The New River Resource Authority (NRRA) recently entered into a 10-year contract with the Public Service Authority of Wythe and Bland counties.
“This agreement is a significant economic benefit to the region, allowing both authorities to not only appropriately account for the service in their annual budgets but to ensure rate stabilization for the foreseeable future,” said Joe Levine, Executive Director of NRRA.
Formed in 1986, the NRRA is a regional authority with a mission to collect and handle disposal of solid waste in the New River Valley. NRRA operates a solid waste management facility on approximately 937 acres on Cloyd’s Mountain in Pulaski County, two closed landfills in Ingles Mountain area, and a 100-acre mitigation site in Floyd County. NRRA processes approximately210,000 tons of waste from its service area every year. In addition, the NRRA captures methane gas from the solid waste at the facility, offering significant positive environmental and economic benefits in the community to include reducing methane gas emissions and providing up to 3.4 MWh of electricity to power nearby homes and businesses.
“Southwest Virginia is known for regional cooperation, and NRRA is a shining example of that,” said Steve Fijalkowski, Chairman of the NRRA Board. “This formalized agreement will allow for rate stabilization – meaning we can keep rates low. It also makes our service area competitive for business and economic development.”
The Chairman of the Joint Public Service Authority for Wythe and Bland, Stacy Terry, said, “with this agreement, the citizens of Wythe and Bland can rely on a partner in NRRA that offers low rates for solid waste management at a state-of-the-art facility.”
With the agreement between the two authorities, the service area of NRRA is now formally the largest in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The NRRA current service area consists of the member jurisdictions which include Town of Dublin, City of Radford, Pulaski County, Giles County, Montgomery Regional Solid Waste
Authority (comprised of Montgomery County, Town of Blacksburg, Town of Christiansburg and Virginia Tech), and non-member jurisdictions, which include Floyd County, Bland County and Wythe County.
The NRRA also has emergency agreements with Patrick County, Smyth County and Roanoke Valley Resource Authority, which is comprised of City of Roanoke, City of Salem, and Roanoke County. Learn more at newriverresourceauthority.org.
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