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Lane County approves Short Mountain landfill upgrades, leachate trench funding and engineering study for Clean Lane siting
Summary
The board approved a three‑way contract with EPUD and Waga Energy to modernize gas collection at Short Mountain Landfill, authorized up to $3.9M to upgrade a gas pipeline (enabling placement of a county leachate line), and approved a $1.3M contract amendment to study siting Clean Lane at Short Mountain; votes on the pipeline and contract amendment were 5‑0 and 3‑2, respectively.
Lane County commissioners on Dec. 16 advanced multiple actions related to Short Mountain Landfill: they approved a three‑way contract with Emerald People's Utility District (EPUD) and Waga Energy to replace the landfill’s gas collection and generation system, authorized funding to install a larger gas pipeline and trench that would allow the county to place a leachate line at reduced cost, and approved a contract amendment to continue engineering work to evaluate siting the Clean Lane anaerobic digestion facility at Short Mountain.
County counsel summarized the three‑way contract that EPUD and Waga Energy have negotiated with Lane County; Waga has already approved the agreement and EPUD was expected to take it up later the…
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