The Missouri Department of Natural Re-sources has scheduled a public hearing on Fred Weber Inc.’s application to construct a trash-transfer station at 5219 Baumgartner Road.
The public hearing will take place at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 18, in the gym at Oakville Senior High School, 5557 Milburn Road.
“The proposed transfer station will be used to receive non-hazardous solid municipal waste and will transfer the waste from small trucks onto larger vehicles that would transfer the waste to a permitted facility,” according to DNR news release.
County Counselor Pat Redington settled a lawsuit in October with attorneys for Fred Weber to allow the company to construct the trash-transfer station.
The County Council previously had denied the station by a unanimous vote.
A copy of Weber’s permit application can be reviewed at the Cliff Cave Branch County Library, 5430 Telegraph Road.
A copy is also available upon request at the department’s Solid Waste Management Program at 1730 E. Elm St. in Jefferson City.
To request a file review, residents first must call (573) 751-3043 or fax a request to Rhonda Loveall, custodian of records, at (573) 522-3344.
Questions and comments regarding the proposed transfer station or the department’s role in regulating solid-waste processing facilities may be mailed to the Department of Natural Resources, Solid Waste Management Program, P.O. Box 176, Jefferson City, Mo. 65102-0176.
They also can be made calling Charlene Fitch at (800) 361-4827 or (573) 751-5401 or sending a fax to (573) 526-3902. The department gives equal consideration to written comments and oral public-hearing testimony.
For additional information about solid-waste issues, visit the department’s Web site at www.dnr.mo.gov/env/swmp.