Covanta Marion, Inc.

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About the facility

Covanta Marion, Inc. owns and operates a solid waste-to-energy facility in Brooks, Oregon. Construction approval for the facility was issued by DEQ in 1983 and the facility began operations in 1986. The primary objective of the CMI facility is to provide for the disposal of solid waste. In order to achieve this primary objective the facility receives, stores, and combusts solid waste as defined in Oregon Revised Statues 459.005 and the facility’s solid waste permit. The combustible fraction of the solid waste is utilized to produce steam, which is in turn utilized in a turbine generator to produce electricity which is sold to the local utility. The facility operates 24 hours per day, 365 days per year, except for periods of scheduled and unscheduled maintenance.