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Environmental Management Department recommending the Board receive and file the Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for the construction of the Meyers Landfill final closure project and delegate the RFQ appeal Hearing Officer responsibilities to the Director of Environmental Management.
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Background: The County of El Dorado is undertaking the final closure of the 11 acre Meyers Landfill disposal site. 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 a STPUD sewer line, and installation of a surface water collection and retention system.
Reason for Recommendation: The closure construction of the Meyers landfill will be competitively bid. Prequalifying bidders of this project will assist the County in determining bidder responsibility and aid in the selection of the lowest, qualified responsive bidder of the future Request for Proposals for the Meyers Landfill closure project. This project is contingent upon available funding. In addition, the remedial closure is being done with the USFS oversight.
Action to be taken following Board approval: Subject to Board approval, the Meyers Landfill final closure RFQ will be released immediately with a submittal response due date of August 18th, 2009, and delegate the RFQ appeal Hearing Officer responsibilities to the Director of Environmental Management.
Attachment A: Request for Qualifications
Contact: Gerri Silva, MS, REHS, Director of Environmental Management
Concurrences: County Counsel