HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988-05-10 Select Committee (Bee Canyon)COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS
May 10, 1988
M E M O R A N D U M
TO: All Board Members
SUBJECT: Bee Canyon Landfill
of ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
10844 ELLIS AVENUE
P.O. BOX 8127
FOUNTAIN VALLEY. CALIFORNIA 92728-8127
(714) 962-2411
Enclosed for your information please find copies of recent corespondence with
the County of Orange and the City of Irvine regarding our request to have the
County indicate the potential for future sludge disposal at Bee Canyon Landfill
when submitting the permit application to the Regional Water Quality Board.
This is a follow-up of the Executive Committee's discussion at their last
meeting. (See minutes of May 4, 1988 Executive Committee meeting, Item 3.A.)
Please call me if you have any questions.
J. W,lyne Sylvester
Gen 'ral Manager
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Enclosure
,TAT,°" COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS
OF ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
> P.O. BOX 8127, FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CALIFORNIA 92728-8127
:.^•• 9+` 10844 ELLIS, FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CALIFORNIA 92708-7018
pq'"°e COUT, (714) 962-2411
May 5, 1988
HAND DELIVERED
Mr. Frank Bowerman
Director and Chief Engineer
Waste Management Program
General Services Agency
County of Orange
1200 North Main Street, Suite 206
Santa Ana, CA 92701
Subject: RWQCB Application for Bee Canyon Landfill Permit
Dear Frank:
For many years the County Sanitation Districts and the County
of Orange have practiced an integrated program of landfill
co -disposal of municipal wastewater solids residuals and
municipal solid waste at Coyote Canyon. We believe that this
close working relationship has enabled us to efficiently and
effectively manage waste for the benefit of the citizens and
communities that we both serve. Based on current volumes and
the proposed tipping fee, the Sanitation Districts will pay
approximately $3,000,000 per year into the County's Solid Waste
Management Fund. As you know, there are many other benefits
that accrue from landfill co -disposal as well.
It is our understanding that your office will soon file the
Bee Canyon "Application for Facility Permit/Waste Discharge" with
the California Regional Water Quality Control Board. Please
consider this a reiteration of our March 10, 1987 request that
Part IV.A. of said application be checked, indicating the
potential for sludge disposal in the future, but only after
completion of an environmental assessment and Environmental
Impact Report (EIR) in full satisfaction of the terms and
conditions of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the
County and the City of Irvine (see attached). The Districts
fully support the sludge disposal provisions of the MOU between
the County and the City. We believe that our request is
consistent with both the spirit and the letter of the MOU.
COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS
of ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
10844 ELLIS AVENUE
P.O. BOX 8127
FOUNTAIN VALLEY. CALIFOFINIA 92728-8127
(714)962-2411
Mr. Frank Bowerman
May 5, 1988
Page Two
The County Sanitation Districts are continuing to vigorously
pursue other sludge disposal alternatives. For example, we are
presently considering contracts with several private firms for
beneficial reuse of the Districts' sludge. Although we have no
immediate plans to propose sludge disposal at Bee Canyon,
landfill co -disposal has historically proved to be the most
reliable and cost-effective method and, thus, if for no other
reason, is needed as a back-up option in case other disposal
alternatives disappear. Checking the box on the application to
the RWQCB would assure that the Regional Board consider the permit
in a manner so as not to preclude future sludge disposal at Bee
Canyon, should it be proposed and subsequently approved in
accordance with the MOU provisions. The landfill could be
engineered to accept waste under the most favorable conditions and
constructed in an environmentally sound manner in accordance with
the latest technology. Clearly this would be in the best
interests of the citizens of Orange County and the City of Irvine,
with or without sludge.
Please let me know if you would like to meet further or need
additional information to grant favorable consideration to this
request.
JWS:rb
Attachment (1)
cc: Board Members
William Woollett, Jr.
:A��'"���'0. �9 COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS
OF ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
> P.O. BOX 8127, FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CALIFORNIA 92728-8127
10844 ELLIS, FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CALIFORNIA 92708-7018 'v. coo" (714) 962-2411
May 5, 1988
HAND DELIVERED
Mr. William Woollett, Jr.
City Manager
City of Irvine
P. 0. Box 19575
Irvine, CA 92713-9575
Subject: RWQCB Permit Application for Bee Canyon Landfill
Dear Bill:
The purpose of this letter is to advise you of our request to the
County of Orange Waste Management Program office to indicate on
their application to the California Regional Water Quality Control
Board (RWQCB) for a permit to construct and operate the Bee Canyon
Landfill, the potential for sludge disposal. This is not a
request for such disposal but, rather, to indicate that the future
potential is there as set forth in the Memorandum of Understanding
(MOU) between the City and the County of Orange, so that the RWQCB
will take that into account when considering the permit for Bee
Canyon. If sludge disposal is proposed at some time in the
future, it would be only after completion of an environmental
assessment and an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) in full
satisfaction of the terms and conditions of the MOU. We have
fully supported the MOU provisions and our request to the County
is consistent with the spirit and letter of the Memorandum of
Understanding. Attached please find a copy of the relevant
section on the application form with the MOU terms.
The Districts are continuing to pursue other disposal alternatives.
As one example, we are in the process of considering execution of
contracts with several private firms for recycling sludge.
Although we have no immediate plans to propose sludge disposal at
Bee, if for no other reason, a landfill back-up disposal option is
needed in case other disposal alternatives disappear.
Historically, landfill disposal has proven to be the most reliable
method.
COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS
Mr. William Woollett, Jr.
