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Kodiak Island Borough reviews regional solid waste plan as residents press for more public input and reject incineration
Summary
The borough heard a presentation of an updated regional solid waste management plan funded by a Denali Commission grant; Jacobs staff said incineration produced the lowest 30‑year cost in their model, but residents and several Assembly members urged more public comment and raised concerns about air emissions, toxic ash and the plan’s economic assumptions.
The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly on Feb. 12 heard a presentation on an updated regional solid waste management plan and public comments urging a longer comment period and reconsideration of incineration.
Aaron Oswald, a longtime Kodiak resident, told the Assembly he had reviewed the draft and "formally request[ed] that the public have an ability to comment on this plan," saying the economic models contain "numbers that aren't supported by anything in the report" and that key cost comparisons were buried in the appendices.
The plan, developed with Jacobs and funded by a Denali Commission grant, reviews four long‑term disposal options for the road system: continued landfilling, incineration (two diesel‑fired units with pollution controls), export of bailed waste to a Lower‑48…
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