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Solid Waste Management Facility Permit Renewal Request Hubbard Construction Company dba Mid-Florida Materials District 2. January 29, 2013 BCC Public Hearing. Presentation Outline. Communication Request Background Existing Waivers Staff Findings Recommendation. Communication.
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Solid Waste Management Facility Permit Renewal RequestHubbard Construction Companydba Mid-Florida MaterialsDistrict 2 January 29, 2013 BCC Public Hearing
Presentation Outline • Communication • Request • Background • Existing Waivers • Staff Findings • Recommendation
Communication Prior to this afternoon’s hearing, EPD Staff met with Commissioner Brummer to review the staff report and recommendation that is found in your agenda packet.
Request Applicant requests approval of a permit renewal application to construct, operate, and close, as necessary, a Solid Waste Management Facility consisting of a construction and demolition (C&D) debris disposal facility (landfill).
Background Located in NW Orange County, west side of Golden Gem Road, approximately 1/2 mile north of Ponkan Road
Background • Operated as a borrow pit since 1960’s • Operated by Hubbard Construction Company as a landfill since mid 1980’s
Background Construction and demolition debris disposed within excavated areas
Background • Permit approved by BCC in 2000 to expand site from 80 acres to 220 acres (186 waste fill acres) • Same airspace is now projected to last through 2093 • 5 years of post-closure maintenance and monitoring • Agreement to Offer Donation of south 120 acres for recreational use • Permit extended past Dec 2012 expiration date while permit renewal application being reviewed
Existing Waivers • Above grade elevation • all areas at or below original single highest point • some areas up to 43 feet above site’s original grade
Existing Waivers North South Original single highest elevation Proposed final elevation 43 ft max difference Original site grade
Existing Waivers • Reduced landscape trees • primarily used as visual buffer with 1 tree / 60 feet • no trees proposed along property boundary shared with another landfill Adjacent landfill Property boundary
Existing Waivers Mid-Florida MaterialsC&D Disposal Facility Area with reduced landscaping(no trees) Golden Gem RoadClass III Landfill
Staff Findings • No enforcement actions • No substantial deviations from previously approved permit • Consistent with latest revisions to Chapter 32 Article V • Minor updates to permit conditions to be consistent with latest submittals and code references
Staff Findings • Wekiva Study Area – Solid Waste Ordinance • site is located in Primary Floridan Aquifer Vulnerability Zone (more vulnerable) on default map WSA-5 • presumptive prohibition would normally prohibit a new disposal facility • if no substantial deviation thennot subject to new restrictions on siting or setbacks
BCC Action Requested APPROVAL OF RENEWAL OF THE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITY (CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION DEBRIS DISPOSAL FACILITY) PERMIT #SW-232027-LFCD-85/0712 FOR HUBBARD CONSTRUCTION COMPANY DBA MID-FLORIDA MATERIALS, WITH WAIVERS FOR ABOVE GRADE ELEVATION AND REDUCED LANDSCAPING, AND WITH CONDITIONS, FOR A DURATION OF FIVE (5) YEARS.
Solid Waste Management Facility Permit Renewal RequestHubbard Construction Companydba Mid-Florida MaterialsDistrict 2 January 29, 2013 BCC Public Hearing
Wekiva RiverProtection Area Wekiva Study Area
Primary (“more vulnerable”) Secondary (“vulnerable”) Tertiary (“less vulnerable”) Wekiva Study Area