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Assembly hears $580,000 appropriation request for Central Peninsula landfill leachate evaporator connections; injection well favored long term
Summary
The Finance Committee heard a hearing on an ordinance to appropriate $580,000 for proprietary connection parts for the Central Peninsula landfill leachate evaporator. Borough counsel said evaporation is a temporary solution and EPA prefers deep‑well injection; studies are under way but no injection funds have been appropriated.
The Kenai Peninsula Borough Finance Committee on Dec. 1 considered an ordinance to appropriate $580,000 to complete proprietary connection work for the Central Peninsula Landfill leachate evaporator project.
The ordinance language presented by staff said the appropriation would fund connection parts and related items that were not previously funded. During the subsequent discussion, an attorney for the borough said the project was inherited and described evaporation as an interim measure.
"This is not the path I would have chosen," the attorney said, noting the borough is conducting additional studies and that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s preferred long‑term disposal method for leachate is deep‑well injection in suitable geology.
Assembly member Mr. Dunne asked whether money has been allocated for an injection system beyond the current study. The attorney replied that the borough has not allocated funds beyond preliminary, relatively low‑cost studies and that any more comprehensive costs or proposals would be brought back to the Assembly for consideration.
The transcript records the hearing and committee questions; it does not show a final vote on the appropriation in this session.
