Res 95-029RESOLUTION NO. 95-029
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF POWAY, CALIFORNIA
REQUESTING THAT THE REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD
ELIMINATE THE SHREDDING REQUIREMENT
IMPOSED UPON THE SAN MARCOS LANDFILL
WHEREAS, the Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB)issued a permit
to the County of San Diego 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 the 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, 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 NCRP~A facility has created
economic distress to the San Diego Solid Waste System which therefore requires
the closure of the facility and that we stop running the shredders, or we may
be faced with closure of the landfill and the subsequent exportation of waste.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED that the Poway City Council
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.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Poway, State of
California this 9th day of May, 1995.
ATTEST:
Don Higgins~yor
Marjorie~(. Wahlsten, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
) SSo
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
I, Marjorie K. Wahlsten, City Clerk of the City of Poway, do hereby
certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing Resolution No. 95-029 was
duly adopted by the City Council at a meeting of said City Council held on the
9th day of May , 1995, and that it was so adopted by the following
vote:
AYES: CAFAGNA, CALLERY, EMERY, REXFORD, HIGGINSON
NOES: NONE
ABSTAIN: NONE
ABSENT: NONE
Marjorie )~,. Wahlsten, City Clerk
City of poWay