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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 01221985 - IO Contra TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Costa FROM: Internal Operations Committee County DATE: January 22, 1985 � �� SUBJECT: Internal Operations Committee Report: Solid Waste Policy Statements Specific Requests or Recommendations & Background & Justification RECOMMENDATION Adopt policy statements in principle and refer to the Solid Waste Commission, cities, and sanitary districts for review, comment, and adoption. BACKGROUND . The attached Solid Waste Policy Statements were discussed at the January 7, 1985 meeting of the 1984 Internal Operations Committee (Supervisors Fanden and Powers). The policy state- ments were developed by staffs from the County Public Works Department and the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District. The 1984 Internal Operations Committee made several changes to the policy statements and asked staff to forward the policy statements to the Board for adoption. The policy statements are not in conflict with solid waste policies adopted by the Board on August 13, 1984, nor with the County Solid Waste Management Plan. These policy statements will aid in taking action on the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District/County study and on future decisions to be made on solid waste issues. On January 16, 1985, the County Solid Waste Commission reviewed the policy statements as amended by the Internal Operations Committee. The Commission recommended several minor modifications to the policy statements which are reflected in the attached draft (dated January 16, 1984, Revision 3). The Commission also requested that they be given an oppor- tunity to take their policy statements back to their jurisdictions for further review and comment before any action by the Commission. The Commission will be discussing the policy statements at their February 20, 1985 meeting. It is important that the Solid Waste Commission, cities, and sanitary districts review and adopt the policy statements to prepare these agencies for future decisions they will be asked to make regarding solid waste issues. Continued on attachment: yes Signature: Recommendation of County Administrator Recommendation of Board Committee Approve Si naturbl/ Tom Powers Tom Torlakson Action of Board January 22, 1985 Approved as Recommended Otherxx ACCEPTED Solid Waste Policy Statements in principle and concept, and REFERRED to the Solid Waste Commission, cities, and sanitary districts for review and comment back to the Board. Vote of Supervisors I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN x - Unanimous (Absent ii, iv ) AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE Ayes: Noes: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON DATE SHOWN. Absent: Abstain: DBO:cl-sw:io. o6.pol.stmnts.tl-encl Attested �•�, M-1 Orig. Div. : Public Works (EC) WHIL BATCffELOR, CLERK cc: County Administrator OF THE BOARD AND COUNTY Planning Department ADMINISTRATOR County Counsel H1th.Svcs. - Envir.Health Solid Waste Comm. (via EC) By , Cities, San. Districts (via EC) &DEPUTY CLERK Public Works Department Environmental Control Division Revision 3 - January 16, 1985 CONTRA COSTA COUNTY SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT POLICY STATEMENTS 1. LANDFILL WITHIN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY A landfill within the boundaries of Contra Costa County is necessary to guarantee that the County's wastes can be disposed of without requiring the approval of a jurisdiction outside the County, to minimize transportation and disposal costs, and so that County residents are not subject to waste import surcharges from other jurisdictions. It will be necessary for the cities and the Board of Supervisors to work together in order to make the difficult economic and environmental compromises that will be necessary in order to site the needed landfills. 2. NUMBER OF LANDFILLS Contra Costa County should have more than one landfill in the future so as to: A. Share the risk and impact of solid waste disposal as equitably as is practical . B. Reduce the future risk of running out of landfill capacity. C. Minimize the distance that solid waste is hauled in the County. 3. RESOURCE RECOVERY Solid waste resource recovery (including recycling, composting, .and waste- to-energy) should be encouraged so as to extend the life of sanitary land- fills, reduce the environmental impact of solid waste disposal, and make use of a valuable resource provided that specific resource recovery programs are economically and environmentally desirable. This encouragement should be furthered aggressively by various agencies when approving collection franchises, General Plan and Zoning changes, Permits, and similar actions to: A. Include financial structures that credit a portion of avoided tipping fees to resource recovery activities; B. Identify elements of cost so that constructive consideration can be given to curbside collection of recyclables; and C. Support creative residential, commercial, and industrial ideas that are incentives to resource recovery. D. To include recommendations of the Board of Supervisors Recycling Committee and Hazardous Waste Task Force. 4. ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROLS AT LANDFILLS All landfills shall use the best practicable technology to minimize all adverse environmental impacts. Effective environmental controls should be implemented to control the following impacts including, but not limited to: A. Leachate control B. Landfill gas migration control C. Control of odor production D. Control of vectors E. Control of birds F. Minimization of adverse aesthetic impacts 5. LANDFILL CLOSURE REQUIREMENTS All new landfills proposed in Contra Costa County shall be required to provide financial guarantees adequate to properly close the landfills when operations cease and to ensure that the closed landfills will be maintained in an environmentally safe manner after closure. From the onset, new landfills shall file closure plans detailing the physical characteristics of the fill, and the ultimate configuration and use, to assist in judging the adequacy of the financial guarantees. 6. CONTROL OF WASTE STREAM Those public agencies responsible for the regulation of solid waste collec- tion, transfer, and disposal , should work together to direct the transport and disposal of solid waste to best serve the public interest. These agencies should seek authority to direct solid waste if they do not presently have it; they should maintain this authority if they do presently have it; and they should exercise the authority when it is in the interest of the public to do so. This authority should include the ability to obtain information on the total amount of waste, source (i .e., residential, commercial, etc.) , modes of transport, amount subject to resource recovery, etc. Public agencies should encourage the newest, best available technology be used throughout the solid waste system including residential storage, automatic and semi-automatic collection. 7. FAIR DISPOSAL FEE Fees for the disposal of solid waste should be reasonable to the consumer but should be sufficient to provide a fair rate of return in the case where a landfill is operated by private industry. When competition is not suffi- cient to assure fair and equitable disposal fees, then regulation shall be developed by the responsible public agencies to protect the public interest. Agencies that authorize new or revised disposal programs are encouraged to recover all costs, direct and indirect, associated with the programs. 8. LANDFILL CAPACITY A landfill with sufficient capacity to handle half of the County solid wastestream for 20 years minimum should be acquired, permitted, and placed into operation as soon as possible. Additional landfill capacity sufficient to handle all of the County solid wastestream for a total of 50 years minimum should be actively pursued in order to ensure that the long term solid waste disposal needs of the County are met while appropriate land is still available. 9. IMPORTATION OF SOLID WASTE Because the County is facing a critical shortage of landfill capacity, all new importation of solid waste from other counties shall require an amendment to the County Solid Waste Management Plan. In processing the Solid Waste management Plan amendment, the effects of the solid waste importation should be considered in light of existing County policies. 10. QUALITY OF LIFE Every public agency, in its decision-making role concerning the solid wastestream, should constantly strive to maintain and/or enhance not only the physical environment, but also the psychological, sociological , commu- nity image, and similar quality of life aspects. sw:pol .stmnts.rev3.t1