HomeMy WebLinkAboutBryan, CS give OK to landfill . ,. �,. .` r ..r' ..N -.n �„+. ! .r d - ! . ✓ •,...-v - ✓-w ♦ r i ^`fi v �4 �.1 `.r•w - ...,r r . �• r' i • - - r' w - +•�./'•
�.. . - . . r �'� .W ..` tr. ,J - Y"•�- .-F J J` s'°-! •! /- J •'• , i ^ -l.. Y -� .. � . ` -!� .
•
IL.. .
li es County Review www.NavasotaExaminer.com 3a
�t
landfihl
Bryan, CS give OK to
1
' Land acquisition process underway; half in options
By Clark Whitten the plan," Carleton said. "We've and has good access.
': done some preliminary work, but "Some people have concerns
't. we still have a ways to go." about it being on 6. We're going to
,, -. MILLICAN — Both the Bryan Once the property is acquired, do a significant amount of screen -
- and College Station city councils he said, they will start the applica- ing with berms and trees and our
last week approved the site of a tion process through the .Texas operations are going to start in the
•:::? proposed landfill at the FM 159 Natural Resources Conservation back to address some of these aes-
.. and Texas 6 intersection northeast Commission, which is estimated thetic issues," he said.
j t ': ' , 9 of Millican. will take 12 -16. months. Carleton said they considered
}. 8 The actions came only a few Once the TNRCC reviews the another site in Brazos County that
a ' days after the site was announced application and comments on it, also didn't have a aquifer under it
s - on June 17 and an open house on the landfill will go to a public either. However, access to the site
w June 19. hearing. was a problem.
The governments adopted good "There will be a number of pub- "On 6, we' 11 represent about 3
neighbor agreements, so their in- lic meetings the agency will spon- percent of the transportation on
ter -local agency, the Brazos Val- sor on this project," Carleton said. that highway," he said.
ley Solid Waste Management He said meetings will seekpub- Carleton said they'll use a so-
C :,
Agency, can begin acquiring the lie comment on the facility as well phisticated liner system on top and
626 acres sought. Half will be used as provide public information. In bottom of the disposed waste.
§, for disposal purposes and the re- "We're going to do some addi-
�.. Po P � addition, he said, they will deter- g g
;
,,`� mainder will be used as a buffer. mine if there are ways to design tional stuff on top for this facility
p Project manager Michael the operation to address people's as itrelatestoaddingsometreesin
Carleton said they have options on conce
Car eton said it would be five to Pe to some areas as we go up the site
' "a lit ov er a half' of the land slopes help it blend a little bet-
a- . P
�h y,; ' needed. ter," he said.
,, , seven years before theplantwould
�,, "For those property owners out begin operation. When it's opened, For more information on the
a< there not willing to sell,
g BVSWMA will close its Rock landfill, called Cedar Pointe Envi-
c
BVSWMA definitely wants to Prairie facility, which will reach ronmental Center, persons can e-
3 t' work with them in the next couple capacity in five to six years. mail: bvswm 1 @ ci.college -.
of months to work something out er said this station.tx.us. Their website is:
r � #�: The project manager
that satisfies everything, Carleton particular site was selected be- www.ci.college - station.tx.up/
=A1 Towery said cause it is not over a major aquifer bvswma/private/landfill2.htm.
i Not acquiring all of the prop-
iivert, erty, he said, would cause them
irtl's re- problems.
s s. His "We still have to do a fairly 1 , I i - +
s not extensive geo- technical analysis,
I a fairly extensive flood study and
figure how that's going to fit into a .39
1 subdivision `` _ , ,.... ,
x
ilpin who live on other Johnson Ranch � , �� toe p
� � We stock parts year round
i F ed o roads. ,�/ BLADES • BATTERIES • BELTS
"The people on Marty and .N , TIRES • TUBES
Yearby are still here, and I feel "'
. and really bad that they weren't in- _, .... "A
- , ?, > ' 'edin eluded in this," he said "I'm not VI �� ; Specializing in MTD Parts
t � % h ave going forget about it because S►a• Also Murray • Briggs & Stratton
-� g g to g :: 99
F ' = -4= it's not over yet." . * r'` : s ��