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Home My WebLink About1994-10-18; City Council; 12905; APPROVAL OF SITE IDENTIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF ESCONDIDO DISPOSAL'S MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITYn 0 U 9 5 z 0 5 6 8 a z 3 - q.1 DEPT. HD. CITY ATTY 4 AB # /d! ’50 5 T1TLE:APPROVAL OF SITE IDENTIFICATION AND MTG. 10/18/94 DESCRIPTION OF ESCONDIDO DISPOSAL’S DEPT. CSD MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY CITY MG RECOMMENDED ACTION: Adopt Resolution No. 9 q -253 Disposal’s Material Recovery Facility for inclusion in the County Solid Waste Management Plan. approving the site identification and description of Escondido ITEM EXPLANATION: Escondido Disposal, Inc. (EDI) proposes to develop a Municipal Solid Waste Material Recovery Facility and Transfer Station to serve the City of Escondido. The proposed project will be located at EDl’s existing location at 1044 West Washington Avenue in the City of Escondido. The proposed Material Recovery Facility will serve two functions, first as a Transfer Station for waste destined for the landfill and second as a material processing operation to separate recyclables out of the waste stream. The facility is being designed and permitted for waste generated within the City of Escondido only. The project will be designed for a maximum daily capacity of 700 tons per day. ED1 must acquire a Solid Waste Facilities Permit from the California Integrated Waste Management Board. Before this permit can be obtained, the project must be included in the County Solid Waste Management Plan (CoSWMP). To be included in the CoSWMP, the County Board of Supervisors and each City Council must, by resolution, approve or disapprove the site identification and description within 90 days after it was initially submitted to the Clerk of the County Board of Supervisors (September 22, 1994). Each city must notify the County Board of Supervisors 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 approve the site identification and description. FISCAL IMPACT: No fiscal impact will occur as a result of the recommended action. EXH I BITS : 1. Resolution No. 9 q-273 2. County of San Diego letter dated September 23, 1994, including attachments 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 0 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 20 - w RESOLUTION NO. 94-293 A RESOLUT~ON OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE SITE IDENTIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION OF ESCONDIDO DISPOSAL INC.'S MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY. WHEREAS, the City of Carlsbad, along with the Cities of Escondido and Oceanside, is a charter member of the North County Solid Waste Management Agency (Agency); and WHEREAS, the Agency is seeking cost effective alternatives to the existing San Diego Solid Waste Authority solid waste disposal system; and WHEREAS, intermediate processing of waste for transfer is consistent with the stated purposes of the Agency; and WHEREAS, Escondido Disposal Inc. has submitted to the San Diego County Board qf Supervisors a proposal to develop a material recovery facility at its Escondido location; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Ci Council of the City of Carlsbad as follows: 1. 2. The above recitations are true and correct. The site identification and description of the Escondido Disposal Inc. Material Recovery Facility is hereby approved. PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad at its regular meeting held on the 18th day of OCTOBER J 1994, by the following vote, to wit: AYES: Council Members Lewis, Stanton, Kulchin, Nygaard, Finnila NOES: None ABSENT: None ATTEST ALEMA L. RAUTENKRANZ, City Clerk d (SEAL) \ w v FAX (We) 531-60gB THOMAS J. PASTUSZKA CLERK TekQhal. @le) 531-5800 Mouxtfg af Ban: piegn CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS 1600 PACIFIC HIGHWAY,' ROOM 402, SAN DIEGO. CALIFORNIA 02101-2471 September 23, 1994 TO: San Diego County Integrated Waste Management Task Force (c/o Department of Public Works, Solid Waste Division) Clerk of the Board of Supervisors FROM: Thomas J. Pastuszka REQUEST TO AMEND COUNTY SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN TO INCLUDE ESCONDIDO DISPOSAL'S MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY 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 Escondido Disposal Inc., which was received by this office on September 22, 1994. 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. