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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - 2002.06.13 - 26839June 13, 2002 MISCELLANEOUS RESOLUTION # 02150 BY: PLANNING AND BUILDING COMMITTEE, CHARLES E. PALMER, CHAIRPERSON RE: SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT - CERTIFICATION OF AVAILABLE DISPOSAL CAPACITY ACT 451 NON-HAZARDOUS SOLID WASTES SPRING, 2002 TO: Oakland County Board of Commissioners Chairperson, Ladies and Gentlemen: WHEREAS, Oakland County's 1994 Amendments to the 1990 Solid Waste Management Plan Update require that annually, on or before June 30, the Board demonstrate and certify available remaining disposal capacity for all Act 451 non-hazardous solid wastes generated within the County; and WHEREAS, a finding that sufficient capacity is available (more than 66 months beyond June 30) equates to a moratorium during the following year on the use of the interim siting mechanism contained in the 1994 Amendments for the siting of additional landfill capacity in the County; and WHEREAS, Act 451 as amended, concludes that failure to adopt a required annual certification is equivalent to a finding that less than a sufficient amount of capacity is available and the interim siting mechanism will then be operative on the first day of the following January; and WHEREAS, a review has been conducted of the current and projected Act 451 non-hazardous waste stream generated within the county, the current volume reduction efforts being achieved by the County's residents and businesses, current inter-county flow arrangements and of available remaining disposal capacity both within the County and within nearby counties; and WHEREAS, the analysis contained in the County Executive's report titled "Demonstration of Available Disposal Capacity - June 13, 2002" shows clearly that disposal capacity is available for the County's Act 451 non-hazardous waste stream beyond December 31, 2007 (which date is 66 months beyond June 30, 2002) as is summarized on the Exhibit attached. NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Oakland County Board of Commissioners hereby certifies that sufficient disposal capacity exists so that the interim siting mechanism for the siting of additional landfill capacity within the County as contained within the 1994 Amendments to the 1990 Solid Waste Management Plan Update will not become operational until January 1, 2004 or later, such date to be identified in a future certification. Chairperson, on behalf of the Planning and Building Committee, I move the adoption of the foregoing resolution. PLANNING & BUILDING COMMITTEE Planning & Building Committee Vote: Motion carried on a unanimous roll call vote III-1 3 CAPACITY CERTIFICATIONS Every County with less than ten years of capacity identified in their Plan is required to annually prepare and submit to the DEQ an analysis and certification of solid waste disposal capacity validly available to the County. This certification is required to be prepared and approved by the County Board of Commissioners. X This County has more than ten years capacity identified in this Plan and an annual certification process is not included in this Plan. Ten years of disposal capacity has not been identified in this Plan. The County will annually submit capacity certifications to the DEQ by June 30 of each year on the form provided by DEQ. The County's process for determination of annual capacity and submission of the County's capacity certification is as follows: The table below identifies landfill disposal areas, their expected life, historical usage rates, and supporting analysis that demonstrates that the County will have more than ten years of disposal capacity for the duration of the ten year planning period. These facilities have all been included in the Plan and appropriate export arrangements made. Identified Disposal Area Capacity Available Air Average Landfill Life (in Space Annual Gate CY Yrs) Based on (Bank CY) Delivered 1996/98 1999 1996/1998 Delivery Rates Waste Management Inc. Landfills - Eagle Valley in Oakland County 25,000,000 1,620,000 29.94 - Pine Tree Acres in Macomb County 21,771,000 1,543,000 27.37 - Woodland Meadows in Wayne County 24,670,000 3,591,000 13.33 - Tri-County in Sanilac County 10,789,000 188,638 110.96 - Pioneer Rock in Lapeer County 2,240,000 85,000 51.12 - Venice Park in Shiawassee County 15,200,000 1,222,109 24.13 - Westside in St. Joseph County 16,919,000 1,193,000 27.51 