Resolution to Cease Burial of Waste at the Tajiguas Landfill after 2038; Third Supervisorial District
Summary
SCH Number
2024010620
Public Agency
Santa Barbara County Public Works Department Resource Recovery and Waste Management Div.
Document Title
Resolution to Cease Burial of Waste at the Tajiguas Landfill after 2038; Third Supervisorial District
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
1/23/2024
Document Description
The proposed action is to authorize adoption of a resolution which would clarify that the use of the Tajiguas Landfill for disposal of municipal solid waste would cease upon retirement of debt service for the ReSource Center in 2038. This action replaces Resolution 18-150 that created a policy to cease use of Tajiguas Landfill at 23,300,000 cubic yards. At the time of the adoption of Resolution 18-150 it was anticipated that the prior permitted volume was sufficient to continue landfilling operations to approximate the time period required to retire the debt service that funded the Tajiguas ReSource Center. The resolution revises the policy to establish the landfill useful life as intended.
Contact Information
Name
Joddi Leipner
Agency Name
SB County PW, RRWMD
Job Title
Senior Engineering Environmental Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Santa Barbara
Counties
Santa Barbara
Regions
Southern California
Cross Streets
U.S. 101 and Tajiguas Landfill Access Road
Zip
93101
Total Acres
497
Parcel #
081-150-019, 081-150-026, 081-150-042
State Highways
US HWY 101
Railways
Union Pacific
Airports
None
Schools
None
Waterways
Pila Creek, Pacific Ocean, Arroyo Quemado, Arroyo Hondo
Township
5N
Range
31W
Base
SanBern
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Other
Type, Section or Code
15378(b(2) and (b)(5))
Reasons for Exemption
The County is proposing to replace a resolution (Resolution 18-150)that was originally part of a settlement agreement approved in 2018. The reason for the recommendedaction to replace is because of changed circumstances regarding the anticipated service life of the TajiguasLandfill. The current permitted volume of the Tajiguas Landfill that was the subject of the resolution was recently determined to only provide landfilling service through March 2026 and not through approximately 2038, which was the date expected when the resolution was approved and the ReSource Center publicly financed. Consistent with the CEQA finding made for the adoption of the resolution in 2018, replacing a resolution regarding limitations on the future expansion of the Tajiguas Landfill and use of Baron Ranch is not a project. Per CEQA Guidelines Section 15378 (b)(2) and (b)(5) replacing the resolution is part of the County’s general policy and procedure making authority and is an administrative action by the Board of Supervisors that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment and therefore not a project under CEQA. Replacing the resolution does not allow for an expansion of the Landfill capacity and separate environmental review, decisionmaker approval and permits are required for any project to increase the capacity and will be considered at a later date.
County Clerk
Santa Barbara
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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