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Friday, January 4, 2013

County Landfill Report

Bobbie Bicknell Coray, Reporter
Rich Civic Times

RANDOLPH, Utah – January 2, 2012.   Mitch Poulsen, Bear Lake Regional Council, told the Rich County Commission that the landfill closure report was almost ready to submit.  The document has been ready for several years, but not submitted, so Poulsen needed to updates  cost estimates and needed a plan for an alternative landfill cover that met quality assurance quality control rules.   He was able to get the changes done for free.  Landfill application will be submitted.  

The mechanism for funding needed to be changed also to met State rules.  The commission will set up a fund  at the State Treasurers Pool in a PTIF (Public Treasures Investment Fund).   It needs to be kept separate from the general fund and be designated for landfill closure.  When landfills are full they need to be closed, reclaimed and turned back into a natural, covered area.  Total cost of reclaiming Rich County’s landfill is $14,294 this year.  Of course costs will go up, so each year the county needs to add money for that inflation.   The larger the landfill becomes the more money needs to be set aside for appropriately closing.   The county currently only has one active landfill cell open and they are closing each cell as a new cell is dug.

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