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Neighbors urge Benton County to enforce tonnage cap, improve fire and emissions monitoring at Coffin Butte
Summary
Community group Valley Neighbors presented evidence and demands about Coffin Butte Landfill: alleged methane/NMOC exceedances under EPA review, three recent fires requiring volunteer firefighter responses, and a call for a landfill hotline, mandatory post‑incident reports, monthly public notices and firm enforcement of a 1,100,000‑ton annual cap.
A coalition calling itself Valley Neighbors for Environmental Quality and Safety presented a lengthy set of concerns and specific requests about the Coffin Butte landfill to the Benton County Board of Commissioners.
Debbie Palmer, Kate Crawford, Catherine Stearns and Virginia Scott urged the county to take immediate administrative steps and to press the landfill operator, Republic Services, to improve monitoring and accountability. They said recent monitoring shows methane leaks under active investigation by the EPA and reported that, in the most recent monitoring year ending in August, the landfill exceeded thresholds for non‑methane organic compounds (NMOCs). "NMOCs…
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