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2020 Solid Waste and Moderate <br />Risk Waste Management Plan Update <br />AX0304191054PDX ix <br />Table ES-1. Required Plan Elements and Location <br />Required Element Location in 2020 SWMP <br />State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) checklist and necessary SEPA <br />documents Appendix G: SEPA Checklist <br />Evidence of SWAC participation (for example, SWAC meeting minutes and <br />signed roster), Interlocal agreement(s) Appendix B: SWAC Membership and Minutes <br />Interlocal agreement(s) Appendix A: Interlocal Agreement <br />Resolution(s) of adoption Appendix H: Resolutions of Adoption <br />ES.3 Developing the Plan <br />The Kittitas County Solid Waste Department (Solid Waste) and Kittitas County SWAC are primarily <br />responsible for the development of this Plan. The SWAC represents state and local government, <br />business, and citizens from various areas of Kittitas County. In addition, staff members from Kittitas <br />County and each participating jurisdiction actively participated through review and comment as the Plan <br />was developed. Each participating jurisdiction will adopt the Plan once it has been finalized. <br />The first step in the Plan process was to develop a methodology for evaluating and revising the existing <br />solid waste management plan. Early on, it was agreed that this update should result in a plan that was <br />user friendly and implementable, while meeting the State requirements of a Plan update. <br />The next step involved identifying, collecting, and analyzing data pertinent to the existing waste stream <br />and waste management system. The following categories of information were developed and assembled <br />using available Kittitas County data and state or national ratios: <br />1) Current solid waste generation and characterization/composition of solid waste <br />2) Descriptions of existing private and public sector solid waste facilities and planned <br />expansion/modifications, including existing recycling and composting facilities <br />3) Current solid waste management operations <br />4) Existing haulers and waste management contract agreements <br />To identify viable and appropriate options for the planning horizon, demographic and economic <br />development data and projections were gathered, as available. This information was then integrated with <br />the information on the existing system, and used to forecast trends regarding solid waste generation, <br />geographic distribution of solid waste in the County, solid waste disposal locations and capacities, and <br />local and regional markets for recovered materials. The projections became the basis to formulate an <br />integrated waste management strategy. <br />A list of options was developed and provided to the County and SWAC for comment or additions. The <br />waste management options that were considered were designed to provide: <br />1) Long-term stability and flexibility <br />2) Cost-effective, efficient services and programs <br />3) Environmental protection <br />4) Improvements to the waste management infrastructure <br />After review and selection of options, the Preliminary Draft Plan was prepared for review and comment by <br />the public, cities, County, and Ecology. Comments received during this process were incorporated into a <br />revised Agency Review Draft Plan. Comments received from the Agency Review process will be <br />incorporated, as necessary. The revised Agency Review Draft Plan will then be adopted through <br />resolution by the Kittitas County Board of Commissioners and incorporated cities and submitted to <br />Ecology for final review. [}) . . . . .