1995-18 RESOLUTION 95-18
RESOLUTION OF-THE CITY.COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF Grand Terrace
APPROVING
- THE SITE IDENTIFICATION AND DESCRIPTION FOR:
THE MILLIKEN SANITARY LANDFILL FACILITY
FACILITY IDENTIFICATION#36-AA-0054
On this 13th day of July , 1995, on motion of City Councilmember
Singlev , duly seconded by City Councilmember Buchanan , and
carried, the following resolution is adopted by the Grand Terrace City Council, acting in
its official capacity as the legislative body for the City of Grand Terrace
WHEREAS,the facility under consideration is an existing, refuse disposal facility operating under
permit since 1979; and
WHEREAS,the San Bernardino County(SBCo) Solid Waste Management Department(SWMD),
acting as the Lead Agency, with concurrence from the SBCo Planning Department as the SBCo Board of
Supervisors'designated Environmental Lead Agency, will duly complete a Solid Waste Facilities Permit
(SWFP) application; and
WHEREAS,the County Department of Environmental Health Services/Local Enforcement
Agency(LEA)will process the SWFP application according to provisions as provided in CEQA, all
applicable State and/or Federal Regulations, the San Bernardino County Development Code, Title 8
and/or the SBCo General Plan standards; and
WHEREAS, the SBCo SWMD has also completed the Site Identification and Description of the
project for submission to the City of Grand Terrace , a copy.of which is attached and marked
Exhibit"A"; and
WHEREAS,this facility can continue to provide the SBCo SWMD a method of disposing of
municipal solid wastes, inert wastes, and non-hazardous solid wastes; and
WHEREAS, Public Resources Code§50000 requires that the"Site Identification and Description"
of a new or expanded (a significant increase in the amount of waste handled) solid waste facility which
has not been identified or described in a County Solid Waste Management Plan (CoSWMP) must be
approved or disapproved by the County Board of Supervisors, and by a majority of the Cities and Towns
within the County which contain a majority of the population of the incorporated area of the County, within
ninety (90)days after the Site Identification and Description is submitted to the City or Town. If the City or
Town fails to approve or disapprove of the Site Identification and Description within ninety (90) days, the
City or Town shall be deemed to have approved the Site Identification and Description, as prepared and
submitted by the applicant; and
WHEREAS,the City Council of the City of Grand Terracemay not disapprove the proposed
Site Identification and Description unless it determines, based upon substantial evidence in the record,,
Revised April 28, 1995
that there will be one or more significant=adverse impacts within the.City's boundaries caused by the
proposed project; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act(CEQA), a Mitigated Negative
Declaration was adopted by the SBCo SWMD/Planning Department(s) and a Notice of Determination
(NOD)was filed with the San Bernardino County Clerk of the Board on June 18, 1992, also subsequently
filed at the State of California Governor's Office of Planning and Research on July 3, 1992; and
WHEREAS,the County Department of Environmental Health Services/Local Enforcement
Agency (LEA) Program, pursuant to CEQA, is the Regulatory Responsible Agency for the project
entrusted to issue the SWF Permit with concurrence provided from the California Integrated Waste
Management Board (CIWMB); and
WHEREAS, provided that the conditions of the SWF Permit are complied with, there is no
substantial evidence in the record that there will be one or more significant adverse impacts within the City
of Grand Terrace boundaries as determined by the findings made by the CEQA Lead Agency
noted above, caused by the proposed project.
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Grand Terrace ,
in the County of San Bernardino, State of California, hereby approves the Site Identification and
Description for the Milliken Sanitary Landfill Facility.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 13th day of Jul '
City Clerk Mayor of the City
I, _Brenda Stanfill , City Clerk of the City of Grand Terrace ,do hereby,
certify the foregoing resolution was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of
Grand Terrace County of San Bernardino, State of California at a regular meeting thereof, held of
the 13th day of July 1995 by the following vote:
AYES: City Councilmember(s): Councilmembers Hilkey, Singley, and Buchanan; Mayor
Pro Tem Carlstrom; Mayor MAtteson
NOES: City Councilmember(s) None
ABSENT: City Councilmember(s) None
City eleek(Seal)
Revised April 28, 1995
MILLIKEN SANITARY LANDFILL
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Purpose
"EXHIBIT- A"
The San Bernardino County Solid Waste Mahagement Department (SWMD) is currently in the
process of revising the 1979 Solid Waste Facilities Permit (SWFP) for the Milliken Sanitary
Landfill. Revisions will update the existing permit with current operations and/or design of the
facility and recent State-mandated operating requirements.
