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SWAC members raise legal concerns over how legal subcommittee frames landfill review
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Members of Benton County's Solid Waste Advisory Council (SWAC) challenged the legal subcommittee's draft report, saying it misstates the council's advisory role, overreaches on SWAC's scope and misinterprets a 2002 memorandum of understanding and the franchise agreement with Republic Services.
Members of the Benton County Solid Waste Advisory Council on Feb. 8 questioned several claims in the legal subcommittee's draft report, saying the text overstated limits on the council's advisory role and mischaracterized historic documents tied to Coffin Butte landfill operations.
At a special joint SWAC/DSAC meeting, members pressed for clearer sourcing and page references in the subcommittee text and flagged four specific issues they said should be corrected before the report goes back to the work group. Those points included the scope of the…
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