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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adopt Resolution No. 9dZ-$?d approving the site identification and description of
Encina Composting facility for inclusion in the County Solid Waste Management P
ITEM EXPLANATION:
The Encina Wastewater Authority (EWA) is a public agency that operates
administers the Encina Water Pollution Control Facility (EWPCF). The EWPC
located in Carlsbad and provides wastewater treatment services to over a quarter
million North San Diego County residents. The facility serves the Cities of Carlsbad
Vista, Buena Sanitation District, Vallecitos Water District, Leucadia County W
District, Encinitas Sanitary District, and various septic system users within and oul
of the EWA service area.
The sewage treatment process generates sludge which must be disposed of thrc
landfilling or recycling. The EWA now recycles approximately 95% of the slud;
generates through land application or composting. However, none of the coni
alternatives are located in San Diego County, and the closest option is 85 miles j
the EWPCF. Local landfilling of sludge that is less than 50% solids is currently
available. Encina has supported the County's efforts to mix sludge with soil and
the mixture as interim landfill cover. It is not known whether this option wi'
available in the future or if it will be cost effective.
To establish a reliable long term sludge management solution, the EWA has 1
working toward establishing a composting facility in North County. This will elid
the uncertainty and long distance hauling now required for land application,
decrease the need to utilize landfill disposal as a fallback option.
Eight sites were initially reviewed. Subsequently, three of these sites unden
detailed environmental assessment. The sites were evaluated based on 22 crit
including land use compatibility, site access, and availability of utilities. The
selected for the composting facility is a 71 acre parcel located immediately west o
San Marcos landfill and south of Questhaven Road. The site is in the unhcorpor
area, within San Marcos' sphere of influence. However, an application for annex:
has not been filed. The site is currently used by SDG&E as a mulching site for 8
waste materials. The EWA is in the process of negotiating with SDG&E to acquirc
property-
The EWA must acquire a Solid Waste Facilities Permit from the California Integ
Waste Management Board. Before this permit can be obtained, the project mu;
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included in the County Solid Waste Management Plan (CoSWMP). To be includc
the CoSWMP, the County Board of Supervisors and each City Council shall
resolution, approve or disapprove the site identification and description within 90
after it was initially submitted to the Clerk of the County Board of Supervisors (
19,1992). Each city shall notify the County Board of Supervisors of its decision w
the 90-day period. If the County or a city fails to approve or disapprove the
identification and description within 90 days, the city or County shall be deem(
have approved the site identification and description. The EIR was certifie
February, 1991, and the EWA intends to file a Conditional Use Permit application
the County in November.
A local sludge composting option is consistent with the City‘s recently adopted Sc
Reduction and Recycling Element, and the goals of the North County Solid V
Management Joint Powers Agency. Additionally, the proposed sludge compo
facility provides a long-term solution for sludge generated at the Encina Water Polli
Control Facility and may provide an opportunity for composting yard waste gene:
in the North County.
The Encina Composting facility was approved by the San Diego Integrated V
Management Task Force (SANDAG) at their 07/24/92 meeting.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No fiscal impact will occur as a result of the recommended action.
EXHIBITS:
1. Resolution No. ?J-G??~
2. County of San Diego letter dated June 22, 1992, including attachments
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RESOLUTION NO. 9 2 - 2 7 4
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA APPROVING THE SITE
IDENTIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF THE ENCINA
COMPOSTXNG FACILITY
WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad seeks innovative and p
approaches to solid waste management; and
WEIEREAS, a local sludge composting option will provide a
disposal solution for sludge generated in Carlsbad; and
WHEREAS, a local sludge cornposting option is consistent wit1
Source Reduction and Recycling Element, and the goals of the North County S
Management Joint Powers Agency; and
WHEREAS, the Encina Wastewater Authority has submitted
Diego County Board of Supervisors a proposal to construct and operati
composting facility;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of
Carlsbad as follows: I
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The above recitations are true and correct.
