The Howard County Board of Appeals has again postponed a public hearing scheduled tonighton a variance request for a recycling center that was built in Elkridge without a permit or county approval.

The hearing, which had first been scheduled Aug. 19, has been rescheduled for Nov. 10 at the George Howard Building in Ellicott City.

Richard B. Talkin, a Columbia attorney representing Partners Quality Recycling Services, asked the board for the postponement for unspecified reasons, said Robin Regner, an administrative assistant to the board.

The recycling center became embroiled in controversy in June when county inspectors discovered that the company had built the 11,250-square-foot structure on 12.2 acres at the end of Kit Kat Road without a permit or an approved site development plan.

Talkin did not return a phone call seeking comment.

Pub Date: 9/03/98