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Accept the 2021 Annual Biosolids Land Application Report from the Department of Resource Management
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Public Hearing Required? Yes ____ No _X _
DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors accept the 2021 Annual Biosolids Land Application Report from the Department of Resource Management.
SUMMARY:
Solano County Code, Chapter 25 requires 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. The report documenting the results of the 2021 season for the land application of biosolids in Solano County is attached (Attachment A).
FINANCIAL IMPACT:
The cost of managing and overseeing the biosolids land application program is recovered through fees collected for site registration and land spreading which are 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 nominal and absorbed by the department's FY2021/22 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 incorporates the requirements contained in CFR 40, Part 503 of the federal standards. SCC Chapt...
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