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at 531-5431. sincerely, -, (&.w x. \ i; .b$ +. - THOMAS J. PASTUSZKA Clerk of the Board of Supervisors Attachment cc: Board of Supervisors City Clerks Lari Sheehan, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer Robert E. Magee, CM Engineering Associates, Inc. (without attachments) Communications Received B sa Printed on recycled paper - w CIVIL 81 ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING EN G I NE ERIN G ASS 0 C I AT E S, IN C. LAND PLANNING AND SURVEYING S ptember 22, 1994 P.N. 3-3056.808 Mr. Thomas Pastuszka Clerk of the Board of Supervisors County of San Diego 1600 Pacific Highway, Room 402 San Diego, CA 92101 Re: ‘4“ PRC 50,000 Certification, Amending CoSWMP to Include Escondido Disposals’ Material Recovery Facility. Dear Mr. Pastuszka: Escondido Disposal Inc. (EDI) is proposing to permit and construct a Material Recovery Facility at their existing location at 1044 W. Washington Avenue in the City of Escondido. In accordance with Public Resources Code Section 50,000, the County’s CoSW must be amended to include the proposed ED1 facility. I have attached 19 copies of the following items for review and circulation: Project Description Site Plan (Full size and Reduced size) Building Elevations (Reduced) Floor Plans (Reduced) Based on my conversations with Pam Cortelyou, of the County’s Waste Management Department, your 90 day review period begins upon receipt of this packet. If you require any further information or would like additional copies please don’t hesitate to give me a call. Thank you for your time and consideration. Sincerely, . -_ /I INEERING ASSOCIATES, INC. -. b c3 ,I> I AL Senior Planner - cc: Jack McDermott. ED1 c, ?. .d I 8- - -. -. \I - Tom Pittman, LEA Pam Cortelyou, Waste Management REM:cp (le ttersU3056.92 1 ) 225 E. Airport Dr. P 0. Box 6087, San Bernardino, Callfornta 92412 Phone (909) 884-8804 FAX (909) 889-6143 - 6 - \ ESCONDIDO DISPOSAL, INC. MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY PROJECT DESCRmTION INTRODUCTION Escondido Disposal, Inc. (EDI) proposes to develop a Municipal Solid Waste Material Recovery Facility and Transfer Station to serve the City of Escondido. The proposed project will be located at EDI's existing location at 1044 West Wasbington Avenue, in the City of Escondido. "be existing building and site design will be modified to accommodate the proposed operation. The proposed project will be constructed in one phase and employ approximately 46 people. Since the site is currently developed and sits in an active industrial area of the City, environmental impacts from this project are not anticipated to be significant. EMSTING OPERA TION The ED1 corporate yard is owned by ED1 and is approximately 4.21 acres. Tbe site is designated by the City's General Plan as "PI" and is zoned "M-2". All existing adjacent land uses are industrial in nature. There are no sensitive receptors within at least 300 feet of the existing site. The ED1 corporate yard, includes, offices and maintenance facilities, vehicle parking, outside storage. The site is basically flat and fully developed. The ED1 corporate yard is located near the northeast corner of West Washington Avenue and Metcalf Street. The existing 31,800 square foot building bas a combination of concrete tilt-up panels and metal wall panels. Most of the exterior walls of the existing structure will be retained. However, in order to operate this facility, adequate clearance for truck dumping and recovery equipment must be achieved. In order to accomplish this the roof will need to be raised to a clear height of 35 feet. This will require the removal and relocation of the existing canopy. The existing metal canopy will be removed and reassembled to form the Building outline depicted on the site plan. At the present time, the warehouse is used for equipment storage and vehicle maintenance. These activities will be relocated to the southern portion of the property as illustrated in the site plan. It should also be noted that the existing fuel island will be relocated to the northern end of the site. 1 ~-~ . I. - - OPERA TION DESCHPTION The proposed Material Recovery Facility (MRF) will sewe two functions; first as a Transfer Station for waste destined for the landfill and second as a material processing operation to separate recyclables out of the waste stream. ED1 collection vehicles will enter the site through the existing southwest driveway. "be vehicles will then proceed to the scale and scale house area where all incoming loads will be weighed (see Exhibit #2). At the scale house, the truck will be weighed and tbe load will be visually checked. The truck will tben make a 90 degree turn and back into the facility through a roll-up door. As illustrated in the conceptual floor plan, the project will have two separate tipping floors. One tipping floor for Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) and another tipping floor for source separated residential loads and commercial wastes. Collection trucks carrying unseparated MSW will enter through the bt set of mll-up doors. Once inside, tbe driver will be directed to dump his load by on-floor spotting personnel. Once empty, tbe trucks will exit the facility through the same door they entered and exit tbe site through the southwest driveway. Only