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Crisp County Solid Waste Plan
DRAFT Crisp County Solid Waste Management Plan Arabi and Cordele 2008-2017
July, 2007
Crisp County Board of Commissioners
Ferrell Henry, Chairman William Culpepper Brad Faircloth James Harris Arthur James Nance
L. E. Crapse, County Administrator
Arabi City Council
Alan Raymond Douglas, Mayor Walter Brown, Jr. Ronnie Morgan Larry Pate Robert Southwell
Joyce Rooks, City Clerk
Cordele City Commission
Zack Wade, Chairman Jeanie Bartee Jimmy Black Willie Colson, Jr. A. J. Rivers
Mrs. Jean Burnette, City Manager
Assisted by Middle Flint Regional Development Center 228 West Lamar Street Americus, Georgia 31709
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PLANNING AREA 1 WASTE STREAM CHARACTERIZATION 4 LOCAL WASTE DATA 9 WASTE PROJECTIONS 10 WASTE REDUCTION 12 INVENTORY 12 ASSESSMENT 13 COLLECTION 15 CONTINGENCY STRATEGY 16 ASSESSMENT 16 DISPOSAL 17 CONTINGENCY STRATEGY 18 ASSESSMENT 20 LAND LIMITATIONS NATURAL ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITATIONS WATER SUPPLY WATERSHEDS 21 GROUNDWATER RECHARGE AREAS 21 WETLANDS 21 RIVER CORRIDORS 21 PROTECTED MOUNTAINS 21 CRITERIA LIMITING SITING OF SOLID WASTE FACILITIES ZONING 24 FLOOD PLAINS 24 WETLANDS 24 AIRPORT SAFETY 24 MILITARY AIRSPACE 24 FAULT AREAS 26 SEISMIC IMPACT ZONES 26 UNSTABLE AREAS 26 SIGNIFICANT GROUNDWATER RECHARGE AREAS 26 ASSESSMENT 28 EDUCATION AND PUBLIC INVOVLEMENT 28 ASSESSMENT 28 REQUIRED APPLICANT PROCEDURES RELATED TO LANDFILL SITING 29 SITE SELECTION MEETING 29 SITE DECISION MEETING 29 ADDITIONAL STANDARDS 29 HYDROLOGIC ASSESSMENT 30 PLAN CONSISTENCY 31 PERMITS FOR REGIONAL SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES 31 IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY 35 REPORT OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS 37 ATTACHMENT 1 – EMERGENCY COLLECTION ASSISTANCE 38 ATTACHMENTS 2 AND 3 – DISPOSAL CAPACITY ASSURANCE 40 ATTACHMENTS 4 AND 5 – COLLECTION CAPACITY ASSURANCE 41 INTRODUCTION
The Georgia Legislature has determined solid waste management planning by the state and local governments, and regional development centers is necessary to; (1) prevent environmental degradation, (2) manage resources, and (3) effectively reduce and manage solid waste. To achieve that end, the 1990 session of the Georgia General Assembly passed the Georgia Comprehensive Solid Waste Management Act which stipulates that:
1. in order to receive a permit, grant, or loan for a solid waste management facility, each city and county shall develop, or be included in, a comprehensive solid waste management plan, 2. any request for a solid waste handling facility permit, or funding for publicly owned and operated solid waste facilities or equipment must be consistent with the solid waste management plan of all affected local governments.
The Act declares that it is the policy of the State of Georgia to educate and encourage generators and handlers of solid waste to reduce and, to the greatest extent possible, minimize the amount of solid waste through source reduction, reuse, composting, recycling, and other methods, and to promote markets for, and engage in, the purchase of goods made from recycled materials.
The Solid Waste Management Act requires each solid waste management plan to meet the following criteria:
1. provide for assurance of adequate solid waste collection capability and disposal capacity within the planning area for at least ten years from the date of plan completion, 2. have a program in effect to reduce by 25 percent the per capita rate of municipal solid waste disposed statewide in solid waste facilities as compared with the per capita municipal solid waste disposal rate in FY 1992, 3. identify all solid waste handling facilities within the planing area as to size and type, and 4. identify land areas unsuitable for solid waste handling facilities based on environmental and land use factors.
In addition, the Act requires each local government to report annually the progress in meeting statewide solid waste reduction goals, and the costs of solid waste management programs and services within their jurisdiction. The information provided in this annual report must be reasonably consistent with that provided in the local government plan, and solid waste disposal and landfill capacity reports.
PLANNING AREA
Crisp County is located in the southwest quadrant of the state; sixty miles south of Macon, forty miles northeast of Albany and ninety miles north of Valdosta. Located in the Fall Line Hills of the Coastal Plain Province, the county’s highest elevation is 450’-500’ above mean sea level.
Between 1950 and 2000, the community increased in population by 25% (4,333); the 1990s being the period of greatest growth. Population increased by 10% (1,985) that decade, equivalent to 45% of the growth experienced during the entire last half of the century. Throughout the five decades the seat of county government accounted for 50%-60% of all residents; 2% lived in Arabi. The community does not experience significant fluctuations in seasonal population.
Between 1980 and 2000, the number of households in the community increased 27% (1,778). Although the number of households in Cordele increased (642), the proportion of households credited to Cordele decreased by four percentiles, (56%-52%); Arabi maintained an almost constant 2% share.
Information presented in the following table reveals the mix of local employment opportunities by industrial sector.
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