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Environmental Management Department recommending the Board authorize the Chair to sign a Budget Transfer increasing the operating budget by $850,000 for the Meyers Landfill Closure for FY 2010-11.
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Background:
The County of El Dorado is undertaking the work activities for the remedial design regarding the remedy and operation, monitoring and maintenance of Meyers Landfill Site, Operable Unit 1. The Meyers Landfill operated from approximately 1947 through 1971 under a series of Forest Service Special Use Permits that were issued to private parties and the County of El Dorado. Waste disposed at the site included municipal solid waste from residential and commercial sources from within the southern Lake Tahoe Basin area. The site stopped receiving waste in 1971 and in 1973 the County closed the landfill and covered the waste with an interim soil cap.
Since the closing of the site in 1973 several site investigations have been conducted. As a result of these investigations, it was determined that in the best interest of public health and safety, the site would need to be remediated. In January of 2002, the United States Forest Service (USFS) issued a Feasibility Study and Proposed Plan for remediation of the site, which was later modified and termed the Supplemental Remedial Investigation/ Feasibility Study (RI/FS). The RI/FS calls for capping the waste mass with an impermeable multi-layer cover system, installation of a passive landfill gas venting system, relocation and consolidation of a portion of the waste mass directly above and east of a South Tahoe Public Utility District (STPUD) sewer line, and installation of a surface water collection and retention system, also known collectively as the Remedial Action. The proposed Remedial Action to be implemented at the Meyers landfill site was finalized by the Forest Service in the Record of Decision (ROD) executed on November 15, 2007. The ROD was incorporated into the Partial Consent Decree, which was is...
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