ED1 collection trucks will be entering this facility. Collection trucks containing source separated recyclable from curbside residential and commercial recycling programs will also enter the site through the southwest driveway and proceed to tbe scale house. Once weighed, these trucks will proceed to the southern most set of roll-up doors. These trucks will also back into the facility and will be directed to unload by on-floor spotters. Once empty, these trucks will also exit through the same door they entered and exit tbe site through the southwest driveway. Once a load has been deposited on the tipping floor, front-end loaders or similar equipment will push the materials onto an in-floor conveyor. The conveyor will then carry the materials up to a sort line where the recyclables will be separated by sorting personnel. The separated materials will be stored in metal bins located below the sort line. All plastic, paper and aluminum materials will be baled and loaded onto semi-tractor trailers for transport to the secondary materials markets. These materials will be staged in the bale handling area located along the east wall of the facility. The bales will be carried by forklifts from the baler to the staging area. From the staging area, the bales will again be moved by forklift to the shipping area where two loading docks will be constructed. Materials trucks will be loaded from these docks. All glass products will be conveyed along the southern side of the build and outside to waiting 40 yard roll-off bins. The sorting personnel will separate the glass products by color (clear, amber and green). Each color will then be deposited by conveyor into a separate bin. Once full, these bins will be loaded onto a roll-off truck which'will tben transport the glass to a secondary user. Wastes requiring direct transfer to a disposal site (Le., wood, cardboard, white goods, etc.) will be visually inspected on the tipping floor by on-floor spotters. Bulky reqclables will be placed in bins located along the walls of the tipping floor. Hazardous materials such as batteries, oils and paints will be segregated from the materials on the tipping Door. These materials will be handled in accordance with tbe facility's hazardous waste exclusion plan and hazardous waste storage plan. These plans are attached as Appendix "A". The remaining wastes will be pushed by bobcat or frontend loader into an infloor conveyor located along the northern wall of the building. This conveyor will feed directly to a waiting transfer truck which will be top loaded. Once full, the transfer truck will tarp the trailer and exit the site through the southern driveway and transport the wastes to a permitted class U1 landfill. 2 - - TRAFFIC IMPACTS * ED1 currently operates approxjmately 30 collection trucks. Tbe proposed project will not increase this number, each truck will make approximately 3 trips a day. However, ED1 will need to purchase some transfer trucks as part of this operation. This facility is being designed and permitted for waste generated within the City of Escondido only. The project will be designed for a maximum daily capacity of 700 tons per day. Using this as a baseline number, the average number of trucks accessing the site will be 121 per day. This number is based on the following assumptions: 1.700 tpd of MSW & curbside separated materials. 2 Collection trucks have an average capacity of 8 tons. 3. Transfer trucks have an average capacity of 22 tons. 4. Materials trucks (bales and/or roll-offs) have an average capacity of 20 tons. 5. Estimated average recovery rate is approximately 25%. Given tbese assumptions the maximum number of trucks accessing the site breaks down as follows: Collection truck trips 88’ Materials truck trips 9 Total truck trips 121 Transfer truck trips 24 The majority of these trips will occur off peak hours and therefore should not result in an adverse impact upon the existing roadway system. The transfer trucks will be exiting the facility by making a left turn onto Washington Avenue, then another left at Centre City Parkway and then onto Highway 78. The City is presently in the design phase of a street widening project for Washington Avenue. This project will further reduce any increased impacts on the roadway system resulting from the ED1 operation. PARKING The proposed project will provide 50 standard parking spaces and two handicapped spaces. The current facility employs 56 people, tbe proposed operation will add 46 new jobs. In order to accommodate all employee parking on-site, truck drivers will park their private vehicles in the parking space vacated by their collection truck. This will provide up to 60-additional private vehicle parking spaces. Is should be noted that many of these employees will be working different shifts and that at no time will all 102 employees be on the site at the same time. ED1 will also encourage it’s employees to carpool to further reduce impacts to on-site parking facilities. UTTER CONTROL The Operations Supervisor will assign an employee to police the project area €or fugitive litter. This procedure will be conducted after transfer operations have ceased. In the event of high winds, the Operations Supervisor may choose to implement this procedure more than once a day on an as needed basis. All material entering and leaving the site are in enclosed vehicles. 