Lane County’s Tonnage Problem
The contract between Lane County and Bulk Handling Systems shell LLC “BHS PROJECTS @ LANE COUNTY LLC” was signed in October 2024. That contract details the agreement between the two parties. One of those details was that Lane County is required to deliver 120,000 tons annually (or 10,000 a month) of acceptable materials to CleanLane as described on page 23 of the contract:
As mentioned above CleanLane can only accept a certain type of material at their facility. That material is Municipal Solid Waste, that material is called “Acceptable Material” as described on page 7 of the contract:
The contract is very explicit about not taking material through their machine that is not meant for it. If you search for "Acceptable Material" in the contract you can see how important this is for BHS. The term is listed 62 times!
Q: So how much “acceptable material” does Lane County receive?
A: Not Enough per the contract
Why did 3 commissioners commit the county financially to Bulk Handling Systems but had no guarantees to produce the necessary acceptable material?
Since Lane County can’t produce the amount of “Acceptable Material” that is described in the contract. If CleanLane was operation, Lane County would have to pay “BHS PROJECTS @ LANE COUNTY LLC” $78.69 per ton of missing tonnage of “Acceptable Material.” Estimated 2025 fees to “BHS PROJECTS @ LANE COUNTY LLC” would be $3,186,605.06.
