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Resident raises 72,000‑ton discrepancy in Coffin Butte intake totals; asks county and franchisee to reconcile figures
Summary
A North Benton County resident asked the Disposal Site Advisory Committee (DSAC) to help reconcile a difference between the intake volume implied by Benton County franchise fee payments and the total reported by Oregon DEQ, a discrepancy of roughly 72,000 tons for the previous year.
Paul Neidfeld, identifying himself as a North Benton County resident, told the Benton County Disposal Site Advisory Committee that his back‑of‑the‑envelope calculation suggests a roughly 72,000‑ton gap between what the county was paid in franchise fees and the tonnage reported in Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) quarterly disposal reports.
Neidfeld said he used the fee schedule in the 2020 landfill franchise agreement and county revenue figures to “back calculate” intake and arrived at about 1,045,000 tons for the year; he reported that quarterly DEQ totals add up to about 1,117,000 tons. “So there's a discrepancy there of over 72,000 tons,” he said.
Neidfeld asked the committee whether…
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