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Welcome to the Oregon Beaver Chapter of SWANA


Browse through our site and see why becoming an Oregon SWANA member is for you!

With more than 6,700 solid waste professionals nationwide, SWANA can provide your link to training, certification, networking, and legislative representation. SWANA is dedicated to the professional development of solid waste managers, environmental engineers, consultants, waste haulers, recyclers, and operators. The business and regulatory landscape of the solid waste industry is changing very rapidly and there is tremendous need for information on how to stay on the cutting edge. The SWANA hallmark as a source for credible, high-quality information has led to development of education programs and conferences that are at the forefront of the profession.

Our Beaver Chapter provides opportunities for operator certification training courses, sharing of technical expertise, continuing education units, and legislative/regulatory updates. Read all About Us on the next pages. If you have questions, comments on our website content, or need a membership application, please Contact Us.

Our Mission: To advance the practice of environmentally and economically sound municipal waste management in North America.

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  • Tour of Bridgeport Village - July 16th

     

    SWANA Oregon will be hosting a tour of Bridgeport Village in Tigard, Oregon on July 16th. This state of the art shopping center was built on an abandoned landfill. Paul Trone of GeoDesign, Inc, the lead engineering firm on the project, will be giving the tour. The tour will be followed by lunch at the California Pizza Kitchen in the shopping center.

     

    Please RSVP to Betty Patton at BPatton@SWANAOregon.org if you plan on attending. Please specify if you will be joining the group for lunch.   

     

    We will meet in front of the Regal Cinema at 11:00 am. It is suggested that you park in the parking structure or the lot northwest of the cinemas.

     

    Go to www.bridgeport-village.com/hours.html for complete

    directions and address information.

Detailed Tour description:

 

Bridgeport Village is a state-of-the-art commercial/business development that transformed a bleak, 27-acre partially-filled gravel quarry into a lifestyle center with a European design flair.  The tour will focus on the regulatory considerations, design elements, planning, engineering controls, and monitoring that made this development possible in a regulatory environment where methane is defined as a hazardous substance and regulated by Oregon Department of Environmental Quality's hazardous substance rules.  The tour will include:

  • Descriptions/observations of engineering controls used in the development: sub-slab membrane and passive venting systems; perimeter and interior active gas extraction systems; trench dams; sealed utility conduits; and methane gas sensors/alarms. 
  • Conversation with Robert Dye, the General Manager of this development, regarding considerations and the challenges of operating the state-of-the-art lifestyle center in a methane environment.