3 - - However, since all waste transfer and separation operations will be conducted within an enclosed building, litter control is not expected to be a problem. AXR QUW IMPACTS The proposed project will not increase the amount of miles traveled by the ED1 vehicles. In fact by completing their routes and returning to the ED1 facility they will be driving less. The remaining residual waste will then be transported to the landfill in a transfer truck, capable of carrying approximately 3 times as much material as a collection vehicle. This will reduce the number of vehicle trips to the landfill and the number of vehicle miles traveled. Therefore the overall net impact on air quality is liable to be reduced as a result of this project. I' NOISE CONTROL All unloading, processing and transfer operations will occur within an enclosed building or under a canopy (recyclables loadout area). In addition, the facility is located within an existing heavy industrial area, distant from sensitive receptors. Although the conveyor fed storage bins for recyclable glass will be located outside of the existing building noise levels from this activity are not anticipated to be significant. On-site noise mitigation measures will include the following: 1. 2. 3. Ear protection for all facility employees. The use of electric powered equipment instead of gasoline or diesel powered wherever feasible. Provide muffler systems for all on-site vehicles and motorized equipment such as loaders and forklifts. At no time will noise levels at the property line exceed the maximum allowable standard for an industrial operation in the City of Escondido. ODOR CONTROL All waste will be processed and transferred &thin a completely enclosed building. All collection vehicles entering the facility will be enclosed or tarped. Recyclable materials will be stored inside in staging areas before they aie loaded and transported.. Glass will be the only commodity that will be stored outside. Any residual waste which cannot be transported to a landfill at the end of a business day will be loaded into a transfer truck, tarped and parked: This load will be the first to go out when operations begin the following day. Since these materials will be transported quickly to a disposal site, tbere will not be an opportunity for decomposition to occur on site. Therefore no noticeable odor should be present on the project site. Due to the isolated location of this facility and the lack of sensitive receptors, the operating procedures described above should be adequate to mitigate and control odors. 4 w - HOURS OF OPERATION The proposed project will operate during the following hours: - Office Monday thru Friday 800 a.m. - 500 p.m. &fRF & Transfer Station Monday thru Friday Saturday 7.a a.m. - 600 p.m. 700 am. - 12:OO p.m. Maintenance Facility Monday thru Friday 7:OO a.m. - 11W p.m. 7K)O a.m. - 11:00 p.m. . Saturday JZCTOR AhD BIRD CONTROL All waste materials delivered to the site will arrive in enclosed refuse collection vehicles. All wastes will be unloaded and processed within an enclosed building. Tbe transfer of residual waste to transfer trucks will be conducted under a canopy area. Exterior litter will be regularly removed from the site as part of standard facility housekeeping. The result of these measures will be the reduction of potential bird problems at the facility. Other vectors will be controlled at the facility through the regular removal of all wastes from the facility and general housekeeping measures and cleaning schedules maintained by tbe operator. A complete Vector Control Plan is contained in Appendix "A". FACILITY M4lhTENAh'CE In addition to the litter control program, general housekeeping within the interior and exterior will be on-going. Interior housekeeping will include sweeping as well as the use of industrial absorbers and other floor cleaners. Excess water can be squeegeed to a sump located below the conveyors. Additional housekeeping will occur throughout the day on an "as needed" basis. Special emphasis will be placed upon the collection of external litter. It will be the responsibility of the site supervisor to determine the day-today requirements for litter removal. WATER QVALkY The effective management of on-site stormwater and wastewater has been incorporated into the facility and site design. All final design efforts will be in compliance with State, Regional, and local guidelines, regulations and ordinances. The key elements of our design include separation of systems, pretreatment for possible contaminants, proper connection to municipal facilities, facilities management practices to reduce potential pollutants, and protection from groundwater contamination. The sump will drain to existing clarifier. 