HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 95-61RESOLUTION NO. 95-61
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY
REGARDING REQUEST FOR ELIMINATION OF
SHREDDING REQUIREMENT FROM THE
SAN MARCOS LANDFILL PERMIT
WHEREAS, the Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) issued
a permit to the County for the expansion of the San Marcos Landfill in January of 1992,
which did not impose any requirement that any portion of waste be reduced to size of
four inches or less; and
WHEREAS, the County agreed to all of the conditions in the permit issued
by the Regional Board and presented substantial evidence that the design as approved by
the Regional Board was protective of the beneficial uses of the waters of the State; and
WHEREAS, the discharge requirements were appealed to the State Water
Resources Control Board and as a result the State Board conducted a workshop to assess
the need for additional requirements; and
WHEREAS, during the workshop it became known that the separately
permitted NCRRA facility was going to produce shredded waste; and
WHEREAS, the San Marcos Landfill and the NCRRA facility were and still
are two separate solid waste management entities which were designed independently at
different times and were never intended to rely on one another; and
WHEREAS, the State Board decided to include Condition B. Discharge
Specification #16 of Order 92-02 in the permit to operate the San Marcos Landfill which
states that "upon commencement of operation of the landfill's recycling center, at least
75 percent of all waste disposed at the site shall be no greater than four inches in size";
and
WHEREAS, a Technical Report has been submitted to the RWQCB which
demonstrates that as a result of the many engineering containment features installed at the
San Marcos Landfill that the removal of the shredding requirement would have no
adverse impact on the beneficial uses of the waters of the State; and
WHEREAS, to our knowledge there is no landfill operation in the United
States where shredding of municipal solid waste of this magnitude is a discharge
requirement; and
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WHEREAS, the cost associated with running the NCRRA facility has
created economic distress to the San Diego Solid Waste System which therefore requires
the County to close the facility and stop running the shredders, or the region may be
faced with closure of the landfill and the subsequent exportation of waste.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City
of National City strongly supports the request to eliminate Condition B. Discharge
Specification, #16 from Order 92-02 which would allow the San Marcos landfill to
operate without the requirement that all waste disposed of at the site shall be no greater
than four inches in size.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 9th day of May, 1995.
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George H. aters, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Lof Anne Peoples, City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Linda Kaye Harr
Assistant City Attorney