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Sierra County outlines safeguards for burning oversized green‑waste piles, seeks $8,000‑per‑site mitigation
Summary
After large green‑waste piles accumulated at a Sierra City transfer site, the board endorsed a suite of mitigation measures — cameras, water tanks, sheriff dispatch monitoring and standard operating procedures — and asked staff to return with funding details, prioritizing Sierra City.
Sierra County supervisors on Feb. 3 directed staff to put safeguards in place before burning accumulated green‑waste piles at the county’s transfer sites, prioritizing the Sierra City dump where crews estimate roughly 2,500 cubic yards of oversized material.
Interim Public Works director Mr. Penman told the board the issue is both short‑term — how to safely burn down existing piles — and long‑term: how the county will handle growing green‑waste volumes. "There’s tremendous pressure from communities to make it as easy and cheap as possible to dispose of green waste," he said, "but the reality is it costs money and some sites are…
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