The site identification and description of the Encina (
facility is hereby approved.
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PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of 1
Carlsbad at its regular meeting held on the 1st day of SEPTEMBER
the following vote, to wit:
AYES: Council Members Lewis, Larson, Stanton, Nygaarc
NOES: None
ABSENT: Council Member Kulchin 4 /'
1 BJ! 't- CLAUDE A. LEI
ATTEST:
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THOMAS CLERK J. PASNSZKA MQlXxtfg CLERK OF THE af BOARD 3art OF SUPERVISORS piep FAX
Telephone (619) 531-5600
1600 PACIFIC HIGHWAY, ROOM 402. SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 92101-2471
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b E2 26 aLpo& Thomas J. Pastuszka Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
Encina Composting Facility Site Identification
and Project Description as Required for the
'*GAP** Procedures for Inclusion in the County Solid Waste Management Plan
SUBJECT:
Per Section 50000 of the Public Resources Code, we are hereby transmitting to you, for docketing on your next meeting agenda, the attached request of the Encina Wastewater Authority, which was received by this office
on June 19, 1992.
Copies are also being provided to the Board of
Supervisors, each City within the County via the City Clerks, and the Chief Administrative Officer of the County. The County Board of Supervisors and each City Council shall approve or disapprove by resolution the site identification and description within 90 days after it was initially submitted to this office. Each City shall notify the Board of Supervisors of its decision within the 90-day period. If the County or a City fails to approve or disapprove the site identification and description within 90 days, the City or County shall be deemed to have approved the site identification and
description.
A copy of the Solid Waste Management Plan Amendment Process for the North County Sludge Composting is attached for your information.
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San Diego County Integrated Waste Management Task Force
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If you have any questions, please do not hesitate tc contact me at 531-5431.
Sincerely,
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THOMAS J. PASTUSZKA-
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
Attachments (2)
cc: Board of Supervisors City Clerks Lari Sheehan, DCAO Richard W. Graff, General Manager
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Solid Waste Management Plan Amendment Process for the North County Sludge Cornposting
It was determined by the California Integrated Waste Managi Board that the proposed North County sludge composting facilit not identified in the County's solid waste management pie existence on December 31, 1989.
The following procedure, described fully in section 50000 o Public Resources Code, is the process specified for approva permitting of new or expanded solid waste facilities not previ identified and approved in the county solid waste management in effect on December 31, 1989. All the cities in the County a to this process which will be in effect until the Cou Integrated Waste Management Plan is approved by the Calif Integrated Waste Management Board in 1994.
1. All General Plan Amendments, Major Use Permits and compliance required for the proposed facility must have
Use Permit (MUP) application process is detailed ix attachment.
=erson or agency pro~a the facility shall submi site TdentTffication and escription to the Clerk of kh
Diego,.Sg;;;y Board of Supervisors -_I !
@l-Q&g.,S days of submission the Clerk of the Board a€ Su
SO~S shall forward the site identific-n and descript5 the San-g-gAqo, Countx fntecrrated Waste. Manaqement Task. (c/o DPW, =id Waste Division staff) for docketing .q next meet ins .asenda.
4, Within 45 days aiter receiving the site identificatio description the Task Force shall meet and comment in wx on the proposed facility. The task force shall transmit comments i;o the applicant, to the County and to all of cities in the County. Those comments shall fnclude, bu not limited to, the relationship between the proposed r expanded facility and achievement of the solid waste dive requirements (25% by 1995 and 50% by 2000) of Section 41'
the Public Resources Code.
5, within 20 days of submission the Clerk of the Boa Supervisors shall submit the site identification and der tion to each citv within 'Ye county.
6. The County Board of Supervisors and -each City Council approve or disapprove bv resolut-ien the site identif ic and description within 90 days after it was initially si ted to the Clerk of the County Board of Supervisors. city shall notify the County Board of Supervisors of i-
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decision within the 90-day period. If the County or a fails to approve or disapprove the site identificatior description within 90 days , the city or County shal deemed to have approved the site identification and des
tion.
