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Home My WebLink AboutMINUTES - 04011986 - 2.2 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA Adopted this Order on April 1 , 1986 , by the following vote: AYES: Supervisors Fanden, Schroder, McPeak, Torlakson, Powers NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None SUBJECT: Landfill Projects Processing Schedule The Board received a memorandum dated March 27, 1986 from Anthony A. Dehaesus, Director of Community Development, (attached hereto and by reference incorporated herein) relating to the status of applications for landfill sites and the process to be followed in consideration of these applications. IT IS BY THE BOARD ORDERED that receipt of the aforesaid report is ACKNOWLEDGED. cc: Community Development Director County Administrator 1 hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown. ATTESTED: �A--ZZ /, /9A!6 PHIL BAT ELOR, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors and County Administrator 13y Deputy CONTRA COSTA COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO: Phil Batchelor, DATE: March 27, 1986 County Administrato FROM: Anthony A. Dehaesus,1 SUBJECT: Landfill Project Director of Communi ev lopment Processing Schedule The Board of Supervisors, on March 11, 1986, requested a report from the Director of Community Development on: 1. The anticipated schedule for hearing and considering the Environmental Impact Reports and applications (entitlements) for the Kirker Pass Waste Management Landfill , the Central Landfill , and the East Contra Costa Sanitary Landfill projects. 2. • The progress of the County Solid Waste Commission's recent educational program, and its expectation for conducting public workshops on refuse disposal in advance of the time that decisions can be made on the projects. In addition to responses to these two referrals, this memorandum includes a progress report on the status of the Southeast County Landfill Siting Study. APPLICATION PROCESSING SCHEDULE The attached flow chart is a proposed schedule for the County Planning Commis- sion to hear and make decisions on the three private sector landfill applica- tions prior to Board of Supervisors' consideration. The schedule begins on February 4th with the filing of the Notice of Completion (with the State Clear- inghouse) for the Kirker Pass Waste Management Landfill 's Environmental Impact Report and it extends to a Planning Commission decision date for all three projects' local planning entitlements (approvals and permits) on September 30th. Projects approved by the Planning Commission would then be transmitted to the Board of Supervisors for hearings and final decisions. The flow chart also anticipates that the County Solid Waste Commission would consider amendments to the County Solid Waste Management Plan for all three projects on a schedule parallel to that of the Planning Commission. The schedule is based on these principles: 1. The three private sector projects will receive individual attention at the beginnings of their respective public reviews. Each applicant will have the opportunity to present his project to the Planning Commission and to the public at an initial hearing where it is the sole landfill to be considered. Phil Batchelor 2. March 27, 1986 2. Planning Commission, and Solid Waste Commission, determinations on the individual projects will not be made until information on all three has been developed and their roles in a long-term countywide refuse collection and disposal system have been evaluated. The schedule would enable project decisions to be made in a "systems" context. 3. The processing of local planning entitlements by the County Planning Commission will be coordinated with the consideration of Solid Waste Management Plan amendments by the County Solid Waste Commission. In addition to on-going coordination, the schedule proposes a Joint Commissions' work session after the projects have been heard and before decisions (recommendations to the Board) have been made. 4. The consideration of Environmental Impact Reports for individual projects will be separated from the consideration of the project's other local planning entitlements. EIRs are neutral disclosure documents. The schedule not only indicates that EIR review hearings will be separated from approval hearings, but that the EIRs are expected to be certified substantially ahead of the other local planning entitlements. 5. To the extent feasible, landfill EIRs and entitlements will be considered at special Planning Commission hearings. This is intended to provide adequate time for information to be presented and considered at the hearings. The flow chart depicts the minimum number of hearings that would be required to process the landfill applications. It can accommodate some continuances but others would extend the indicated time. SUBSEQUENT PROCESSING ACTIONS Following a decision by the Board of Supervisors, several actions would have to occur before a landfill could be developed. The major of these are: 1. Approval of the applicable Solid Waste Management Plan amendment by a majority, of the County's cities and the California Waste Management Board. 2. Approval of the landfill 's design by the Regional Water Quality Control Board. 3. Issuance of a Authority to Construct (and, later to operate) "permit" by the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. Phil Batchelor 3. March 27, 1986 4. Issuance of a Solid Waste Facilities Permit (operations permit) by the County Health Services Department, with agreement by the California Waste Management Board. 5. Compliance with various conditions of approval , including off-site improvement plans, district annexations, and service and financing agreements. Obtaining them would take several months under the most favorable of circum- stances. SOLID WASTE COMMISSION EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS In response to a need for the Commission to provide recommendations to the Board of Supervisors on future major solid waste decisions, the Solid Waste Commission requested staff to develop a series of Solid Waste Educational Sessions. The educational sessions were designed for the Solid Waste Commission members, other elected officials, and public agency staff. Although open to the public, the educational sessions were not noticed as such and few of the "general public" attended. The following topics were discussed over seven sessions held from August through December of 1985. Solid waste quantities. The "players" involved in solid waste and their roles. The basics of solid waste sanitary landfills. Three existing landfills. Three privately-proposed landfills. Transfer stations. Resource recovery (two sessions) . Wrap-up. If the Board of Supervisors feels there is a need for education/outreach for the general public, the Solid Waste Commission would be an appropriate vehicle to provide this service. A condensed version of the educational sessions could be developed with an emphasis on the landfill siting issues. The Solid Waste Commission has expressed the willingness to assist the Board on these types of matters. The most effective time to conduct these sessions would be after the Planning Commission has received testimony on the private sector landfill applications but before recommendations have been made to the Board of Super- visors (see flow chart) . Phil Batchelor 4. March 27, 1986 SOUTHEAST COUNTY LANDFILL SITING STUDY The Board of Supervisors authorized this Study on December 10, 1985 upon recom- mendation of the Solid Waste Commission. The Solid Waste Commission and the Commission's Technical Advisory Committee were designated by the Board to act as an advisory body for the Study. The purpose of the Southeast County Landfill Siting Study is to identify poten- tial landfill sites as a backup to the three privately-proposed landfill appli- cations. Four potential landfill sites have been identified in the southeast area of Contra Costa County. This area was specifically chosen because of its remoteness to population centers. The Study is a reconnaissance level study. Although completely separate from the 1984-85 Central Contra Costa Sanitary District Study, it uses a similar approach. It is not intended to develop information comparable to available on the three privately-proposed landfill sites (each of the three privately-proposed landfill sites has spent several hundreds of thousands of dollars on various studies leading to the submittal of the permit application) . The total budget for the Southeast County Landfill Siting Study is $54,326 for four sites. The consulting firm of Brown, Vance & Associates, who were the lead consultants on the Central Costa County Sanitary District/ County Study, have been retained to perform the Study. The basic data gathering has been completed for all four sites. A draft final report will be issued in mid-April . A public meeting has been scheduled at the Antioch Community Center on the evening of Wednesday, April 23, 1986. The final report is expected to be received in May. 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