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FINAL DRAFT REVISED ALAMEDA COUNTY SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN PLAN BACKGROUND The California Solid Waste Management and Resource Recovery Act of 1972, as amended, requires each county to adopt a county solid waste management plan and to review and revise that plan, as appropriate, at least every three years. Under the law, the county board of supervisors prepares the plan, which must be approved by the cities and by the California Waste Management Board (CWMB). Under the 1976 Joint Powers Agreement, the Alameda County Board of Supervisors designated the Solid Waste Management Authority to be responsible for preparing and maintaining the plan in this county. Alameda CoUnty adopted a Policy Plan in 1976, a Short-Term Facilities Plan in 1977 and a Medium- and Long-Term Facilities Plan in 1978. These documents made up the first Alameda County Solid Waste Management Plan. In 1982, the three plans were revised and consolidated into the current County Plan. Since 1982, the Authority has amended the Facilities Program within the County Plan but has not changed basic Plan policies or updated material in the Plan. Under the Authority JPA, changes to the Facilities Program may be made by the Authority Board; member agencies must adopt any changes to basic plan policies. In late 1985, the Authority prepared a Plan Review Report which was accepted by the CWMB. The report identified areas in the County Plan which needed to be updated or revised. The report was the basis for subsequent plan work. The firm of Black & Veatch was retained in April, 1986 to prepare the Revised Plan under direction of the Authority's Plan Review Committee. In April, 1987 a Preliminary Draft Plan was transmitted to concerned parties including member agencies of the Authority. Comments were received and evaluated by the Plan Review Committee and the consultant was directed to prepare a Final Draft. On July 29, 1987 the Authority certified the Negative Declaration and approved the Final Draft Plan. It directed that the Final Draft be transmitted to the member agencies for approval. PI. AN SUMMARY Figure III-1, showing the location of existing solid waste facilities in Alameda County and Figure III-2, showing the implementation schedule for proposed new facilities, are attached. Major features of the Final Draft Plan are as follows: In Chapter II, the draft Plan provides new policies to support a large-scale waste-to-energy plant, recovery of 75% of county waste by materials/energy recovery by the year 2005, 50-year continuous landfill capacity, minimal land- fill disposal of hazardous wastes, and priority to handling Alameda County water treatment and wastewater treatment plant sludge.