Allied, Inc. Landfills - Sauk Trail Hills in Wayne County 17,628,000 2,417,000 14.15 - Oakland Heights in Oakland County 5,771,000 1,528,000 7.33 - Citizen's Disposal in Genesee County 13,682,000 893,000 29.72 - Vienna Junction in Monroe County 10,400,000 1,000,000 20.18 - Rockwood in Monroe County 21,863,000 500,000 84.83 - Adrian Landfill in Adrian County 1,346,000 298,000 8.76 Republic, Inc. Landfills - Carleton Farms in Wayne County 90,648,000 3,374,000 52.12 - Brent Run in Genesee County 41,239,000 828,000 96.62 Superior Sanitation, inc. Landfills - Arbor Hills Landfill in Washtenaw County 31,840,206 3,478,000 17.76 Other Area Landfills - Collier Road Landfill in Oakland County " 953,000 387,000 4.78 - Cove Landfill in Huron County 1,150,000 100,000 22.31 - Riverview Landfill in Wayne County 14,363,000 1,120,000 24.88 , TOTALS See Note #1 1 367,472,206 1 25,365,747 1 28.10 Note #1 All conversions of gate yards to bank yards are made on a standard conversion rate (1.94 gate yards to each bank yard). The calculations of available bank yards do not include additional acreage at each of the identified sites for development of additional landfill • June 15, 2000 Oakland County Solid Waste Plan III-67 As Approved by the County Board of Commissioners 7:12744-Wa; :1,E;Nat.2 • • • SELECTEE) SYSTEM capacity that is already recognized as being consistent with the host County Plans. This additional space will further increase the number of years of available capacity, to service the region. Available air space and delivery rates are based on information provided by landfills either to the State of Michigan or directly to Oakland County and its agents. Where additional calculations of landfill life were completed, it was assumed that 20% of available air space is lost to cover and liner components. Further documentation of available capacity for Oakland County's primary disposal needs is available in the form of letters from four landfill companies that each operate one or more landfills accessible to Oakland- County waste generators. The table below shows how each of these four service providers has more than 15 years of available disposal capacity to service Oakland County's needs with the average of the four being 28.66 years of capacity. IdentifiedDisposar Area Capacity , Available Air Average - Landfill Life (in BY LANDFILL COMPANY Space Annual Gate CY Yrs) Based on (Bank CY) Delivered 1996/98 1999 1996/1998 Delivery Rates Waste Management Inc. Landfills 116,589,000 9,442,747 23.95 Allied, Inc. Landfills 70,690,000 6,636,000 20.67 Republic, Inc. Landfills 131,887,000 4,202,000 60.89 'Superior Sanitation, Inc. Landfills 31,840,206 3,478,000 17.76 TOTALS I 351,006,206 I 23,758,747 I 28.66 Oakland County's Selected Alternative, which relies on regional access to landfill capacity, also includes designation in the Plan Update of a sufficient number of current and potential Transfer Station Disposal Areas located within the County such that cost effective access to a larger regional network of landfill capacity will be possible., Each of the above companies also has the experience in developing transfer station capacity is well as additional landfill capacity as needed in order to make even more capacity available to Oakland County should it be necessary. Oakland County also is able to access landfill capacity in out-of-state landfills that are owned by either these companies or other firms that have provided Oakland County with expressions of intent to meet Oakland County's disposal needs. Finally, this Plan Update includes all Michigan Counties as authorized for export from Oakland County. Waste generated in Oakland County is authorized for import in the Plan Updates of Michigan Counties with existing and planned landfill capacity sufficient to accommodate Oakland County's disposal requirements during the 10 year planning period. Following is a chart that shows how landfills located within Oakland County and in Counties within Oakland County's regional waste shed have well over 25 years of available disposal capacity at current import and export rates. June 15, 2000 Oakland County Solid Waste Plan 111-68 As Approved by the County Board of Commissioners SELECTED SYSTEM Identified Disposal Area Capacity Available Air Average - BY COUNTY Space Annual Gate C IN IMMEDIATE AREA (Bank CY) Delivered 1999 1996/1998 Oakland County 31,724,000 3,535,000 -Genesee County 54,921,000 1,721,000 Macomb County 21,771,000 1,543,000 Wayne