Bridger Valley Landfill, one step closer to transfer station

By VIRGINIA GIORGIS Pioneer Editor vgiorgis@bridgervalleypioneer.com
Posted 11/16/18

Update on turning Valley landfill into a transfer stateion.

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Bridger Valley Landfill, one step closer to transfer station

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LYMAN — The Bridger Valley Landfill is one step closer to being turned into a transfer station with the latest legal notice released by the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality.

The legal notice stipulates, “This facility provides for the transfer, treatment, storage of municipal solid waste which have been generated within Uinta County. The 10 acre facility is located approximately 5 miles northwest of Lyman, Wyoming, on the west side of Wyoming Hwy 412 adjacent to the current Bridger Valley landfill. More specifically, this facility is located in the SE1/4 of Section 10, T16N, R115W, in Uinta County, Wyoming. The facility is estimated to be managing approximately 20 cubic yards of waste per day.”

According to Clay Baird, Uinta County Management, Wednesday afternoon, the notice allows a comment period so all interested parties can weigh in with their concerns over changing the landfill to a transfer station. Baird said the approval has already been completed, and the next step is for DEQ to provide the permit for the construction of the transfer station.

The comment period started Tuesday, Nov. 13 and runs through Dec. 20. Comments or objections must by submitted in writing to the DEQ, Todd Parfitt, Director, 200 West 17th Street, Cheyenne, WY 82002. Comments must include a statement of the facts on which the objection is based.

Baird estimated construction on the transfer station would start shortly after the beginning of 2019 after the county had time to bid and let the contract. The current landfill has operated as in the past and no changes have been made at the site for several years. Baird said the transfer station would require the construction of a building with a solid floor for the trucks to drive into and dump the trash. This would then be pushed into semi trailers to be hauled to the county dump near Evanston.

As a cost comparison, Baird said, by turning the current Bridger Valley Landfill into a transfer station, the county would see an $81,000 savings each year according to the most recent study a few years ago