2011 Budget Book - WHOLE - Kitsap County Government

SOLID WASTE DIVISION
Partnerships/Collaboration:
Efficiencies/Innovations:
Waste Management is also a "Potentially Liable Party (PLP)" for the Hansville Landfill under
MTCA and is responsible for 65% of remediation costs.
The Clean-up Action Plan for Hansville Landfill is the least-cost alternative remediation, and
will be one of the first landfill sites in the State of Washington where monitored natural
attenuation is approved as a clean-up remedy at a landfill site.
Mandates and Contractual
Agreements:
Regional or Local?
Description of
Requirements:
Minimum Service Level:
Program Justification:
Quality Indicators:
1) Reported exceedences at
Hansville Landfill
1) Reported exceedences at
Olalla Landfill
Workload Indicators:
1) Hansville Landfill groundwater
monitoring events
2) Olalla Landfill groundwater
monitoring events
Chapter 70.105D RCW (Hazardous Waste Cleanup - Model Toxics Control Act) and
Chapter 173-340 WAC (Model Toxics Control Act - Cleanup); Chapter 173-304 WAC
(Minimum Functional Standards for Solid Waste Handling)
Not applicable (landfills are now closed)
The MTCA statute and regulations apply to facilities where there has been a release or
threatened release of a hazardous substance that may pose a threat to human health or the
environment. Ecology requires those responsible to take those actions necessary to
investigate and remedy these releases.
Clean-up methodology is not defined by statute; each case is site-specific. Clean-up levels
for various parameters are contained in the MTCA regulations.
This program aligns with the Board's vision of "protecting natural resources and systems",
taking responsibility to investigate and correct potential environmental issues for which the
County has been identified as responsible.
Through this program, groundwater and surface water are being restored and protected
from potential impacts related to the landfills, protecting human health and the environment.
2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006
x x x x x
x x x x x
60 60 60 60 60 60
40 40 24 24 24 24
Cost Recovery
Funding Consequences
General administrative costs are recovered through user fees collected at the transfer
station; site specific costs related to remediation activities at Hansville and Olalla Landfills
are reimbursed through an interfund transfer from the applicable dedicated fund.
Failure to fund these clean-ups would result in enforcement action by the Health District and
Department of Ecology.