Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, May 31, 1990 TAG: 9005310379
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-3 EDITION: BEDFORD/FRANKLIN
SOURCE: MONICA DAVEY STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: BEDFORD LENGTH: Medium
The car-shredding company would use the landfill to dispose of "fluff," the non-metal parts of automobiles. Since a fire in a fluff stockpile at its Montvale plant last fall, the company said it has been spending a lot of money to transport the 100 tons of fluff it generates daily to private landfills out of the area.
In its proposal, Shredded Products asked to build a landfill on 180.92 acres near the intersection of Virginia 745 and Virginia 746. The land is owned by Shredded Products' parent company, Roanoke Electric Steel.
The proposal will have to clear Bedford County's unique Land Use Guidance System, which gives projects from 0 to 200 points - with 100 and above considered "compatible" with the county's comprehensive plan - and takes into account neighbors' reactions.
On April 24, officials from Shredded Products approached the Board of Supervisors, asking for their help in working within the LUGS system.
Bill Warwick of Roanoke Electric Steel told the board he was "concerned about the viability of Shredded Products if our problems are not resolved."
The cost of transporting and dumping fluff had become "extremely damaging" to the company, he said. For that reason, Warwick asked the supervisors to act quickly on a landfill proposal. But he would not disclose the cost of transporting fluff to other areas.
Community development planner Jeff Burdett could not say how the proposed landfill would score under LUGS because it has not been formally scored and because officials do not release scores until a project is advertised for public hearing.
The 20 people who own land near the proposed landfill will be notified of the application and invited to attend an informal compatibility hearing, Burdett said. There are 25 to 30 parcels near the project, but some are owned by the same person.
If the project's neighbors agree to the project and it scores more than 100 points, a decision will be left to the Board of Zoning Appeals. If either of those two criteria are not met, the future of the project will be left to the supervisors.
by CNB