HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 02251992 - 1.35 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: J. MICHAEL WALFORD, PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR
DATE: February 25, 1992
SUBJECT: Beneficial Use of Sewage Sludge on Contra Costa County-Byron Airport Land
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDAnON(S) &BACKGROUND AND JUMRCATION
I. Recommended Action:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Public Works Director to sign an Application for Facility
Permit/Waste Discharge on behalf of Contra Costa County.
II. Financial Impact:
The Airport will receive $60,000 per year in revenues.
III. Reasons for Recommendations and Bac round:
Future-Tech Environmental Services is interested in leasing approximately 300 acres at the corner
of Byron Hot Springs Road and Holey Road, and 120 acres to the south of the Hot Springs to
apply stabilized sludge on the Byron Airport site property as a fertilizer and soil amendment. This
would provide a beneficial use, as sewage sludge contains plant nutrients (mainly in the form of
nitrogen), increases the water-holding capacity of soil and makes the soil easier to till. Sludge will
be applied to the two parcels and grazing grasses for cattle will be planted. The application would
not affect jurisdictional wetlands and would require no involvement of the Corps of Engineers, the
Fish and Wildlife Service, or any other resource agency requiring cooperation to obtain permits for
the airport development project. Prior to application of any sludge on airport property, a separate
lease agreement and grazing management plan will be entered into by the County and Future-Tech.
These agreements will be brought to the Board of Supervisors at a later date.
Continued on Attachment: SIGNATURE:
_RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE (S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON V F 8 2 5 1.4.q 2 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT )
AYES: NOES:
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: 1 hereby certify that this Is a true and correct copy of
an action taken and entered on the minutes of the
TW:rs Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
c:6o\25.t2 ATTESTED: FFR 2.5 1992
PHIL BATCHELOR,Clerk of the Board
Orig Div: Airports of Supervisors and County Administrator
cc: County Administrator n ,
Public Works Director By -290 n �., � �►. ,Deputy
Public Works Accounting
Auditor/Controller
Aviation Advisory Committee
Federal Aviation Administration
Future-Tech Environmental Services