5 - - The facility and site layout have been designed to implement proper stormwater management techniques. Final design and documentation will comply with the NPDES-Industrial Stormwater permit Regulations adopted by the State Water Quality Control Board. Specifically, a Notice of Intent to comply with the regulations will be filed and a Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPP) prepared. Site design items incorporated for the SWPPP include: Tbe separation of wastewater and pollutant sources from bntact with stormwater. This includes covering operations and a separate drain system for storm drainage and wash water. . Connection of drainage areas to a filtration/clarification system that reduces the first flush pollutants typically generated from parking lot and roof areas. Stormwater is then conveyed through a closed conduit system to the local drainage system. 0 0 0 Facility management systems to insure that operations personnel maintain proper bousekeeping and spill containment for overall pollutant reduction. Wastewater from the facility will be generated in the following areas: 0 Employee restroomdsanitary sources 0 Truck washing area Waste handling areas 0 The restrooms and sanitary sources will be handled through conventional collection and discharge into the City sewer system. The truck washing area will be a covered, self-contained operation and the wash water will be recycled and reused for the washing of vehicles. A commercially available system, currently used in the waste industry and similar to the car washing industry, will be installed. The wastewater flows generated from the waste handling areas are typically from wash down or clean-up operations in which water comes in contact with waste materials. In addition, smaller quantities of wastewater are generated from the wastestream and enter the operations via the collection trucks. The facility design does not include any outdoor sludge or cornposting operation. In all cases the wastewater accumulated from all covered operation areas is collected through 8 system of trench drains and sumps to maintain separation from stormwater flows. The collected wastewater is then pre-treated through a standard filtration and clarification process prior to discharge to the sewer system. Final system design including hydraulics and contaminant loadings will be developed in accordance with pre-treatment requirements approved by the City and the Regional Water Quality Control Board. All areas of contact between the waste materials including composting materials and the ground are separated by a concrete flooring system designed to minimize the potential for migration of the wastewater to the groundwater. System components include floor and joint sealants. The wastewater collection, conveyance, and treatment system will be designed to minimize the potential for joint leakage or failure which could potentially contaminate groundwater. 6 - v The facility and site plan design do not propose any detention basis or evaporation ponds that could increase the potential for groundwater contamination. A copy of the Notice of Intent (NOI) has been attached as Appendix "B". PTSUAL WACT The existing facility is fully landscaped along the Washington Avenue fiontage. The proposed revisions to the operation will only be visible to the surrounding adjacent properties, which all have outside storage. Since there will be virtually no change in the project that could be detected from the public right-of-way there, will be no adverse visual impact as a result of this project. UBERTY WSFER STATION, S4N MARCOS This proposed facility will not compete or conflict with EDI's proposed facility. EDI's Facility will serve the City of Escondido only. The Liberty Transfer Station does not at tbe present time propose to service the City of Escondido. The Liberty Transfer Station is proposed to be constructed within the City of San Marcos, approximately 3 '/, miles from the ED1 facility which is centrally located in one of Escondido's Industrial Areas. Ii MSW was .to be shipped to the proposed facility in San Marcos, Transportation costs would increase. Impacts on Air Quality, Noise, and Traffic would also increase. . 1' (2 1 LeportsU3056.622) 4 "I 7 - ?& ;g 20 ;; 5 ; j [[I i[ ic, I I @I iE 8 s B i$ & k8 Ej @@ l$j q QB a t il, 1 1 2:: 1 E “Yi !!I iE 1 51 F3t tic t’ 1 ;:;; $I !I{ 1$ P‘ a i i iii$ plf Ii!# # ,$I8 i a i; $# ua-; pff 11 1 ~iq d 55- li I I i! ag I& pi 1 S 1 g I g 15 aa 8:s: I=# p ‘p dl! *p9 io gil 4 811 1111 4 1: ~h b gl a a- a ..I- *a -d.Mllrr,w % 4 Q a 3 qk E@ d kg? w- . 11 A.yIII.114 -ro-lOU.lPlU L w - 4 c a Y a r u @ I A w +[! 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