HomeMy WebLinkAboutres1993-022WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL AGENDA BILL
NO. AB93 -122
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SUBJECT.•
Resolution establishing financial assurance for post - closure of Cedarville
(Acknowledging current procedure for the purpose of receiving a grant.)
ATTACHMENTS:
Resolution & Cover Letter
SUMMARY STATEMENT. • Please complete sections of box as appropriate & explain the item belo)v.
Related County Contract N:
Should Clerk schedule a hearing? NO /x/ YES / / Requested date:
Amount budgeted for this item/ project: $
Is it (or will it be ) within budget? YES / / NO / / lease explain below
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In offering a grant for funding Cedarville Landfill closure improvements, DOE required Whatcom
County to pass an ordinance or resolution acknowledging its obligation to fund post - closure activities
by budgeting annually sufficient monies to cover costs up to $100,000 per year.
ORIGINATOR'S RECOMMENDED ACTION.
County Council approval
COMMITTEE ACTION TAKEN:
COUNCIL ACTION TAKEN:
4/13/93: Council approved the resolution. 7 -0
Related File Numbers: Ordinance or Resolution Number (this item only): R93 -022
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RESOLUTION NO. 93 -022
SPONSORED BY: Consent
PROPOSED BY: Public Works
INTRODUCED: 4/13/93
A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING FINANCIAL ASSURANCE
FOR POST CLOSURE OF CEDARVILLE LANDFILL
4 WHEREAS, Washington Administrative Code (WAC) 173 - 304 -467 requires a Financial
5 Assurance Account (FAA) for closure and post - closure costs for all landfills operated past November 27,
6 1989; and
7 WHEREAS, Whatcom County must fund post - closure activities identified in the current post-
8 closure plan for the Cedarville Landfill through an annual budget process; and
9 WHEREAS, the latest revised 20 -year post - closure cost estimate is $3.2 million based on the
10 approximate annual amount of $160,000 as budgeted in 1993; and
11 WHEREAS, WAC 173 - 304- 467(6)(a) requires a post - closure FAA to be generated at each facility
12 by transferring a percentage of the facility user fee; and
13 WHEREAS', WAC does not fit the situation where a landfill operated a very short time following
14 the mandate for an FAA; and
15 WHEREAS, the Washington State Department of Ecology has authority to approve other methods
16 for post - closure accounts under WAC 173 - 304 - 467(5); and
17 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that Whatcom County wants to comply with the intent
18 of the law; and
i9 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Whatcom County acknowledges its obligation to fund post-
20 closure activities in the amount of up to $160,000 per year and that it will make every effort to fund
21 necessary post - closure costs exceeding this figure; and
22 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the funds for Cedarville Landfill post - closure activities will
23 be budgeted annually into the Solid Waste Management Fund and post - closure costs be billed to and paid
24 from the Fund.
25 APPROVED this 13th day of April , 1993.
26 ATTEST: WHATCOM COUNTY COUNCIL
27 WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON
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29 Council Clerk Marge dlaw, Chairperson
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APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Civil Deputy
Prosecuting Attorney