West Mojave Plan FEIR/S - Desert Managers Group

There is also a privately owned and operated large volume transfer/processing facility,waste tire facility and materials recovery facility, located within the City of Hesperia and servingthe residents of that area, and solid waste facilities located at Fort Irwin. The Mojave Desert andMountain Solid Waste Authority owns a transfer/processing facility in the City of Victorville.Additional information regarding these facilities is as follows:Advance Disposal Transfer/Processing Facility (SWIS # 36-AA-0337): This facility,located on 7 acres on Mesa Street in the City of Hesperia, is owned and operated by AdvanceDisposal Company. This company handles waste disposal for the City of Hesperia. The site ispermitted as a large volume transfer/processing facility, waste tire location and materialsrecovery facility. Permitted capacity and throughput for the transfer/processing facility is 600tons per day.Fort Irwin Sanitary Landfill (SWIS # 36-AA-0068 & 0413): This facility is owned andoperated by US Dept. of the Army at Fort Irwin. It is a class III solid waste landfill with apermitted capacity of 19,000,000 cubic yards and a permitted throughput of 100 tons per day.The site has 460 acres identified for disposal, and a remaining capacity, as of May 30, 2001, of14,738,5900 cubic yards. There is also a composting facility permitted on 6 acres for thecomposing of green materials and sludge (biosolids). The composting facility is permitted for18,000 cubic yards per day.Victor Valley MRF and Transfer Station: This facility is located on 13 acres in the Cityof Victorville, at the northwest corner of Abbey Land and “B” Street. It is owned by the MojaveDesert and Mountain Solid Waste Authority and operated by Burrtec Waste Industries, Inc. It ispermitted as a large volume transfer/processing facility with a permitted capacity of 500 tons perday and a permitted throughput of 600 tons per day.3.5 MOTORIZED VEHICLE ACCESS NETWORK3.5.1 Policies and Legislation3.5.1.1 Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA)The Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), of 1976, long considered thelandmark legislation that changed the operations of BLM forever, provides a multiple useframework for managing the nation's public lands that focuses on the needs of both present andfuture generations. Under FLPMA, land managers are required to take into account the longterm needs of present and future generations as they make important decisions in themanagement of renewable and nonrenewable resources, including recreation, timber, minerals,watershed, fish, wildlife, rangeland, scientific and historical values. The Act requires BLM toexecute its management powers under a land use planning process that is based on multiple useand sustained yield principles.Chapter 3 3-264