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Accept the 2018 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 2018 Annual Biosolids Land Application Report from the Department of Resource Management.
The department is not currently recommending any changes to Chapter 25.
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 along with findings from the research program conducted on biosolids applied rangeland soils in Solano County. The report documenting the results of the 2018 season for the land application of biosolids in Solano County is attached. There were no major issues identified with the Biosolids program in 2018.
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 nominal and absorbed by the department's FY2018/19 Adopted Budget.
DISCUSSION
Solano County is one of the few California counties that regulate the land application of biosolids onto farm land as a soil amendment. Since 1997, the Department of Resource Management (DRM) s...
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