Memorandum
Item #1
9:05 AM
June 11, 2020
STAFF REPORT
TO: Planning Commission
FROM: Scott Deleon, Interim Community Development Director
Sateur Ham, Assistant Planner I
DATE: May 28, 2020
SUBJECT: Eastlake Sanitary Landfill Expansion Project
* General Plan of Conformity (GPC 20-01)
* Initial Study (IS 20-53)
SUPERVISOR: District Two (2)
ATTACHMENTS:
1. Vicinity Map
2. Existing & Proposed Site Plans
3. Initial Study
4. Agency Comments
5. Response to Agency Comments
6. Mitigation and Monitoring Plan
I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Lake County Public Services Department is requesting approval of a General Plan of Conformity to allow the expansion of the existing Eastlake Sanitary Landfill to meet the demands of the County and to effectively operate the landfill. The proposed expansion would laterally expand the existing landfill to the "north" and "east" onto properties owned by the County of Lake and occupy approximately 21.8 acres foot print and the expansion (an addition) would be approximately 36.2 acres in size. The proposed expansion of the landfill has will extend the landfill lifespan by approximately 22 years or greater based on current and projected disposal rates. In addition to the expansion, there will be a number of improvements and ancillary facilities at the Eastlake Sanitary Landfill, this will include the follow:
* Paved two-lane access road from the landfill entrance to the scale house and bag dump areas
* Perimeter drainage control facilities
* Dedicated borrow source area for daily soil cover
* Scale house and scale facilities
* Restroom building
* Bag dump facility
* Recycling and buy back center
* Operations and equipment shop
* 2,500 gallon potable water tank
* Leachate, unsaturated zone, groundwater and perimeter landfill gas (LFG) monitoring points
* LFG collection and control system (GCCS), with gas blower and flare station located at the north end of the site
Construction of an all-weather access road and storm water detention basin ...
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