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WHEREAS said EIR identifies a reduction in Alameda County landfill disposal capacity as the only significant environmental impact; and WsRREAS. said EIR finds that a combination of mitigation measures would reduce the above impact to a level of insignificance; said measures being [1] the cessation of import from Contra Costa at the earliest possible date after the opening of a landfill in Contra Costa, [2] payment of a per ton mitigation fee on the waste imported from Contra Costa to fund (a) the development by Alameda county of additional waste disposal capacity and/or (b) increased diversion of Alameda County waste through programs such as source reduction, recycling and education, [3] disposal of Contra Costa County waste at landfills in other counties, [4] increased diversion of waste in Contra Costa by programs such as recycling and source reduction, and [5] provision of reciprocal capacity for Alameda County waste at future landfills in Contra Costa County; and WHEREAS said EIR evaluates alternatives to the project including [1] no project, [2] continued import beyond two years, [3] reduced tonnage, [4] use of another landfill, and [5] baling of wastes at the Acme Transfer Station prior to delivering them to Altamont Sanitary Landfill; and WwRREAS each of these alternatives either generated environmental impacts as significant or greater than the proposed mitigation measures and/or were not feasible and/or did not achieve the project objectives; and WHEREAS this ACWMA held a duly noticed public hearing on September 25, 1991 and continued at subsequent meetings to December 18, 1991, to consider said Environmental Impact Report and proposed CoSWMP Plan Amendment, at which time all interested parties were heard; NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that an Environmental Impact Report for the proposed project was prepared and certified by the Alameda County Zoning Administrator, December 18, 1991, in accord with the California Environmental Quality Act [CEQA] and State and local EIR Guidelines, and this ACWMA, as a responsible agency, has considered said document in conjunction with the proposed plan amendment; and BE IT ~uM'£n~MRESOLVED that this ACWMA herein adopts a combination of the mitigation measures identified above to avoid the significant impact of the project on disposal capacity in this county. Specifically: [1] Early cessation of import is provided under Condition No. 7, which requires resolution of litigation against new landfills in Contra Costa County'and reduces the term of the agreement to 6 months if the litigation is not settled prior