ARCHIVED REPORTS_1996_1 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

M. Environmental Setting,Impacts,and Mitigations A. Land Use,Plans and Policies . solid waste management facilities,and to specify the responsibilities of local governments to develop and implement integrated waste management programs. AB 939 requires a 25 percent diversion from the solid waste strem going to landfills by the year 1995 and 50 percent diversion by the year 2000. Under AB 939,counties in California must prepare a County Integrated Waste Management Plan ( )to replace the County Solid Waste Management plan(CoS ). The C for San Joaquin County is not complete. In the interim,AB 2296,often referred to as the"Gap Bill," specifies procedures for planning, approving,and siting solid waste projects during the transition period when CIWMPs are being developed to replace CoSWMPs as the counties'primary solid waste planning document. Pending approval of the CIVIMP by the CIWMB,no city or county may establish a new or expand an existing solid waste facility which will result in a"significant increase" in the throughput capacity at the facility unless the Local Enforcement Agency )certifies one of the following: • The proposed facility is identified and described in or found to conform with the most recently approved CoS ; • 7be proposed facility has been approved by a double majority within the county(the county and the majority of the cities with the majority of the population in the incorporated areas of the county);or • The proposed facility is a materials recovery facility(MRF)that is designed to recover for reuse or recycling at least 15 percent of the total throughput volume of the facility. County Solid Waste Management Plan(CoS ) The California Solid Waste Management Resource Recovery Act of 1972 required that each County prepare and submit a comprehensive Solid Waste Management Master Plan,with concurrence of a majority of the Cities within the County. The CoSVVMP concludes that future replacement of existing landfills should possibly include expansion of existing sites. The CoSWMP study encourages the collection and use of natural gas at the Austin Road landfill, and calls for the expansion of the Austin Road Landfall during the 1991-2010 period. M.A.18