Washington Superior Court Overturns Landfill Rejection

Date: July 1, 2004

Source: News Room

A Washington State Superior Court judge has overruled Clark County commissioners' rejection of a proposed landfill and recycling center near Vancouver. But the final fate of the East County Reclamation Center remains in limbo, as a challenge of the project's environmental impact statement is before Washington's Court of Appeals. The judge ruled that county commissioners exceeded their authority when they overturned a hearings examiner's rulings that would have permitted the development of the construction and demolition debris landfill. The commission denied the project because it believed the landfill would discourage development necessary to meet the goals of Clark's 20-year growth plan.

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