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A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF BUTTE COUNTY
APPROVING THE SITING ELEMENT AND SUMMARY PLAN OF THE BUTTE COUNTY
INTEGRATED WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN
WHEREAS, the County of Butte recognizes that it is in the public interest to enact and implement
an integrated waste management plan to address the State's diminishing landfill capacity and the potential
adverse environmental impacts from landfilling; and
WHEREAS, as part of its plan to conserve landfll capacity and address potential environmental
impacts from landtilling, the Board of Supervisors of the County of Butte adopted the Source Reduction and
Recycling Element and Household Hazardous Waste Element on November 10, 1992, and the Non Disposal
Facility Element on November 22, 1994, which Elements will be included in the Butte County Summary
Plan of the County Integrated Waste Management Plan: and
WI-{EREAS, the County of Butte has prepared the Siting Elementand Summary Plan of the Butte
County Integrated Waste Management Plan in accord with the mandates set forth by Assembly Bill 939, the
California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 (Division 30 of the Public Resource Code,
commcncin~~ with Section 40000); and
W] IEREAS, at its meeting of September I I. 1996, the Butte County Integrated Waste
Management Local Task Force considered the Final Draft Siting Element and Summary Plan of the Butte
Ct~unty Integrated Waste Management Plan and unanimously passed a motion to accept the Elements and
distribute them for consideration by the City and '('own Councils and Board of Supervisors; and
WHEREAS, the County of Butte may approve or disapprove the proposed Siting Element and
Summary Plan of the Butte County Integrated Waste Management Plan pursuant to Public Resources Code
Section 41760; and
1w'HERLAS, a majority of the Cities with a majority of the population in the incorporated portion
of the County must approve of the Sitin~~ Element and Summary Plan of the Butte County Integrated Waste
Management Plan for it to be approved by the California Inte~~rated Waste Mana~~ement Board; and
WHEREAS, the County of butte cun-ently has a minimmn estimate of 18 years of solid waste
disposal capacity available through the Neal Road Landfill and the State required threshold for planning
new or expanded solid waste disposal facilities is 15 vears of capacity: and
WEIEREAS, Butte Co~~mty is not proposing new or expanded solid waste disposal facilities in the
Countywide Siting Element and Summary Plan; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors has held a public hearing and considered pi~lblic comments
on the Siting Element and Summary Plan of the County Integrated Waste Management Plan;
NO1'~~, ~fHERLFORE, BF_ 1T RESOLVED pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 41760, that
the Butte County Board of Supervisors makes the following findin~~s:
A. An initial study has been conducted to evaluate the potential for signiticant adverse
environmental effects. There is no substantial evidence in light ofthe whole record that
the prgject may have a significant effect on the environment.
B. A Negative Declaration has been prepared pursuant to the California Environmental
Quality Act {CE(~A). "I'he Negative Declaration has been considered with other agency
comments and retlects the independent judgment of the Board of Supervisors. The
enviromnental doeutnentation is available for public review at the Butte County
Department of [ ~~iblic Works.
BE I"T FIIR"I7iER RESOLVED that the Butte County Board of Supervisors hereby approves the Negative
Declaration and approves the Siting Element and Summary flan of the Butte County h~te~~rated Waste
Management Plan
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Supervisors, County of Butte, State of California, this
25th day of November._, 1997 by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Beeler, Dolan, Houx, Josiassen and Chair Davis
NOF,S: None
.ABSEN"f~: None
NOT VOTING: None
FRED DAMS, Chairman, Butte County
Board of Supervisors
A"f TEST:
JOf-IN S. BIIACKLOCK, Q rk of the Board
By: I ~,
Clerkl Deputy
APPRC)VF,D AS TO FORM:
SUSAN M[NASIAN, County Counsel, County of Butte
By:
Assistant County Counsel
NEGATIVE Dc~.LARAT[ON REGARDING ENVIRONMEn SAL IMPACT
1. NOTICE IS F{EREBY GIVEN that the project described below has been reviewed pursuant to the
provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act of 1970 (Public Resource Code 21100, et. seq.) and
a determination has been made that it will not have a significant effect upon the environment.
2. DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT: Preparation and adoption of the Countywide Siting Element and
Summary Plan of the Butte County Integrated Waste Management Plan. The project consists of the
Siting Element and Summary Plan prepared to meet the requirements of the California Integrated Waste
Management Act of 1989 (AB 939) and California Code of Regulations (CCR) Title 14, Sections 18755 -
18756.7 and 18755 - 18758.
3. LOCATION OF PROJECT: Butte County Unincorporated area, the City of Chico, the City of Biggs, the
City of Oroville, the City of Gridley, and the Town of Paradise.
4. NAME AND ADDRESS OF PROJECT APPLICANT:
County of Butte
Department of Public Works
7 County Center Drive
Oroville CA 95465
S. MITIGATION MEASURES:
Nane required.
6. A copy of the Initial Study regarding the environmental effect of this project is on file in the
Department of Public Works at 7 County Center Drive, Oroville, CA 95965.
This study was:
X Adopted as presented.
Adopted with changes. Specific modifications and supporting reasons are attached.
A public hearing on this Negative Declaration was held by the decision making body.
Hearing Body: Butte County Board of Supervisors
Date: October 28, 1997
Determination:
On the basis of the Initial Study of environmental impact, the information presented at hearings, comments
received on the proposal, and our own knowledge and independent research:
X We find the proposed project COULD NOT have a significant effect on the environment, and a
NEGATIVE DECLARATION is hereby adopted.
We find that the project COULD have a significant effect on the environment, but will not in this
case because of attached mitigation measures described in item S above, which are by this
reference made conditions of project approval. A con ' ' al NEGATIVE DECLARATION is
hereby adopted. ---i~
r
ignature Fred Davis
Chair Butte Countv Board of Supervisors
Title
NOV 2 5 1997
Date
NOTICE OF DETERMINATION
TO: Office of Planning and Research FROM: Butte County Public Works
1400 Tenth Street ~ 1 County Center Drive
Sacramento CA 95814 Oroville CA 9S96S
and
County Clerk, County of Butte
SUBJECT: Filing of Notice of Determination in compliance with
Section 21 1.08 or 2152 of the Public Resource Code.
Project Title: Preparation and adoption of the Final Draft Countywide Siting Element and
Final Draft Summary Plan of the Butte County Integrated Waste Management Plan.
AP Number: NIA
Name: Final Draft Countywide Siting Element and Final Draft Summary
Plan of the Butte County Integrated Waste Management Plan
State Clearinghouse Number: 960721.05
Contact Person: Mike Crump Telephone Number. (916) 538-7681
Project Location: Butte County unincorporated area, Cities of Chico, Oroville, Gridley, Biggs, and the
Town of Paradise.
Project Description: Preparation and adoption of the Countywide Siting Element and Summary Plan of the Butte
County Integrated Waste Management Plan. The project consists of the Siting Element and Summary Plan prepared
to meet the requirements of the California Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 (AB 939) and California Code
of Regulations (CCR) Title 14, Sections 1875-1875b.7 and 18755 - 18758.
This is to advise that the Butte County Board of Supervisors has approved the above described project on October 2$,
1997 and has made the following determinations regarding the above-described project:
1. The project will, X will not, have a significant effect on the environment.
2. An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the
provisions of CEQA.
X A Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions
of CEQA.
3. Mitigation measures were, X were not, made a condition of the approval
of the project.
4. A statement of overriding considerations was, X was nat, adopted for this project.
This is to certify that the final mitigated Negative Declaration with comments and responses and record of project
approval is available to the general public at the Butte County Department of Pub~orks, 7 County Center Drive,
Oroville, CA 95965.
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Date Received for Filing and ~ ~-~.J
Posting at OPR ~gnature
Chairman Butte County Board of dpi ervisors
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