Four ways to submit written comments about the proposed landfill expansion application

Members of the public are invited to submit written testimony about Republic Services’ Conditional Use Permit application (LU-24-027). Planning Commissioners will receive the full text of all written comment submitted. It will not be edited or summarized.

There are four ways to submit written testimony:

Submit testimony online

Regular Mail (USPS)
Benton County Community Development
4500 SW Research Way
Corvallis, OR 97333-1139

Email
publiccomment@bentoncountyor.gov

Hand Delivery
Community Development is located on the second floor of the Kalapuya Building at 4500 SW Research Way in Corvallis, OR. The office is open Monday – Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Timeline for Written Testimony

• Comments submitted by 5 p.m. on April 21 (8 days before the hearing begins) will be included in the Planning Division staff report for the Planning Commission and agency referral partners.
• Written testimony received after the staff report is posted and up to the start of the public hearing will be delivered in hard copy to the Planning Commission. 
• Written testimony submitted during the public hearing should be handed to the meeting recorder, who will add it to the official record. 

The deadline to submit written testimony will be determined by the length of the Public Hearing. As long as it is open, written public comments will be accepted into the record. Once all verbal testimony is received, the Planning Commission chair will determine when the Public Hearing should be closed. The schedule provided above is planned and expected, but those dates are not guaranteed as less time might be required for verbal testimony.

After the public hearing, all written comments that were not in the original staff report will be added to the record and posted to the County website in one action. 

Expected Hearing Schedule

Find more information about the landfill and the application for proposed expansion on the Coffin Butte Landfill page.