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i a ®r_ 77 � f very non-porous soil,we do not think there will ever be a contamination P problem. We weren't required to construct the leachate collection and removal • • system,but took that extra step to make sure the groundwater doesn't become contaminated.The entire system will cost approximately$9 million,includ- ing S1 million for the first phase.While the leachate collection and removal system represents about 8 percent of the total landfill cost,the county believes this extra expense is justified because it provides maximum protection to the environment and diminishes the potential for future problems. The recycling portion of our development is intended to comply with state law requiring a 25 percent reduction in waste by 1995 and a 50 percent reduction by the year 2000.Agencies that fail to meet this deadline could be i fined up to$10,000 per day. I Our recycling center is scheduled to open early this year in a 65,000 square-foot building.A series of paved roads will direct commercial haulers and the general public to specific locations inside the facility where they will dump their waste on a sorting floor.At first,personnel will sort out cardboard, error scrap metal,glass,tires and wood waste by hand.This work will ultimately erre a erre , rer , rr a rr rr be done with conveyor belts and machines. What makes the site unique is our ability to check all refuse for material that can be recycled.This approach is going to be copied all over the United 1; States;we already are getting calls and visits because of this feature. 1 ■ ng Cost Control "Waste Management "—from page 13 ' n rl nes wo the only multicounty solid waste planning agency in California. The bi-county area has a combined population of 125,000,split roughly m DesignPhaset 50-50,with an edge to Sutter County.The two counties share the Yuba Cit}/ Marysville urbanized area of 60,000 residents.The remainder of the popu- 0 uonstructionManagement lation is widely scattered throughout the unincorporated area and the cities of Live Oak(4,300)and Wheatland(1,600). N Claims Resolution The area is served by a single, franchised residential and commercial waste hauler—Yuba-Sutter Disposal Inc. (YSDI). YSDI, a subsidiary of Norcal Waste Systems Inc.,also owns and operates the largest of the four Among Our Projects permitted landfills in the area. Norwalk-El Segundo Rail Transit Project Even before AB 939,the bi-county jurisdictions and YSDI were actively Oxnard Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion developing waste diversion programs to extend the life of the existing landfill. San Francisco Clean Water Program As a result of this effort,a large scale material recovery facility(MRF)was Los Angeles Central Library renovation and expansion placed into operation in May 1990. In addition to the MRF, the authority San Francisco General Hospital sponsored the development of a permanent household hazardous waste Port of Los Angeles San Francisco International Airport collection,recycling and transfer facility which has been in operation since Guadalupe Corridor Light Rail System April.Both of these facilities serve all residents of the bi-county area and form Santa Clara County Hall of Justice the foundation for all future AB 939 programs.The new AB 939 plan is,of Contra Costa West County Justice Center course,being prepared on a bi-county basis. Mountain View Civic Center Many programs will be implemented or expanded upon as a result of AB Santa Clara Valley Medical Center 939,but the real workhorse for meeting the waste diversion mandates in Yuba San Jose Convention Center and Sutter counties is the MRF.AB 939 requires that each jurisdiction divert San Francisco Library from landfills—through any combination of permitted activities—at least 25 percent of their waste stream by 1995 and 50 percent by 2000.The Yuba- San Francisco (415)777-0188 Sutter MRF is already accounting for approximately half of the current 20 Los Angeles(818)907-6666 percent diversion of the bi-county's waste while operating only one shift five San Jose (408)971-6770 days a week. San Diego (619)458-5805 Y Phoenix(602)230-7125 The MRF is owned by YSDI and located at its landfill in Marysville.The full-scale, mixed-waste processing facility has the capacity to remove ex- ®Lorien—Kreitzberg tremely large volumes of recoverable materials from the waste. During Professional Construction Managers see"Wade Management '—page 25 January/February 1992 Callonda County 15