Ovenell Site Temporarily Closed to Self-Haul Garbage





Skagit County





PRESS RELEASE

August 12, 2022




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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

*UPDATE: County Transfer Station Closure Notice*

*Ovenell Site Temporarily Closed to Self-Haul Garbage*

The Skagit County Transfer & Recycling Station on Ovenell Road remains closed to all self-haulers of garbage until further notice.

"A piece of essential equipment used by our contractor, Republic, to load containers onto rail cars failed earlier this week. This compounded the issue of garbage already stockpiled at the transfer station," explains Margo Gillaspy, Skagit County Solid Waste Division Manager. "We have been grappling for some time now with an existing capacity issue for garbage at the transfer station."

"Staff are doing everything they can to work with Republic to resolve the issue ASAP and are managing the site to continue allowing commercial haulers to continue to bring in waste," says Mike See, Assistant Director of Public Works.

The transfer station is still open to recycling [ [link removed] ], appliances, and household hazardous waste [ [link removed] ] drop-off. Normal hours of operation for garbage, recycling, appliances drop-off: _Monday through Sunday, 8:30 AM_ - 6 PM. The Household Hazardous Waste Facility [ [link removed] ] located at the Skagit County Transfer & Recycling Station is open _Monday through Friday, 10 AM_ - 4 PM.

The Clear Lake Compactor Site [ [link removed] ] and the Sauk Transfer Site [ [link removed] ] remain open for normal operations; both of these sites accept household garbage only. 

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