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Land‑use subcommittee flags quarry timing, Cell 6 and corporate reviews as pivotal to landfill capacity
Summary
A Benton County land‑use subcommittee reported that rock remaining in a planned landfill expansion (Cell 6) complicates capacity calculations; Republic Services has routed subcommittee material to corporate counsel, and county planners say they are not party to any private operator negotiations.
The Benton County land‑use subcommittee told SWAC/DSAC that a portion of the landfill’s theoretical capacity remains solid rock within a quarry area planned as Cell 6, and that quarrying timing and coordination with private contractors will determine when the county’s operational footprint can move into that cell.
Subcommittee members said the current active cell is expected to be filled within roughly three years and that landfill operators will need to shift operations into Cell 6 afterward. The presence of unexcavated rock means the theoretical design capacity is not immediately…
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