Location
The Milliken Sanitary Landfill is located at 2050 S. Milliken Avenue within the City of Ontario,
specifically on a portion of the South 1/2 Section 36, Township 1 South, Range 7 West, San
Bernardino Base and Meridian (see Figure 1). Landfill operations began in 1957 and
presently the facility consists of 196 acres of which 140 acres are used for landfill, 30 acres for
borrow material, and 26 acres for recycling, maintenance, and administration activities.
Proiect Characteristics
he County of San Bernardino has contracted operations of the facility to Norcal/San
~dernardino Inc. The Milliken Sanitary Landfill is designated as a Class III facility and accepts
only non-hazardous municipal solid waste and inert wastes. The existing permit allows the
facility to operate six days per week, Monday through Saturday, 8 a.m. to 5
for the SWFP Revision does not propose a change in the p.m. The request
9 types of waste currently accepted at
the facility but a change in operating hours to Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 4;30 p.m. and
Saturday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Site personnel arrive at the facility at 6 a.m. to prepare
operational equipment and depart at-7-P.m. after landfill activities are completed and
equipment secure. The site will operate 309 days per year and will be closed Sundays,
Independence Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's Day.
Existing facilities at the Milliken Sanitary Landfill include a scalehouse/scales, administration
building, a concrete drop-off pad previously used for sorting and aggregating recyclable
materials, landfill gas (LFG)'collection system, storm water retention basins (3), and a
groundwater*monitoring system. The concrete drop-off pad, LFG collection system, drainage
flumes, and groundwater monitoring system are new facilities designed to meet more recent
operational requirements.
Access to the facility remains unchanged and is provided by Milliken Avenue, a paved road
(see Figure 2). Graded dirt roads provide access to all areas within the landfill for operating
and maintenance activities. Perimeter fencing and an entrance gate limit unauthorized access
i ..- the facility during non-operating-hours.
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Pursuant to AB 939 waste diversion goals;the County-initiated-a-recycling program at _
the Milliken Sanitary Landfill. Vehicles entering the:facility are weighed and loads are
visually scanned by the scalehouse attendant for potential household and other
hazardous wastes not accepted at the landfill.. Disposal vehicles,are then directed to
one of two possible waste discharge areas as directed by a spotter. The existing
recycling program consists of diverting relatively homogeneous waste loads containing
metal, plastic, tires, mattresses, bulky items (i.e., white goods) cardboard/paper,
construction/demolition debris, etc. to designated storage areas for stockpiling and
shipping recyclable materials to market. This is accomplished by the mixed municipal
waste loads being delivered to the landfill working face. Sorters hand-pick recyclable
materials which are transferred to the designated.storage areas. Refuse deposited at
the toe of the working face of the landfill is spread and compacted and covered daily
with a minimum of six (6) inches of compacted soil. Sufficient cover material is
available from the borrow area.
The 1979 SWFP and Report of Disposal Site Information (RDSI) prepared for the
facility identified the remaining site capacity and site life as 1,300,000 cubic yards (cy)
which was based on an average disposal rate of 1200 tons per day on 106 acres.
Since no specific grading plan was included as part of the existing permit it is not
possible to determine the basis for site capacity and site life calculations.
Due to increasing population growth within the service area of the landfill, the rate of
disposal has increased since the permit was originally issued for the facility. Presently,
the facility receives an average of 1500 tons per day (tpd) of municipal solid waste.
Revisions to the SWFP requests a permitted daily maximum tonnage of 2250 tpd of
municipal solid waste and proposes to cease accepting trash at the Milliken Sanitary
Landfill in December, 1996.
The SWFP revision will include development of final grading plans which enable a more
precise estimate of site capacity and site life of the landfill. Based on the development
of a final development plan the ultimate height of the landfill will not exceed 1,086 feet
above mean sea level. It is estimated that the total capacity of the 196 acre landfill will
be approximately 25,494,000 cy, in-place volume approximately 22,594.,000 cy, and
remaining capacity for waste and cover material excluding final cover material
approximately 3,900,000 cy. The County of San Bernardino currently projects
cessation of acceptance of trash in December of 1996.
The existing Milliken Sanitary Landfill will be designed and operated in compliance with
all applicable local and state regulations. The SWMD adopted a Negative Declaration
for the project and filed the Notice for the project and filed the Notice of Determination
with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of San Bernardino County on June 29, 1992,
and with the Governor's Office of Planning and Research on July 3, 1992, pursuant to
the California Environmental Quality Act. The SWFP application package for the
Milliken Sanitary Landfill is scheduled to be submitted to the San Bernardino County
Department of Environmental Health Services on or before July 28, 1995.
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