County 147,309,000 10,502,000 Washtenaw County 31,840,206 3,478,000 'TOTALS I 287,565,206 I 20,779,000 This is well divided between each of the available counties, all of which have included Oakland County as an identified exporter to their respective county. The following chart shows how the current and estimated gate yards of disposed waste from Oakland County fits into the allowed export limits (or anticipated annual availability if no export limit exists) provided for in the identified Counties that are in the Oakland County waste shed. County That is Providing-for Anticipated Potential Potential Acceptance of Oakland Annual Allocation of Allocation of County Exported Waste in Availability or Oakland County Oakland County Their Plan Export Limit in Waste in Year Waste in Year Updated Plans 2003 2008 . lo Oakland County - 690,000 - Genesee County (Note #1) 2,000,000 920,000 1,440,000 Macomb County 750,000 690,000 720,000 Wayne County 2,000,000 690,000 720,000 Washtenaw County 2,000,000 1,150,000 1,200,000 Other (Note #2) 2,000,000 460,000 720,000 TOTALS I 8,750,000 I 4,600,000 I 4,800,000 % of Allowed Imports Used I I 52.57% I 54.86% Note #1: In the Genesee County Plan Update, there is no limit on Oakland County Waste exported to Genesee County. This chart is based on a 2,000,000 annual availability which would be well within the long term capabilities of the landfills located in Genesee County. There is, however, much more available export volume in Genesee County than the 2,000,000 figure used here. Note #2: This chart is based on a 2,000,000 annual availability to other counties within Michigan as well as landfills in other states within 150 mile radius of Oakland County. There is, however, much more available export volume in these other locations than the 2,000,000 figure used here. As the chart shows, Oakland County would still be using less that 55% of the allowed import capacity allocated to Oakland County, even without 1) considering the available capacity in other more distant counties that have included Oakland County, 2) considering the ability to export out-of-state, or 3) considering that the host community and Eagle Valley Landfill may agree on allowing more capacity to be developed at this site within Oakland County that is included in the Oakland County Plan Update. June 15, 2000 Oakland County Solid Waste Plan 111-69 As Approved by the County Board of Commissioners .1nIN SELECTED SYSTEM Capacity Certification Process: As demonstrated above Oakland County will have access to more than a sufficient amount of disposal capacity to meet disposal needs to some point well beyond the Year 2010. This capacity is currently available at facilities located both within , Oakland County and at facilities located within other Michigan counties (and later only at facilities located elsewhere) where the host county solid waste management plan has provided for the reception of wastes generated within Oakland County and where the facility °Orators are willing to receive Oakland County wastes. Therefore, an annual certification process is not included within this plan. Interim Siting Mechanism Process: As previously indicated, Oakland.. County will have access to more than a sufficient amount of disposal capacity to meet disposal needs to some point beyond the Year 2010. Therefore, an interim siting mechanism which contains objective criteria and procedures for the selection of additional disposal area landfills is not included within this plan. Oakland County Solid Waste Plan III -70 As Approved by the County Board of Commissioners June 15, 2000 G. William Caddell, County Clerk Resolution #02150 June 13, 2002 Moved by Palmer supported by Gregory the resolution be adopted. AYES: Crawford, Dingeldey, Douglas, Galloway, Garfield, Gregory, Law, Melton, Middleton, Moffitt, Moss, Palmer, Patterson, Suarez, Taub, Webster, Amos, Appel, Brian, Causey-Mitchell, Coleman. (21) NAYS: None. (0) A sufficient majority having voted therefore, the resolution was adopted. STATE OF MICHIGAN) COUNTY OF OAKLAND) I, G. William Caddell, Clerk of the County of Oakland, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is a true and accurate copy of a resolution adopted by the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on June 13, 2002, with the original record thereof now remaining in my office. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the County of Oakland at Pontiac, Michigan this 13th day of June, 2002.