HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 187-95RESO .UTION NO. 1 8 ? ' 9 5
A RESOLUTION APPROVING PROPOSED
AMENDMENT NO. 192-15A TO THE
COUNTY OF KERN SOL1D WASTE
MANAGEMENT PLAN
WHEREAS, the County of Kern on October 2, 1995, has referred to the
City of Bakersfield an application for an amendment to the County Solid Waste
Management Plan (CoSWMP) submitted on behalf of the U.S. Borax Company; and
WHEREAS, the State of California has enacted legislation pursuant to
Chapter 1617 of the Statutes of 1990 which governs the process for the approval of solid
waste facilities in the interim period until a new Countywide Integrated Waste
Management Plan is approved in accordance with the California Integrated Waste
Management Act of 1989 (AB 939); and
WHEREAS, the County of Kern has modified its approval procedures for
amendments to the County Solid Waste Management Plan to require that a majority of
the incorporated cities within the County which contain a majority of the population of
the incorporated area of the County either approve or disapprove such amendments by
resolution within 90 days of receipt of the amendment from the County; and
WHEREAS, said request for amendment to the County Solid Waste
Management Plan submitted on behalf the U.S. Borax Company, Amendment No.
192-15A, proposes inclusion of a 60 acre site as an existing non-municipal waste Class III
landfill, and existing mining waste management unit for Group C nonhazardous mining
waste, solid waste, and inert waste; and
WHEREAS, subject site is located approximately three miles northwest of
Boron, within the boundaries of the 3,800 acre U.S. Borax Mine Facility; and
WHEREAS, the site is designated 7.3 (Heavy Industrial) by the Kern
County General Plan; and
WHEREAS, on August ll, 1995, the County of Kern Solid Waste
Management Advisory Committee (SWMAC) considered said amendment, found it to
be consistent with the policies of the Kern County Solid Waste Management Plan and
recommended approval of the amendment as requested; and
WHEREAS, on September 19, 1995, the Board of Supervisors of the
County of Kern considered said amendment to the County Solid Waste Management
Plan, approved said amendment as requested, and adopted the Negative Declaration as
prepared by the Lead Agency; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Kern on the same
date directed that copies of the amendment be referred to the incorporated cities
within the County;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED and found by the Council of the
City of Bakersfield as follows:
1. The above recitals and findings, incorporated herein, are true and
correct.
2. The City Council hereby approves the proposed amendment to the
County of Kern Solid Waste Management Plan submitted on behalf the U.S. Borax
Company (Amendment No. 192-15A), requesting inclusion of the affected site as an
existing non-municipal waste Class II1 landfill and existing mining waste management
unit for nonhazardous mining waste, solid waste and inert waste.
3. The City Council concurs in the finding made by' the Board of
Supervisors of County of Kern on September 19, 1995, that said Amendment No.
192-15A is consistent with the policies of the Kern County Solid Waste Management
Plan and the revision thereof to include the above referenced site.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed and
adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held on
I}[g 1 $ ~ , by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBER DeMONO, cARS ,ON.~SM~rH,~McI~ERMOTr' ROWLES, SULLIVAN, SALVAGGIO
NOES: COUNCILMEMBER- .~--~ "L.{'~- ~:~
ABSTAIN: COUNCILMEMBER ~ ,,
CITY CLERK and Ex O[~clO Clerk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED DEC 1 3 1F35
BOB PRICE
MAYOR of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED as to form:
JUDY SKOUSEN
CITY ATTORNEY
CARL HERNANDEZ
Deputy City Attorney
MJM
November 28, 1995
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