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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
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