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Albany residents urge council to withhold support for Coffin Butte landfill expansion
Summary
Residents told the City Council the city should not endorse Republic Services’ Coffin Butte landfill expansion until opponents and technical evidence are fully heard. Speakers cited prior denials by the Benton County Planning Commission and raised health and environmental concerns.
Albany residents urged the City Council on Monday to refrain from endorsing Republic Services’ proposed expansion of the Coffin Butte landfill until the council hears a full record of potential impacts.
Mark Yeager, a Benton County resident and registered environmental engineer, told the council he had served on local solid-waste advisory bodies and said the Benton County Planning Commission had unanimously denied a conditional use permit for the expansion after lengthy review. “Please do not take any position on the…
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