Burlington’s nonprofit Intervale Center is keeping open for another week its composting facility near the Winooski River.
The Center hopes the extra time will enable officials to reach an agreement that would turn the operation over to the Chittenden Solid Waste District.
A series of problems with its permits prompted Vermont’s largest composting operation to announce it would stop accepting food scraps and yard waste on May 1.
The center has said it can’t afford the studies needed to obtain a state land-use permit.
The solid waste district has proposed taking over all operations at the site, then selling the finished compost to the Intervale Center, which sells finished compost to the public.