A public hearing and information session for the proposed Stateline Compost facility off of Highway 97 will be held by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, July 28 at the Midland Grange Hall at 6601 Tingley Lane in Klamath Falls, according to a news release from the DEQ.
The DEQ has also opened up a new
comment period for the public
that runs until 5 p.m., Aug. 2,
2016. The DEQ held the first
comment period for the solid
waste permit proposal from May
11 through June 10, and opened
the new comment period in
response to community interest.
Stateline Compost anticipates
processing 30,000 tons of
feedstock from agricultural,
municipal and industrial sources
and the general public, the
release said. The piles would
aerate on a 40,000 square-foot
asphalt pad.
Leachate and runoff from the pad
would be directed through a
bio-filter lining the pad, and a
10-foot lined rock spillway
would direct the leachate from
the pad to a lined retention
pond.
According to the release, “the
applicant has already received
local land use approvals from
Klamath County, which is
necessary for DEQ to process the
permit.”
It also said the DEQ will
conduct annual inspections on
the property to ensure
compliance with its permits.