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Community Development Services, Environmental Management Department, recommending the Board consider the following:
1) Accept a donation of soil from the California Department of Transportation to be utilized at the Union Mine Disposal Site; and
2) Pursuant to Government Code Section 25355, delegate authority to the Director of Environmental Management, or designee, to accept such future soil donations from the California Department of Transportation.
FUNDING: Non-General Fund/County Service Area 10 Solid Waste Funds.
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DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATION
Community Development Services, Environmental Management Department (Environmental Management), is recommending the Board accept a donation of soil from the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to be utilized at the Union Mine Disposal Site, and delegate authority to the Director of Environmental Management, or designee, to accept such future soil donations from Caltrans after obtaining approval from the Local Enforcement Agency (LEA) and Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB).
DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND
Environmental Management was notified by Caltrans that approximately 10,000 cubic yards of soil material generated from the previous winter slide activity on U.S. Highway 50 was being stockpiled at the former mill site in Camino, California. Caltrans indicated that the stockpile needed to be moved and offered to haul the material to the Union Mine Disposal Site free of charge. Commencing on August 22, 2017, Caltrans began transporting the soil to the Union Mine Disposal Site and is anticipated to be completed over the course of approximately seven business days. Caltrans has represented that it is not aware of any contaminants in the soil.
Environmental Management submitted a work plan to the LEA and RWQCB detailing the origin of the soil, current location and proposed Union Mine Disposal Site stockpile location, and the laboratory testing of the soil material to determine if any const...
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