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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Solid Waste Commission Contra
Costa
DATE'. April 20, 1988 County
SUBJECT: Authorize letter to California Waste Management Board requesting a time "`
extension for resubmittal of the County Solid Waste Management Plan
Revision.
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION
Authorize the Chair to execute a letter to the California Waste Management Board
requesting a 'one-year time extension for resubmittal of the County Solid Waste
Management Plan revision.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
None
REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION%BACKGROUND
The Solid Waste Commission, at its April 20, 1988 meeting, voted unanimously to
recommend that the Board of Supervisors request the California Waste Management
Board (CWMB) grant the County a one-year time extension for resubmittal of the
County Solid Waste Management Plan Revision. When the CWMB disapproved the Plan
Revision on January 13, 1988, the County was given until May 13, 1988 to revise
the revision, approve it (including the cities) , and resubmit the Plan to the
CWMB. Many questions, issues- and options remain unanswered and unaddressed.
The. Commission felt that these should be considered before an adequate plan
revision could be prepared and submitted to the State. The letter to the CWMB
will explain the current situation in Contra. Costa County concerning landfill
siting.
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RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
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ACTION OF BOARD ON O / 7 S APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED !i OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
_ UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
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ABSENT: ABSTAIN: �� OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
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PHIL BATCHEL R, CLE/RK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY DEPUTY
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Phil Batchelor
Tho Board of Supervisors Contra Clerk of the Board
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County Administration Building County Administrator
651 Pine St., Room 106 (415)646-2371
Martinez, California 94553 County
Tom Powers,1st District
Nancy C.Fanden,2nd District
Robert I.Schroder,3rd District
Sunne Wright McPeak 4th District
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May 10, 1988
Sherman E. Roodzant, Chairman
California Waste Management Board
1020 - 9th St. , Suite 300
Sacramento, CA 95814
Dear Mr. Roodzant:
On January 13, 1988, the Waste Management Board disapproved Contra Costa
County's Solid Waste Management Plan. Your Board found the plan revision
deficient in several areas, the most important area being the inability to
satisfy the eight-year disposal capacity requirement. Your Board directed
our County to resubmit a plan revision with modifications that would be
subject to the requirements of the California Administrative Code, which
requires that a plan revision, with city and Board of Supervisors approval ,
be submitted within 120 days from the date of disapproval . At this point in
time we find .that we will not be able to meet the 120 day deadline of May
13, 1988, and hereby request that the Waste Management Board grant a one
year time extension to Contra Costa County to allow for preparation and
resubmittal of a plan revision.
The Board of Supervisors remain deadlocked over the two privately proposed
landfill sites (the East Contra Costa Sanitary Landfill and the Kirker Pass
Waste Management Landfill ) with a 2-2 vote. Because of a possible conflict
of interest, one supervisor has abstained from voting on any matters related
to this issue until further clarification can be obtained from the Fair
Political Practices Commission.
Because of the current dilemma over the siting of a landfill , the Board of
Supervisors has asked the County Solid Waste Commission and County staff to
explore all possible alternatives that might allow the County to meet the
landfill capacity requirement. One of these alternatives includes a request
of County landfill operators to investigate the feasibility of expanding
landfills now in operation. Analysis is underway by the operators and
answers are expected within the next two months.
The County Solid Waste Commission, under Board direction, is currently
considering the alternative to include various landfill sites in the Solid
Waste Management Plan as tentatively reserved sites. This issue has been
discussed at the Commission's last two meetings and will be discussed
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further during their upcoming meeting in May. Many questions have been
raised regarding CEQA implications as a result of including landfill sites
as tentatively reserved sites in the Solid Waste Plan. County staff is
researching the answers to these various questions that have been raised.
Another alternative that is being pursued is to obtain an export agreement
with Alameda County to obtain adequate landfill capacity for Contra Costa
County. An application for waste import has been submitted to Alameda
County. The County will be involved in these negotiations. These
negotiations will begin soon and it is estimated that they may take
approximately six to nine months to complete. This alternative seems to be
the most feasible at this point in time.
Due to the various unanswered questions involved with each alternative being
considered and the length of time needed to execute an alternative once one
is selected, the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County requests that
the California Waste Management Board grant a one year extension to allow
adequate time to thoroughly investigate all alternatives in order to prepare
an adequate plan revision for resubmittal to your Board.
If you have any questions please contact David Okita at (415) 646-2071.
Very truly yours,
Robert I . Schroder, Chair
Board of Supervisors