The El Sobrante Landfill Citizen Oversight Committee (COC), will meet at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 8 in the Lee Lake Water District board room, 22646 Temescal Canyon Road.
Discussion items include updates on the Clean Money Program and acceptance of incinerator ash at the landfill. Groundwater wells in Dawson Canyon will be discussed, and a legal opinion on the definition of “peak hour traffic” on SR-91 will be presented.
Updates on the landfill will include construction of the new Phase 11, the permitting process for two basins that have already been constructed, the five-year permit review, and the manner in which disposal of nonhazardous, nondesignated contaminated soils is handled.
COC members will review and provide comment on the landfill’s 2013 annual report submitted by Waste Mangement and vetted by the county’s Administrative Review Committee (ARC). The committee also will review the ARC’s Mitigation Monitoring Report and conditions of approval for the annual report.
The purpose of the five-member Citizen Oversight Committee appointed by the Riverside County Board of Supervisors is to review the annual report and provide comment to the supervisors regarding the report, including issues or concerns. The committee must meet at least once a year but can meet more often. It has no authoritative powers and acts solely in an advisory capacity.
COC members current concerns are about the landfill’s appearance, acceptance of incinerator ash, truck traffic on the 91 during peak hours and landfill expansion that, committee members claim, was not authorized.
Current COC members are Chairman Rob Mucha, Vice Chairman Amie Kinne, Paul Rodriguez, Jana Walchle and Jack Wyatt. Walchle lives in El Cerrito; the other four are Temescal Valley residents.