May 5, 1988
Page Two
of ORANGE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
10844 ELLIS AVENUE
P O. BOX 8127
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CALIFORNIA 92728-8127
(7141962-2411
It is for these reasons that the Districts requested that the
County, when applying for an operating permit from the RWQCB for
Bee Canyon Landfill, check the box on the permit application for
waste discharge (Form 200) indicating the potential for future
sewage sludge disposal, but only after full satisfaction of the
terms and conditions of the MOU between the County and Irvine. It
is intended to assure that the Regional Water Quality Control Board
will consider the operating permit in a manner so as not to
preclude sludge disposal at Bee Canyon should it be proposed and
approved some time in the future if the MOU provisions are
satisfied; and require its construction in an environmentally sound
manner in accordance with the latest technology. It would be in
the best interests of the residents of Irvine, with or without
sludge. If the County proceeds as proposed by the Districts, we
have offered to provide funding assistance for the construction of
the Bee Canyon Landfill to assure that these goals are achieved.
As you know, a major consideration by the Sanitation Districts'
Boards of Directors in agreeing to form new County Sanitation
District 14 to serve the Irvine community was based largely upon
recognition of the benefits to the community of Irvine of allowing
for the conveyance of sewage and industrial waste from Irvine to
the Districts' regional treatment and disposal facilities in'
Fountain valley and Huntington Beach, and the reciprocal benefit
to the Orange County community -at -large of continuing co -disposal
of the community's wastewater residuals at Irvine's landfills. In
furtherance of that philosophy, the Sanitation Districts' Boards
of Directors, since approving formation of District 14, have also
authorized acceptance of sludge from the Irvine wastewater
treatment plant to the Sanitation Districts' joint treatment and
disposal facilities. Certainly, this exemplifies the cooperative
spirit that prevails between our respective agencies that helps
enable us to best serve the interests of our citizens.
I look forward to continuing to work with you and your staff on
this and other issues of mutual interest. Please let me know if
you need additional information or would like to meet to further
discuss this matter.
JWS:rb
Attachment (1)
cc: Board Members
Mr. Frank Bowerman
Sinc 71y,
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD
DEPARTMENT OF KEALTH SERVICES
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SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT BOARD
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DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY
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APPLICATION FOR
FACILITY PERMIT/WASTE DISCHARGE
This form is to be used for filing a/an: (check all appropriate)
1. n REPORT OF WASTE DISCHARGE
(pursuant to Division 7 of the State Water Code)
2. APPLICATION FOR A HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITY PERMIT
(pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 25200)
3. APPLICATION FOR A SOLID WASTE FACILITIES PERMIT
(pursuant to Government Code Section 66796.30)
4. APPLICATION FOR A RUBBISH DUMP PERMIT
(pursuant to Public Resources Code Sections 4371-4375 and 4438)
FOR OFFICE USE ONLY
Form 200 Rec'd
Fee (RWQCB) (SWM8)_
Letter to Discharger
Report Rec'd
Effective Date
CDF Notified
DOHS No.
SWMB No.
I. FACILITY
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II. REASON FOR FILING
C"KCK 161 A.►Ro.RIATS:
A. New discharge or -facility
B. Existing discharge or facility
C. Increase in quantity of discharge
0. Change in character of discharge
E. Change in place or method of disposal
F. Change in design or operation
III. TYPE OF OPERATION
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G. Change in business operating facility
H. Enlargement of existing facility
I. Other (explain below)
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Transfer station D. Sewage treatment G. Woodwaste site
B. H Solid waste disposal site E. ( Industry (on -site disposal facility) H. Other (explain below)
C. Hazardous waste disposal site F. Industry (discharge to sewer)
IV. TYPE OF WASTE
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A X Sewage. sewage sludge, a�d/or E. Agricultural wastes I. n Inert materials
I X septic tanK pUmping5
3. Industrial wastes F. Animal wastes J. r Dead animals
C. ��—I Municioal.solid Wastes G. Forest product wastes K. Tires
0. L Hazardous wastes H. Li Constructionldemolition wastes L. Other (explain below)
%Potential for sludge disposal in�tle future, but only after environmental assessment & EIR
in full satisfaction of conditions of MOU between Orange County & City of Irvine (attached)
V. SITE DESIGN CAPACITY
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FORM 200 (REv. sl.o) (OVER)
5/04/88
EXCERPT
from
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
between
THE CITY OF IRVINE
and
THE COUNTY OF ORANGE
REGARDING THE BEE CANYON LANDFILL
"4. Refuse Composition and Toxicity:
a. This Agreement supersedes Orange County Resolution No. 81-1106 to the
extent that, not only sludge treatment, but also the drying, mixing or
dumping of sludge will be prohibited, unless and until the County shall
have fully complied with the provisions of the California
Environmental Quality Act with respect thereto, including but not
limited to preparation of a new Environmental Assessment and
Environmental Impact Report, with the City of Irvine serving as a
responsible agency, and further provided that:
(1) Any sludge dumped on the site shall be disposed of at a solid to
liquid ratio of ten to one;
(2) All sludge to be dumped will be treated so as to achieve a toxicity
content no greater than other materials which may be lawfully
disposed of in the landfill;
(3) The City of Irvine will receive copies of all toxicity reports on
sludge to be disposed of on the site; and,
(4) The operating agency will explore and implement technological
advances as they develop so as to further reduce the hazards
relating to sludge disposal on the site.
(5) That any sludge dumped on the site will be counted in the daily
tonnage limit stipulated in Section D.2., below."