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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		Company, Airport at Odds Over Proposed Trash Facility; Birds, FAA Certificate Among Concerns
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:05:16
	Publish Date:		2021-07-15 10:43:28
	Description:		To Ryan Hanson, the proposal for a new building just west of Rhinelander just isn’t that complicated. “The actual transfer station is really nothing more than a pole building,” Hanson explained. “It’s a metal-sided, metal-roofed building with garage doors on one side, and then a handful of dumpsters.” It would sit about 600 feet off of Highway 47, hidden by a buffer of trees from that road, Highway 8, and Highway K, which are all nearby. Even so, the neighbors don’t like it. “Yeah, people are going to be against it even if you check every box,” Hanson said. “But that’s not my job to address every single not-in-my-backyard issue.” The plan has faced opposition because the proposal is for a waste transfer facility. It’s not a landfill, but a place where people and companies can bring trash to be shipped away, up to a total of 50 tons per day. Hanson is a realtor representing JBM Howard, the company angling to operate it. He wants Oneida County to approve the plan over concerns of odor,
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