HomeMy WebLinkAboutSan Bernardino - Waterman Landfill PresentationWaterman Landfill
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Presented by: Kristen Jensen, Director of Public Works
Tim O’Neal, Environmental Projects Specialist
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Overview
•Waterman Landfill History
•Regulatory Framework
•Current Status
•Options
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History
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Location
•Located at Vanderbilt
and Carnegie.
•Adjacent to the County
Backland Landfill.
•In proximity to Santa
Ana Riverbed.
•19 acre site – private
property leased from
the Tri-City Airport.
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History of Operation
•1950-1960 – Operated as the City Municipal
Dump from 1950 to 1960 as a sanitary landfill for
municipal solid waste
•Accepted non-hazardous household,
commercial, industrial, and agricultural
wastes
•1961 – Landfill operation ceased.
•Site sold to Rancon.
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History of Regulation #1
•1988 – Solid Waste Assessment Test conducted.
•Regional Water Board determined that ongoing
groundwater monitoring of the site would be
required.
•1988-1995 – Rancon continued ground water
monitoring.
•1995 – State Water Board placed responsibility on
the City (Water Code, §13273 et seq. )
•Rancon was no longer willing to bear responsibility
•The City assumed all responsibility even though
Rancon remained the property owner
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History of Regulation #2
•2003 – County Public Health issued tentative
notice & order of compliance to the City for the
landfill (27 CCR § § 20919, 20919.5).
•2006 – City completed construction of gas
collection system over footprint of site.
•2015 - City purchased the landfill site from
Rancon Realty Fund IV.
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Regulatory
Framework
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Regulatory Framework
•City must comply with the regulatory
requirements of:
•State Water Board and Regional Water Board
(e.g., Order No. R8-2013-0010);
•CalRecycle (e.g., 27 CCR § § 20921(a)(2),
20750);
•County Local Enforcement Agency (which
inspects for and reports to CalRecycle); and
•AQMD (e.g.,Rule 1150.1).
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Current Status
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Current Operations
•2006 – 2017 – Site remained in compliance with both ground water sampling and landfill gas extraction/monitoring
•2017 - Notice of Violation issued to City
•Perimeter Gas Probe exceeds the Lower Explosive Limit (LEL) of 5%
•The City has not been issued any fines.
•2006 – Present
•City has performed good faith remediation efforts:
•Lab analysis
•Monthly and quarterly reports
•Non-routine maintenance, as needed
•Good faith effort on remediation
•Regulators and City Council approved Remediation Plan
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Gas Extraction System
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Current Status
•Remediation plan is in Phase 3
•Addition of 17 gas extraction wells
•Upgrade to blower equipment
•If successful, no additional remediation
work will be required.
•If unsuccessful, City must proceed to
Phase 4 remediation.
•Mandated operation, maintenance and
gas monitoring will be required to
continue.
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Options
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Summary of Key Points
1.As the operator of the landfill site from 1950-
60, the City is the responsible party for
maintaining the former landfill site.
2.City must continue to ensure compliance with
the Remediation Plan approved by the City
Council and regulatory agencies.
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Waterman Landfill Options
Options to Consider:
#1 – Status Quo
#2 – City Use of Site
#3 – Third Party Use of Site (Recommended)
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Option #1 – Status Quo
•Continue to fulfill terms of Remediation Plan.
•Take no further action relating to the development of the site.
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Option #2 – City Use
•Continue to fulfill terms of Remediation Plan.
•Take actions to prepare for possible City use of site (e.g., City
offices, City park facilities, etc.):
•Determine preferred City use.
•Determine funding mechanism to cover costs of developing
site (grants, City funds etc.).
•Allocate funding to cover cost of special counsel and other
consultants to achieve above goals.
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Option #3 – Third Party Use
•Continue to fulfill terms of Remediation Plan.
•Take action to prepare for possible third party use of site (e.g., sports facilities, solar,
commercial development, etc.)
•Allocate funding to cover cost of special counsel and other consultants to achieve
above goals, which includes the following:
•Appraisal;
•Engagement with regulators;
•Toxics experts to assist with designing transactional documents to transfer the site
while allocating risk in the manner most advantageous to the City;
•Rates & charges experts to assist with determining the extent to which City funds set
aside for the purpose of remediation may be used to attract development; and
•Economic development experts to assist with compliance with surplus property
laws and other restrictions on the sale of public assets.
•Allocate staff resources to work on above.
•Bring back RFP to Council prior to release to ensure it is designed in a manner to attract
the type of development Council desires at the site prior to release.
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Questions
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