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FROM: Supervisor Tom Torlakson Contra
Supervisor Tom Powers COSta
DATE: December 20, 1988 County
SUBJECT: REVIEW OF CONSEQUENCES OF TRANSFER OF THE ACME FILL
WASTESTREAM TO ANTIOCH GBF AND RICHMOND SITES
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECO0949NDED ACTION:
(1) Direct the County Administrator and the Community
Development Department to review the consequences of the transfer of
the Acme Fill wastestream to the Antioch GBF and Richmond Sanitary
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(2 ) Request the operators of GBF, Richmond Sanitary and
Acme Fill to submit a closure plan as soon as possible to the Solid
Waste Commission for approval.
,. ( 3 ) Direct staff to return with a report so the Board can
consider further .work, city input and committee referrals.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: With the pending closure of Acme
Fill, it is clear a great proportion of the Acme wastestream will be
transferred to the Antioch -landfill site. A significant amount will
also be transferred to the Richmond site. These transfers will have
numerous significant impacts. These impacts represent both. a
challenge and an opportunity for the Board._of.�-Supervisors to
demonstrate how a landfill site can be. and should be operated in an
environmentally appropriate manner.
As a Board, we have indicated that we want new landfill
activities to be operated at the "state-of-the-art" . Odors, dust,
ltter, road impacts by trucks, adequate cover material and complete
daily coverage of the trash are some of the very important issues that
must be addressed. They should be and must be addressed in these
transfer situations to the Antioch and Richmond sites. The volume of
garbage to Antioch may nearly triple. Therefore, the potential for
greatly increased impacts on the surrounding community increases
dramatically. If most of the cover material has to be imported by
trucks, the traffic impacts and road impacts will be all the greater.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
"'APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON December 20. 1933 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER X
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The-Board approved the above recommendations after deleting the portions which have
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VOTE O.F=SUPERVISORS
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT III & III ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
cc: County Administrator ATTESTED December 20. 1933
Health Services Director Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of
Community Development supervisors and CountyAdmin'istrat"
M3e2/7-e3 BY DEPUTY
Transfer of Acme Fill Wastestream
December 20, 1988
Page TWO
Another issue which the Board of Supervisors has seriously
supported is that of "host community" mitigation. The cities and the
public are watching to see how serious we are about taking care of
communities that will bear the burden of taking the county' s garbage.
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Additionally, there is the issue of closure plans and the
adequate funding of appropriate plans--ones that are environmentally
responsible and fully satisfactory to the neighboring communities and
cities. The closures must be visually attractive and safe. Has the
funding been guaranteed and what is the schedule for financing the
plans and having public input to them? Has a dedicated account been
set up? We should ask the City of Antioch and the City of Richmond
and the operators what their cost estimates and proposed funding
mechanisms are. In the Antioch case, for instance, If there is only
approximately one million tons of capacity left, there is not much
opportunity to collect surcharges to pay for mitigations--perhaps only
one year in terms of time. Time is running out.
Last, but not least, the same kind of closure information
needs to be obtained regarding Acme itself.
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