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Coffin Butte landfill history, capacity and regulatory concerns outlined to Benton County Planning Commission
Summary
At a Benton County Planning Commission work session, Bailey Payne summarized Coffin Butte landfill history, rising tonnage and regulatory context and said a land‑use application is expected in the coming weeks; commissioners and staff discussed DEQ oversight, past CUPs and monitoring efforts.
Bailey Payne, surveys coordinator for Community Development, told the Benton County Planning Commission at a work session that the Coffin Butte landfill has a long operational history, rising incoming tonnage in recent years and pending land‑use paperwork the commission can expect to see in March.
Payne reviewed a timeline from the 1940s through the present that included military and early municipal disposal uses, a conditional‑use permit (CUP) approved by the county in the 1970s, the emergence of liners and other modern environmental controls after passage of the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) in 1976, later franchise and ownership changes (Valley Landfills, Allied Waste, Republic Services) and intermittent state review for groundwater concerns. Payne said a CUP for a 2.2 megawatt gas‑to‑energy station was…
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