Approve Contract for Landfill Gas Services for South Region Landfills
Summary
SCH Number
2022080256
Public Agency
Orange County Waste & Recycling
(OCWR)
Document Title
Approve Contract for Landfill Gas Services for South Region Landfills
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
8/11/2022
Document Description
Approval of the contract with Tetra Tech BAS will provide landfill gas (LFG) services for South Region landfills including services at closed landfill sites in support of regulatory compliance and ongoing post-closure maintenance activities. Services may include management and maintenance of LFG collection systems; diagnostics and repairs; reporting and performing various types of sampling and testing for surface, subsurface, and ambient air emissions; performing mitigation measures; and as-needed services required to support compliance with regulatory requirements.
Contact Information
Name
Aimee Halligan
Agency Name
Orange County Waste & Recycling
Job Title
Administrative Manager I
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant
Phone
Location
Cities
Dana Point, Irvine, Newport Beach, San Juan Capistrano
Counties
Orange
Regions
Countywide, Southern California
Other Location Info
Del Obispo, San Joaquin, Forster, Land Road, and Coyote Canyon Closed Landfills
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Class 1 Section 15301; and Class 8 Section 15308
Reasons for Exemption
The proposed action allowing for landfill gas management services at other various South Region closed sites (Del Obispo, San Joaquin, Forster, Lane Road, and Coyote Canyon) is Categorically Exempt (Class 1) from the provisions of CEQA pursuant to section 15301 of the CEQA Guidelines, since section 15301 exempts projects that consist of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographic features, involving negligible or no expansion of use beyond that existing at the time of the lead agency's determination. The proposed action is also separately and independently Categorically Exempt (Class 8) from the provisions of CEQA pursuant to section 15308 (Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of the Environment), since section 15308 exempts actions taken by a public agency for the protection of the environment. This contract will allow for continued monitoring, maintenance, and management of the existing landfill gas control systems at South Region closed landfills, and contract work at closed sites will only serve to enhance environmental protection and site integrity associated with ongoing closed-site maintenance activities, in conformance with environmental protection requirements pursuant to monitoring, reporting and compliance agreements with regulatory entities for ongoing closed site maintenance, which is consistent with a Class 1 and Class 8 Categorical Exemption determination.
County Clerk
Orange