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AGENDA

Meeting Date: July 25, 2018 Item Number: 17.C. Subject: Public Hearing on the Application for Waste Material Management and Disposal Filed by Shoosmith Brothers, Inc. to Use a Quarry as a Solid Waste Landfill County Administrator's Comments: County Administrator:__________________________________________ Board Action Requested: Staff requests the Board to hold a public hearing to consider an application filed by Shoosmith Brothers, Inc. for waste material management and disposal approval, and following the public hearing, to vote on the application, applying the criteria for approval contained in Section 11-95 of the County Code.  

Summary of Information: Shoosmith Bros, Inc. has applied for approval of its proposed design and operational plans for a landfill cell, Cell 28, in a quarry adjacent to its existing solid waste landfill. Shoosmith’s conditional use permit, approved by a previous Board in 1997, requires Shoosmith to apply for and receive the Board’s approval of its proposed design and operational plans for the quarry landfill by following the process outlined in Article VIII of Chapter 11 of the County Code. The Board has opted to hold a public hearing on Shoosmith’s application to receive citizens comments. Preparer: Clay Bowles Title: Director of General Services 112872.1 Attachments:

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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Page 2 of 2 AGENDA Staff has reviewed Shoosmith’s application and engaged the services of the engineering firm of Golder Associates, Inc. to perform an expert technical review of the application. Staff concurs with the findings of the review completed by Golder (See attached). Additionally, the Department of Public Utilities advises that the application proposes a Leachate Management Plan for the quarry landfill that is inconsistent with the requirements of Shoosmith’s wastewater discharge permit from the County. Approval of the application is governed by Section 11-95 of the County Code, which stipulates that the Board of Supervisors shall not grant approval of this application unless the Board has made both of the following determinations:

(a) The proposed quarry landfill poses no substantial present or potential danger to the health, safety or welfare of any person; and (b) The proposed quarry landfill poses no substantial present or potential danger to the environment.

Staff recommends, in light of Golder’s technical review and the County’s staff review, that the Board decline to grant approval of the application because, in staff’s opinion, the Board cannot reasonably make the determinations set out in Section 11-95.