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alternative method for managing their biosolids wastes, should their current biosolids management methods have to be revised in the future. The disposal of biosolids at the H. M. Holloway Landfill facility would be environmentally superior and would occur under more controlled conditions than other alternatives for biosolids such as land application, composting, or transport to out-of-county facilities. This is due to the reduced air emissions (VOCs) that would be associated with the daily burial of these wastes at the H. M. Holloway Landfill as well as landfill gas capture and flaring. There would also be a reduction in vectors (flies) fro the daily burial of these wastes as the project impact for vectors is less than significant. 6. The Project Would Provide Tipping Fee Revenues By bringing the existing operation under the auspices of a Integrated Waste Management Board Solid Waste Facility Permit, accrual of State Board of Equalization tipping fees would commence for all disposed wastes. Such funds are utilized to fund the California Integrated Waste Management Board's operations. Up to $854,000.00 in such revenues could be realized at full capacity (305 days of operation per year at 2,000 tons per day, $1.40 per ton). 7. Holloway Road/ State Route 46 Improvements The Project will provide for roadway improvements which will improve traffic circulation and traffic safety in the immediate Project vicinity along Holloway Road at a cost of $96,460 to the County and to State Route 46 for temporary deceleration lanes for project traffic at the intersection of Holloway Road and SR 46 until the SR 46 widening project is completed. This will help with traffic safety issues at this intersection_. 8. Take Advantage of Existing Depleted Mine Pits to Use as Disposal Receptacles The depleted mine pits provide a ready disposal receptacle. Utilizing this already existing capacity avoids the environmental impacts of excavating disposal cells in other locations for waste disposal. Utilizing the depleted mine pits for disposal under a Solid Waste Facilities Permit (SFWP) ensures the open pits will be closed at grade and will beneficially use the existing stockpiled mine overburden for daily waste cover and closure. The facility would not need to import soils for cover/closure from off-site sources, which is the case at many landfills. No additional excavation would be needed for borrow material as the overburden from the mine is an existing use and part of the baseline air impacts. 9. AB 939 Diversion Goals If the Project is granted a SWFP not subject to the State's Disposal Reporting System (DRS), or receives an exemption from disposal reporting from the California Integrated Waste Management Board, the Project will not hinder Kern County and incorporated cities to meet their 50 percent diversion requirement as mandated by AB 939 (Integrated Waste Management Act). During the past 12 years, while operating under an exemption from a SWFP and thereby not being subject to the State's DRS, the Project has indirectly not hindered Kern County, as well as incorporated Cities in Kern County, in meeting their diversion goals, by providing a local I non-reporting disposal option for accepted waste streams. An exemption to the DRS will allow this disposal option to continue to be available. 10. Provide the Benefits of a Solid Waste Facility Permit and Associated Land Use Designations 4 Statement of Overriding Considerations—Section 15093 March 15,2016 H.M.Holloway Landfill Modification Project Final Board of Supervisors