Coffin Butte

Benton County Commissioners are expected to finalize the language of a plan at an upcoming meeting, with the final vote coming a week later.

Last week, Oregon lawmakers passed Senate Bill 726. Once signed by Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek, it will require the Coffin Butte Landfill in Benton County to expand its system for monitoring methane releases.

Benton County’s Planning Commission is holding hearings on a controversial proposal to expand the Coffin Butte landfill.

An EPA inspection last summer found dozens of methane leaks at the Coffin Butte landfill in Benton County.

Oregon’s U.S. senators are urging the Environmental Protection Agency to finish investigating the Coffin Butte landfill.

Residents in rural Benton County say they’re concerned about odor and fire risk at the Coffin Butte landfill.

The owner of the Coffin Butte landfill in Benton County is once again trying to expand.

Benton County planners will decide soon whether to allow the expansion of a regional landfill north of Corvallis.