Coffin Butte Landfill would be allowed to emit higher levels of some pollutants, including nearly three times as much particulate matter, under a proposed renewal of its air quality permit.

As Oregon Public Broadcasting reported, lawmakers passed Senate Bill 726, and Gov. Tina Kotek is expected to sign it into law.The state bill requires Benton County's Coffin Butte Landfill to ...

Oregon bill requires advanced methane monitoring, reporting at Coffin Butte Landfill. Landfills are among the nation’s largest sources of methane, a greenhouse gas that’s more potent than ...

(This story has been updated to correct an inaccuracy. If the Benton County Planning Commission denies the proposal to expand Coffin Butte Landfill, an appeal would go to the Board of Commissioners.