Lewis County facilities will no longer accept flood debris at discounted rates as an initial drive to take in damaged materials and debris after the late fall flood in December comes to an end.
The Board of Lewis County Commissioners on Tuesday unanimously approved a resolution to end a period of free flood debris disposal roughly a month and a half after December 2025 flooding that inundated parts of the county and hit the eastern communities of Packwood and Randle the hardest.
The resolution includes one pre-approved voucher with a county resident who has been coordinating disposal with the county and a private contractor, and will allow them to take advantage of the free disposal after the fact due to extenuating circumstances.
Lewis County Solid Waste Manager Rocky Lyon presented the resolution to the board, as he did the original resolution to approve the free disposal response.
The county originally began accepting flood debris starting Dec. 13, almost immediately after the peak of the flooding subsided late last year.
The system allowed residents to report damage to the county and receive a voucher for free debris disposal. The county accepted flood-damaged debris at two temporary sites: the Central Transfer Station in Centralia and the East Lewis County Transfer Station in Morton.
According to original reporting on the issue by The Chronicle, the free disposal period was originally intended to extend for more than two months through Feb. 27. The resolution approved on Tuesday will cut that time short by roughly a month.
