Raymore trash talk: Proactive steps taken in effort to block proposed landfill

RAYMORE, Mo. (KCTV) - A Missouri Representative takes steps to block a proposed landfill near Raymore. Again.

Missouri State Rep. Mike Haffner (R-Pleasant Hill) pre-filed a bill Monday that aims to modify permits related to solid waste disposal areas.

The bill is in addition to two others pre-filed last week in the Missouri Senate.

Sen. Mike Cierpiot (R-Lee’s Summit) and Sen. Mike Brattin (R-Harrisonville) each pre-filed a bill aiming to prevent the Missouri Department of Natural Resources from issuing a permit for a landfill in Kansas City that is also within a mile of another city. The exception is if the other city also agrees to the landfill.

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State law currently says the cooperation between two cities only needs to happen if the proposed landfill is within one-half mile of another city limit.

The Missouri House ed a similar bill last session, but a filibuster prevented the Senate from voting on it.

Raymore, Lee’s Summit, Grandview, Belton, Jackson County, Cass County, and a long list of other school districts and organizations have spoken out against the landfill.

Information provided by the City of Raymore shows more than 4,100 people live within one-mile of the proposed landfill site between Peterson Road and Horridge Road, south of Highway 150. The city says more than 19,100 people live within two miles.