate a third C&D (construction and demolition) landfill site in the county and to align code language with the planned reuse of the transfer station. Staff described the immediate county action as returning the transfer station to operation; possible future acceptance or on-site disposal of C&D material was discussed but not finalized in the briefing.
A separate conditional-use item concerns establishment of a tire-collection holding area within an existing C&D operation. Scott, a planning staff member, said the proposal would create an on-site collection and temporary holding area for used tires; once an accumulation threshold is met, the tires would be trucked to a different facility. The county planning commission recommended approval and also recommended a waiver of the typical perimeter-fencing requirement because the collection point would sit inside an already fenced C&D operation and a separate perimeter fence would not be practical.
Commissioners asked whether the reopening constituted a C&D landfill or only a transfer station. Staff replied the primary plan is to make the transfer station operational and add transfer bays; acceptance or burial of C&D material on-site is a separate question that staff said they were not yet privy to.
The items were presented during agenda review and are scheduled for formal consideration at the Aug. 13 commission meeting. No final vote on the code amendment or conditional use was recorded in the provided transcript excerpt.
