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9.0 CAPACITY EXCESS OR SHORTFALL The County currently has no commercial hazardous waste treatment, storage, or disposal facilities. However, Falcon Energy has been granted a 1-year variance to collect and transfer used motor oil prior to shipping it to a recycling facility. Table 9-1 summarizes the needs assessment and capacity excess/deficiency for commercial hazard- ous waste facilities projected for the year 2000. Based on the current capacities of out-of-county TSDFs currently receiving the County's wastes, hazardous wastes will probably continue to be shipped out of the County in the near future. However, it is important to consider the possibility that these out-of-County facilities currently treating these wastes may be forced to reduce the waste quantities they accept from the County. For example, if an out-of--county TSDF faces increasing demands to handle wastes within its own county and is unable to expand its capacity, the County may have to develop other options for managing hazardous wastes. Table 9-2 summarizes the County's needs assessment for the year 2000, assuming that moderate waste minimization is implemented. Implementation of waste reduction, assuming that the two proposed waste management facilities are on line by the year 2000, results in reducing the capacity deficit from 1 ,948 tons to 1 ,477 tons. Table 9-3 compares typical waste quantities for a range of hazardous waste facilities with the projected hazardous waste quantities for the County in the year 2000. In all cases, the waste quantities projected for the year 2000 fall short of these typical waste quantities. It was therefore concluded that, with the exception of transfer stations for SQG wastes, there is currently no need for hazardous waste management facilities in the County. If it is determined in the future (based on the multicounty agreements) that other facilities are PJ9 939 0502D.00D 9-1 Rev. 1 11/08/88