BOC – Board of Commissioners (Benton County)

BC – Benton County

BCG – Benton County Government

BCTT – stands for “Benton County Talks Trash,” the nickname for the Solid Waste Process Workgroup convened by the county in response to the controversy and friction surrounding the 2021 expansion attempt.

CBLF – Coffin Butte Landfill

CDD – Community Development Department (Benton County)

CUP – Conditional Use Permit

DEQ – Department of Environmental Quality, a state regulatory agency. Also known as ODEQ for Oregon DEQ.

DSAC – Disposal Site Advisory Committee

EPA – Environmental Protection Agency, a federal regulatory agency.

FOIA – Freedom of Information Act. A law that provides the public the right to request access to records from any federal agency.

LU – Land Use

LUBA – Land Use Board of Appeals, a state agency with exclusive jurisdiction to hear and rule on appeals of LU decisions in Oregon.

NOIA – Notice of Intent to Appeal (to LUBA)

ODEQ (see DEQ)

PC – Planning Commission (Benton County)

PEN – Pre-Enforcement Notice (issued by DEQ to VLI/RS) that the landfill is in violation of Oregon environmental law and will be fined

PRC – Pacific Regional Compost (facility)

PRR – Public Records Request. Used to request access to public records at state and local (county, city) levels of government.

RS – Republic Services

SMMP – Sustainable Materials Management Plan

SWAC – Solid Waste Advisory Council

VLI – Valley Landfills, Inc (Republic Services’ subsidiary corporation that owns the Coffin Butte Landfill)