To approve a proposed site identification and description city or the County in which th,ite is locateq shall m,
finding that establishment or expansion af the solid 1 disposal or transformation facility is in a land use designated or authorized for a solid waste facility and land uses authorized adjacent to the facility are conpa with the establishment or expansion of the solid t
disposal or transformation facility in the applicable ci County general plan.
8. ff a city ox the County disapproves the site idcntific
and description, the city or the County shall, within 10 of the disapproval, mail notice of its decision by first- mail to the person or agency requesting the approval st
its reasons for the disapproval,
9. No city or the County shall disapprove a proposed identification and description for a new solid wast transformation facility, or an expanded solid wast
transformation facility which will result in a signif increase in the amount of solid waste handled at the faci ualess it detemines, based on substantial evidence in record, that there will be one or more significant ad impacts within its boundaries from the prOpoS8d project
10. Upon approval of the site identification and descriptf the County and a majority of the cities containing a majc of the population of the incorporated area of the Coun San Diego, inaludinrr the 5urisdiutio.n within whicl
reposed new or exuanded facilitv is located, the pers &cy proposing the facility shall submit the proposal with the above approvals to the Local Enforcement Agenc the California Integrated Waste Management Board (Board concurrence/approval and issuance of a permit.
11. pursuant to Section. 44009 of the Public Resources Cod Board shall in writing concur or object to issuance, -Jodi tion, or -evision of the solid waste facilities perndt,
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ENCINA WASTEWATER AUTHORITY
A Public Agency 6200 Avenida En
Carlsbad, CA 92
June 19, 1992 Telephone (61 9)
Fax (61 9) 438-3E
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San Diego County Clerk Of The Board
1600 Pacific Highway Room 402 San Diego, CA 92101
Attention: Clerk Of The Board
SUBJECT: Encina Composting Facility Site Identification ax
Project Description As Required For The IIGap" Procedures For Inclusion In The County Solid Wast Management Plan.
The enclosed letter to Mr. William Worrell, Deputy Director ol Department of Public Works, and its associated attachment hereby submitted by the Encina Wastewater Authority (EWA) in c to initiate the IcGap1I procedures as required to amend the S Waste Management Plan to include the Encina Composting Facilj
The information constitutes the site identification and prc description that is to be submitted by the Clerk of the Boar the appropriate committees, the Board of Supervisors, and to a: the cities in the County.
If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Bill Hunter, Enci Resource Reclamation Manager, at (619) 438-3941.
Very truly yours, a* General Mana
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Enclosures
SERVING THE CITY OF VISTA. CITY OF CAREBAD, BUENA SANITATION DISTRICT. VALLECITOS WATER DISTRICT,
LEUCADIA COUNTY WATER DISTRICT AND ENCINITAS SANITARY DISTRICT
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ENCINA WASTEWATER AUTHOR[-TY
A Public Agency 6200 Avenida
Carlsbad, CA 1
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June 19, 1992 Fax (61 9) 438-
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County of San Diego Department of Public Works
5555 Overland Ave, San Diego, CA 92123
ATTENTION: Mr. William Worrell, Deputy Director
SUBJECT: Encina Cornposting Facility Site Identification an
Project Description As Required For The '*Gap8g Proc For Inclusion In The county solid Waste Management
PURPOSE
The purpose of this letter is to provide the information re
for the Encina Wastewater Authority to initiate the procedures for inclusion of the Encina Composting Facility County Solid Waste Management Plan.
For consistency, and to simplify your review, we have submitt site identification and project description information inch the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) that was Certified f
project in February 1991. This information was previously re
by various County Departments during the development of th It should be noted that the most extreme assumptions were u the development of the attached description since the or
purpose was to identify the worst case environmental impacts project, It is expected that the actual impacts of the p will be of a lesser extent.
The EWA will be applying for a major use permit with the Cou September. ultimate (year 2010) project.
