Kittitas SWMP Update_Approved_(2020-07-09)

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2020 Solid Waste and Moderate Risk Waste Management Plan Update 6-4 AX0304191054PDX 6.1.4.1 Replace Ellensburg Transfer Station Complete the design, permitting, and construction phase of the new Ellensburg Transfer Station to meet the capacity needs of the growing population and remedy the flooding and safety issues at the current site. 6.1.4.2 Use of Transfer Stations The County, through its transfer stations operations contract, should continue to provide for all collected MSW to be routed through the County-owned transfer stations, or private transfer stations in the County, and/or assure collection of program fees for all MSW generated within the County, including acceptance of self-hauled material. 6.1.4.3 Expand Cle Elum Operations Evaluate options for expanding operations in Cle Elum to address the population growth expected in the next 15 to 20 years. Options include expanding the existing Cle Elum transfer facility and expanding the operating hours. 6.2 Landfill Disposal Landfilling is the disposal method whereby solid waste is permanently placed in or on land. Solid waste landfills in the State of Washington are regulated by local health departments and Ecology through minimum statewide standards for all municipal solid waste landfill (Chapter 173-351 WAC). This section provides information on landfill regulations, local facilities, and present capacity. 6.2.1 Landfill Regulations On October 9, 1991, EPA promulgated the Solid Waste Disposal Facility Criteria, Final Rule (40 CFR Parts 257 and 258). These standards, issued under authority of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) of 1976, set forth location restrictions, requirements for facility design and operations, groundwater monitoring, corrective action measures, and landfill closure standards. Under law, Congress has assigned primary responsibility for managing solid waste to state and local governments. States are required to incorporate federal standards into current state waste permitting programs. The most significant costs to implement the new federal standards are associated with design requirements, groundwater monitoring, corrective action, and facility closure/post closure costs. Ecology responded to the new federal standards in November of 1993 with its revised municipal solid waste landfill (Chapter 173-351 WAC). In general, the minimum functional standard for municipal solid waste landfills must be at least as strict, in every way, as the federal standards. However, because the federal standards do not establish rules for nonmunicipal solid waste landfills (i.e., demolition and wood waste landfills), regulatory requirements for these landfills were developed by the state (Chapter 173-350- 400 and -410 WAC). 6.2.2 Landfill Disposal Inventory for Kittitas County Table 6-5 provides an inventory of disposal locations and tonnages in Kittitas County for the last available 5 years.