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Accept the 2023 Annual Biosolids Land Application Report from the Department of Resource Management
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Published Notice Required? Yes ___ No _X _
Public Hearing Required? Yes ___ No _X _
DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of Resource Management recommends that the Board of Supervisors accept the 2023 Annual Biosolids Land Application Report.
SUMMARY:
Solano County Code, Chapter 25, requires that a report be submitted annually to the Board of Supervisors presenting the results of the past season's activities on the land application of Class B biosolids in Solano County. The report must also include an update on the generator's progress toward utilizing alternative technologies for the reuse of biosolids other than land application or landfilling. This generator's report, the 2023 Bay Area Clean Water Agency (BACWA) Report, is included as Attachment A of the County's report (Attachment A) and documents the results of the 2023 season for the land application of biosolids in Solano County.
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The cost of managing and overseeing the biosolids land application program is recovered through fees collected for site registration and land spreading charged to the applicant. Costs for biosolids material sampling and sample analysis are also charged to the applicant. A per-acre surcharge for research, charged to the applicant, is used for conducting research activity to improve our understanding of potential impacts, if any, of the land application of biosolids.
The costs associated with preparing the agenda item are included in the Department's FY2023/24 Working Budget.
DISCUSSION:
Solano County is one of the few California counties that regulate the land application of biosolids onto agricultural land as a soil amendment. Since 1997, the Department of Resource Management (DRM) staff has been implementing the local biosolids land application program by enforcing the Solano County Code (SCC) Chapter 25 which inco...
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