Since the attached project description was developed in 1990, are some references that are out of date. that "it is possible that Otay may cease accepting sludge a than 50% solids by July 1991l1. In fact Otay now does not all
G'sposal of sludge with less than 50% solids. However information pertaining directly to the descripti 'I o composting facilities is still relevant and should adequately the purpose of the gap process.
This letter and its attachments will be submitted to the Cle
The use permit process will address the impacts
For example, it
SERVING THE CITY OFVISTA. CITY OF CARLSBAD, BUENA SANITATION DISTRICT. VALLECITOS WATER DISTRICT LEUCADIA COUNTY WATER DISTRICT AND ENCINITAS SANITARY DISTRICT
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SUBJECT: Encina Composting Facility Site Identification and
Project Description As Required For The 11Gap41 Proce For Inclusion In The County Solid Waste Management
June 19, 1992
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the Board on June 19, 1992 for distribution to the approp agencies and committees.
BACKGROUND
The Encina Wastewater Authority is a public agency that ope
and administers the Encina Water Pollution Control Facility
(EWPCF). The EWPCF is located in Carlsbad and provides waste treatment services to over a quarter of a million North San County residents, The facility serves the City of Carlsbad, of Vista, Buena Sanitation District, Vallecitos Water District Leucadia County Water District, Encinitas Sanitary District various septic system users within and outside of the EWA se area-
The EWA‘s ability to safely treat, dispose of, or reuse waste
is directly related to our ability to manage the sludge rea during the treatment process.
Over the past several years, the EWA has identified va contract reuse options that allows us to now recycle approxim
95% of our sludge through land application or composting. Nc
these contract alternatives are located in San Diego County the closest option is 85 miles from the EWPCF.
Local landfilling of sludge that is less than 50% soli( currently not available. Encina has supported the County‘s ef
to mix sludge with soil and use the mixture as interim lan cover. It is not known whether this option will be availab the future or if it will be cost effective,
In order to assure that the level of wastewater treatment nece to protect the public’s health can be achieve, it is critical
future landfills be equipped to accommodate sludge disposal i event that these recycling options become unavailable.
Though we strongly urge the County to maintain its abiliti dispose of sludge if needed, the EWA encourages recycling prc over disposal options and has proven its commitment to be a 1 in sludge recycling.
In order to establish a reliable long term sludge manaq solution, the EWA has been working toward establishing a compc facility in North County. This option would eliminate much oi
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uncertainty associated with the alternatives now available will decrease the potential need to utilize landfill disposal fallback option.
The EWA has been pursuing this goal since 1985, and has worked the County throughout the development of the project.
The EWA participated in the development of the 1986 Revised Diego County Regional Solid Waste Management Plan, Attache various references that were included in the plan to suppor fact that the establishment of a sludge cornposting facili- consistent with the County's solid waste management pla objectives. The plan states that Ifthe County will suppor development of alternative methods of sewage sludge disposa. support development of markets for reclaimed sludgett.
Following several years of analysis, and a twelve . environmental review process which included significant p input, the EWA certified an EIR for the composting project.
proposed site is a 71 acre parcel located immediately west o San Marcos landfill and south of Questhaven Road. The site an unincorporated area of the County and has recently been inc in the City of San Marcos's sphere of influence. The si1 currently used by San Diego Gas and Electric as a mulching sit
green waste materials. Site location maps are attached.
The actual processing area required is less than 20 ac However, the majority of the remaining land is either encumber
utility easements or sensitive lands that will remain protect! an open space easement. Though this leaves little room for ( activities, the encumbered areas compliment the proposed compo: project since they will be used as part of the buffer zone.
Sludge from the EWPCF will be trucked to the facility and 1 with an amendment source prior to composting. Encina's sludc a non-hazardous material and will be the basis for a high qul
recycled product. It is the EWA's desire to utilize green 1 material as an amendment source in order to enhance environmental bc nefits of the facility. The attached prc description identifies facilities of various sizes dependent 01
quality (such as moisture content) of the amendment source. current preliminary design efforts are assuming that c materials will be used.
