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The Board reviewed the following memo dated 6/4/85: TO: THE HONORABLE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS THRU: TERRANCE G. PINTO FROM: RONALD R. BROOKS DESCRIPTION DATE: JUNE 4, 1985 SUBJECT: SITE SELECTION FOR FUTURE HAZARDOUS WASTE STORAGE/ TRANSFER FACILITIES The Water Quality Assurance Act, which was passed by the Florida Legislature on July 1, 1983, requires that each County designate sites for the construction of future hazardous waste storage and transfer facilities to meet a demonstrated need. According to guidelines provided by The Florida Department of Environmental Regulation,, the storage and transfer facilities are to be a warehouse -type facility where containerized wastes are held for short periods of time, usually less than 90 days. The main purpose of the facility is to consolidate smaller shipments of wastes from individual local generators so that economical truckload reshipments can be made to facilities where the wastes are treated, recycled, or disposed. Each county is to select a minimum of two sites with a recommended acreage of at least five acres but no less than two acres. The sites are to be selected utilizing siting criteria suggested by the Florida Department of' Environmental Regulation. The two sites are to be approved by the Board of County Commissioners after at least two public hearings, one of which could be a public workshop. The sites must be selected and approved by June 30, 1985. CONDITIONS AND ANALYSIS Staff has selected two sites for approval by the Board of County Commissioners for future hazardous waste storage/transfer facilities. Site Number 1 is within the County landfill located on 74th Avenue approximately 1/2 mile south of Oslo Road. Site Number 2 is located within the solid waste transfer station in the closed Gifford Landfill on South Gifford Road, approximately 1/2 mile west of 43rd Avenue. Location maps and descriptions of both sites are provided in Exhibit I. The two sites encompass a little over two acres of surface area each and comply with specific selection criteria suggested by the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation in that they are: 1. Located on cpublic land owned by the County. 2. Within industrial zoning or the equivalent so as not to be inconsistent with the intended land use. 3. Within land already used for solid waste transfer or disposal. 4. Within a large enough area to provide buffering to surrounding properties. The two sites also were obtained from was provided to the Regulation. L_ JUN 121985 meet the general selection criteria in Exhibit II which a "Hazardous Waste Assessment Assistance Manual" that County by the Florida Department of Environmental 43 BOOK 6 1 FAGF V2 ,9