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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 02141989 - 2.8 Q TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FROM: Harvey E. Bragdon Contra Director of Community Development Costa DATE: February 6, 1989 County SUBJECT: Review of 1989 County Solid Waste Management Plan Revision ' I`� SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION 1. Review County Solid Waste Commission recommendation concerning Central and South County transfer stations for inclusion in Plan Revision. 2 . Accept February 14, 1989 County Solid waste Management Plan for use in preparing the Environmental Impact Report for the Plan, modified as necessary after discussion of Recommendation #1 . FINANCIAL IMPACT Cost for preparation of the County Solid Waste Management Plan is funded through a tipping tee assessed to landfill operators. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND In accordance with the Solid Waste Disposal Facility Implementation Schedule staff has authorized the commencement of an Environmental Impact Report for the County Solid Waste Management Plan. The previous version of the Plan (dated October 14, 1988 ) needs to be revised pursuant to discussions with the California Waste Management Board to further document eight years of . landfill capacity- and to include- updated information. The maor or changes to te Plan were as ollows: 1 . A new policy statement calling for fair compensation to communities who received diverted waste. This policy is to apply for the diversion of the Acme Fill wastestream to East and West County. The solid waste Commission recommended inclusion of this -policy. 2. The inclusion of a policy statement calling for reciprocal rights for future disposal in Contra Costa County for counties granting our County export agreements. 3 . Specific inclusion of a future West County transfer station and deletion of the West County Agency waste-to-energy project, except for historical perspective. 4. A specific definition and map of the Kelle C y n Landfill replacing they Central-Supersite. X CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT; YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOM EN A ON BOA COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S): ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER The Board approved the above recommendations, with Supervisor Torlakson noting for _the record his objection to the one aspect of the report which deals with the Board previously voting on consensus around the Super Site. The Board accepts all but one modification to the Plan, authorizes its use in preparing theEIR, determines not to accept the recommendation from the Solid Waste Commission with respect to the Central and South County transfer station, and requests that this issue be brought back to the Board at a later date. VOTE OF SUPERVISORS 1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: � �� OAND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT; �ASTNEINS' : OF SUPERVISORS ONTHEDATE SHOWN. CC: Community Development (Orig. Dept . ) ATTESTED FEBFE 14 County Administrator PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF Solid Waste Commission SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR HEB:DO j 16: swc.brd BY DEPUTY M382/7-83 5. Inclusion of waste export agreements with Solano and Alameda Counties in order to meet the eight-year landfill disposal capacity requirement. 6 . Explanation of proposed solid waste export agreements with other counties and the determination that export agreements are consistent with the Plan. 7 . Updated 1988 wastestream data and updated landfill capacities. An issue needing resolution by the Board concerns the specificity of inclusion of Central and South County transfer stations as a backup to the proposed permanent Acme Fill Transfer Station. The Solid Waste Commission recommends that the following language be included in the Plan added to page 5-5, after mention of the Acme Fill Transfer Station. These two section would replace the last paragraph of the section entitled "ACME FILL TRANSFER STATION" and the third paragraph of the section entitled ''FUTURE TRANSFER STATIONS" . CENTRAL COUNTY TRANSFER STATION A transfer station may be constructed by Central County public agencies as a backup in the event that the Acme Fill Transfer Station is not constructed. The specific location of the transfer station has not been finalized. The transfer station is expected to handle part of the wastestream now going to the Acme Fill Interim Transfer Station. The transfer station will be required to include facilities for recycling and household hazardous waste collection. This Central County transfer station, as a backup to the Acme Fill Permanent Transfer Station would be consistent with this Plan. SOUTH COUNTY TRANSFER STATION A transfer station may be constructed by South County public agencies. The specific location of the transfer station has not been finalized, but locations in South County would be considered. The transfer station is expected to handle part of the wastestream now going to the Acme Interim Transfer Station. The transfer station will be required to include facilities for recycling and household hazardous waste collection. This South County transfer station would be consistent with this Plan. The intent of the Commission is to be more specific about plans for a backup transfer station should the Acme Fill Permanent Transfer Station not be constructed. These changes were recommended to the Commission by the Central Contra Costa Sanitary District. Staff felt that the wording in the 1988 Solid Waste Plan was adequate to provide for another transfer station is the Acme Fill Permanent Transfer Station was not constructed. Additionally, the Solid Waste Commission' s wording for the South County Transfer Station is stronger than the original language. staff ' s f intent with the original language was to give preference to the Acme Fill Transfer Station to receive South County waste, but recognizing that economics or future location of new landfills may result in a need for re-evaluation of a South County transfer station. After the Board reviews this Plan and modifies it, if necessary, the Plan will be used by the Environmental Impact Report consultants to prepare the draft Environmental Impact Report for the Plan. This Plan will also be shared with the California Waste Management Board staff for their review and comment. Changes can be made to the Plan during the environmental review process but it is important to remember that any major changes to the Plan that could result in a change in environmental impacts may result in the need to revise the Environmental Impact Report as it is being processed. This could cause delay in the process, therefore staff wishes to get all major concerns raised at this time. 1.