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r, Ultimately, by the year 2010, the facility would remove a poter-
/ 47,000 tons (55,000 cubic yards) of sludge fromthe County‘s w lfy~ stream per year.
Depending on the quality of the green material available, mois
content of the sludge, and other operational considerations, amount of green material required by the facility may
dramatically. In the year 2010, 30,000 tons (80,000 cubic ya to 80,000 tons (160,000 cubic yards) of green waste may be dive from the landfill wastestream each year.
The project description includes the higher values since facilities required to process the larger volumes of material w present the most extreme environmental impacts. The actual am of green materials required for the sludge composting opera will most likely be closer to the lower volume projections.
should be noted that the primary function of the facility i: provide a reliable sludge recycling option. The EWA stro desires, and intends to utilize green material, however green w recycling is a secondary benefit of the facility that wil: effected by facility costs and product market constraints.
The size of the first phase of the project as described in
attached project description has been changed. The atta description presents an assumed first phase facility capabll processing 20,000 tons of sludge per year. The actual Pha: project will process approximately 10,000 tons of sludge per y‘
or about 20% of the ultimate facility capacity. The compos. facility will be utilized along with other sludge manage! options available to Encina. Future phasing of the project wil based on the availability of other options and economics.
The smaller Phase I project, coupled with the ability to uti other available options, will provide Encina with the capabilit test various green material amendment sources, such as the mate currently processed at the San Marcos Landfill, and to estab
markets for the product. facility that the public can point to as a model of a succes and well planned recycling effort.
The facility will incorporate in-vessel composting technology wl will provide the greatest ability to contain and collect proc air. In addition, state of the art odor treatment systems wil used .
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The preliminary design of the Phase I facility is curr
underway. It is anticipated that an application for a Majo Permit from the County will be submitted in September 1992.
EWA will pursue a permit based on the impacts of the ultimate project .
As indicated in the attached letter from the County Departme
Planning and Land Use, the composting facility qualifies as a Impact and Services Utility Use Type and is allowed to be plac the proposed site, under the current site zoning, with a majo permit.
The facility will require a Solid Waste Facilities Permit fro
California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB). The C Department of Environmental Health Services (DEHS) acts a: Local Enforcement Agency (LEA) for the CIWMB. As part of the Waste Facilities Permit process, it is the DEHS's responsibi
as the LEA, to provide a finding as to whether or not the prop facility is in conformance with the County Solid Waste Manag Plan (COSWAMP) .
Though the concept of a composting project is currently desc: in the existing COSWAMP, and the project has been deemed b] Department of Public Works to be consistent with the County's ( in recycling and reuse of waste products and the COSWAMP
attached letter), the DEHS has determined that the E Cornposting Facility must be suecificallv named in the COSWAl order to make such a finding. In order to be specifically nam
the existing COSWAMP, the project must follow ttgapal proc defined in Section 50000 of the Public Resources Code.
Therefor, this letter and associated attachments have submitted in order initiate the gap process so that the fac. can be t90fficiallyaa included the COSWAMP. The letter has directed to the Department of Public Works since that departme
responsible for the developement of the COSWAMP.
Since the gap requirements are new, and this project is the in the County to be subjected to the process, there has bet
prior submittal format established. It is ass1 ?d that t,. 1s 1( and the attached information will sufficiently serve your nc If you have any questions, or require any additional informat:
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please contact Mr. Bill Hunter, Encina's Resource Reclama Manager at (619) 438-3941.
Very truly yours,
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Richard W. Gra x General Mana
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Attachments
cc: Lari Sheehan, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer Gary Stephany, Deputy Director of Environmental HE Services Armando Buelna, Supervisor MacDonaldrs Office (w/o attac
Kirk Mather, Supervisory Gelding's Office (w/o attach) EWA Solids Advisory Committee (w/o attach)
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