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Accept the 2016 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:
It is recommended that the Board accept the 2016 Annual Biosolids Land Application Report from the Department of Resource Management.
The department is not currently recommending any changes to Chapter 25.
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
The land application of biosolids may only occur if the application complies with the requirements of federal standards (Title 40, CCR, Part 503), state standards (Regional Water Quality Control Basin Plans and General Orders), and County regulations (Chapter 25). In Solano County, the Department of Resource Management is responsible for the enforcement of Solano County Code, Chapter 25 requirements that locally regulate the application of biosolids onto farmland in unincorporated areas. Chapter 25 was approved with language regulating the land application of biosolids in 1997. It was amended in 1998 to include the requirement of public notifications for land spreading activity and to prohibit application of biosolids during wet weather. The ordinance was modified again in 2005 to prohibit biosolids land application within the boundaries of the primary and secondary Suisun Marsh. In 2012, Chapter 25 was modified once again to include the definition of biosoilids compost, clarify and expand soil and ground water testing, and remove the five-year sunset date for these requirements which was October 15, 2012. As required by Solano County Code, section 25-402(a)(9,) the Department is submitting the 2016 annual report detailing activities associated with the land application of biosolids onto farm land in Solano County during the calendar year.
During 2016, thirteen generators provided approximately 7,304 dry tons of biosolids that was land spread over 1,481 acres of farmland as soil amendment. Th...
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