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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 06141988 - S.5 To: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra FROM: Supervisor Tom Powers Costa DATE: June 14, 1988 County SUBJECT: Reclassification of Richmond Sanitary Landfill SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECO144ENDATION: That the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County opposes the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board' s (SFBRWQCB) proposed reclassification of the Richmond Sanitary Landfill (RSL) which would prevent RSL from accepting auto shredder waste without special segregation and management. BACKGROUND: Richmond Sanitary Service currently accepts auto shredder waste which the California Legislature has specifically declared as non-hazardous for purposes of disposal . In addition, the California Department of Health Services has determined that shredder waste does not pose a threat to the public .health. Continuous monitoring at RSL has shown that this ,particular wa8te is not an environmental hazard as - it is currently handled. Auto shredder waste is that small percentage of non-metallic material that is not recycled when junked and abandoned cars are recycled for their scrap metal . Auto shredding is a very effective and efficient waste reduction/recycling method which rids our communities of unwanted car bodies by shredding them for reuse as raw material . The shredding of abandoned and junked vehicles is critical to any comprehensive abandoned vehicle abatement program. Without an ability to recycle these auto shells, there will likely an exacerbated abandoned vehicle problem throughout Contra Costa County. The two companies that currently shred all of the abandoned and junked cars in Northern California (approximately 18,000 to 20,000 per month) use the Richmond Sanitary Landfill as their sole repository for auto shredder waste. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENTS YES SIGNATURES RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURE(S) ACTION OF BOARD ON June 14. 1988 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X _ OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS X _ UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) 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: SFBRWQCB ATTESTED IV /?Jf Community Development P91 Batchelor, Clerk of the Board County Administrator of Supervisors and County .Administrz M392/7•e3 BY ✓ DEPUTY