The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has issued a civil penalty of more than $3 million for air quality violations at Coffin Butte Landfill north of Corvallis – the regulatory agency’s biggest fine ever.
The 178-acre landfill currently accepts up to 2,500 tons of waste per day, including from Benton, Marion, Polk, Linn and Lincoln counties.
The Department of Environmental Quality alleges Valley Landfills – an Oregon subsidiary of Arizona-based Republic Services – failed to monitor, capture and control landfill gas emissions as required under both federal and state law…