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Board approves conditional-use permit to expand Kootenai County landfill; staff cite wetland and tribal coordination conditions
Summary
The board approved CUP 240011 allowing a lateral expansion of the county landfill that would add about 197 acres of fill area, extend capacity roughly 10 years and provide about 9.2 million cubic yards of additional storage; the decision includes conditions addressing wetlands, cultural resources and previously imposed permit conditions.
Kootenai County commissioners on April 10 voted to approve CUP 240011, a conditional-use permit to expand the county landfill in the southwest quadrant of Kootenai County. The expansion would add approximately 197 acres of new fill area within a 490-acre project boundary and is intended to extend landfill capacity by about 10 years.
Vlad Finkel, presenting for county planning staff, said the project traces to earlier approvals in 1989 (CUP-687-89) and a 1999 modification. He described a site composed of 13 contiguous parcels west of Highway 95, just north of Fighting Creek Road, and told the board the proposed south-cell expansion is largely isolated from neighboring residential development by…
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