Athens-Hocking Joint Solid Waste Management District. Plan Update

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1 Athens-Hocking Joint Solid Waste Management District Plan Update for Planning Period 2012 to 2026 Plan for Review and Public Comment Athens-Hocking Joint Solid Waste Management District P.O. Box 2607 Athens, Ohio (740) Prepared with the assistance of Waste Alternatives, Inc. Mount Vernon, Ohio Printed on recycled content paper.

2 Athens-Hocking Joint Solid Waste Management District Plan Update 2012 Athens-Hocking Joint Solid Waste Management Plan Update Draft for Review and Public Comment Table of Contents I. Introduction I-1 A. Plan Approval Date, Counties in District, and Planning Period Length I-1 B. Reasons for Plan Submittal I-1 C. Process to Determine Material Change in Circumstances I-1 D. District Formation and Certification Statement I-3 E. The Athens-Hocking Joint Solid Waste Management District Policy Committee I-3 F. Board of Directors I-4 G. District Contact, Address and Phone Number I-4 H. Technical Advisory Committee I-4 II. Executive Summary II(ES)-1 III. Inventories A. The Reference Year III-1 B. Existing Solid Waste Landfills III-1 C. Existing Incinerators and Resource Recovery Facilities III-1 D. Existing Transfer Facilities III-1 E. Existing Recycling and Household Hazardous Waste Collection Activities III-1 F. Existing Composting/Yard Waste Management Facilities III-2 G. Existing Open Dumps and Waste Tire Dumps III-2 H. Ash, Foundry Sand, and Slag Disposal Sites III-2 I. Map of Facilities and Sites III-2 J. Existing Collection Systems - Haulers III-2 IV. Reference Year Population, Waste Generation, and Waste Reduction IV-1 A. Reference Year Population and Residential/Commercial Waste Generation IV-1 B. Industrial Waste Generation IV-3 C. Exempt Waste IV-5 D. Total Waste Generation IV-6 E. Reference Year Waste Reduction IV-6 F. Total Waste Generation: Historical Trends of Disposal Plus Waste Reduction IV-24 G. Reconciliation of Waste Generation IV-24 H. Waste Composition IV-25 III-1 Contents 1

3 Athens-Hocking Joint Solid Waste Management District Plan Update 2012 V. Planning Period Projections and Strategies V-1 A. Planning Period V-1 B. Population Projections V-1 C. Waste Generation Projections V-2 D. Projections for Waste Stream Composition V-4 E. Waste Reduction Strategies through the Planning Period V-5 VI. Methods of Management: Facilities and Programs to be Used VI-1 A. District Methods for Management of Solid Waste VI-1 B. Demonstration of Access to Capacity VI-3 C. Schedule for Facilities and Programs: New, Expansions, Closures and Continuations VI-7 D. Identification of Facilities VI-12 E. Authorization Statement to Designate VI-12 F. Waiver Process for Undesignated Facilities VI-12 G. Siting Strategy for Facilities VI-13 H. Contingencies for Capacity Assurance and District Program Implementation. VI-13 VII. Measurement of Progress Towards Waste Reduction Goals VII-1 A. District Will Comply with Goal(s) Identified VII-1 B. Goal #1 B The District is not Complying with Goal #1 VII-1 C. Calculating Goal #2, the Waste Reduction Rate (WRR) VII-9 VIII. Cost and Financing of Plan Implementation VIII-1 A. Funding Mechanisms and Amount of Money Generated VIII-1 B. Costs of Plan Implementation VIII-11 C. Funds Allocated from ORC (B), ORC , and ORC VIII-25 D. Contingent Funding or Financing VIII-27 E. Summary of Costs and Revenues VIII-28 IX. District Rules A. Existing Rules IX-1 B. Proposed Rules IX-1 C. Procedures IX-1 IX-1 Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D Appendix E Appendix F Resolutions of District Formation Copies of Notices for Public Hearing and Public Comment Period Copy of Resolution and Certification Statements Documenting Ratification Identification of Consultants Retained for Plan Preparation District Map Copies of Surveys and Commercial and Industrial Survey Results Contents 2

4 Athens-Hocking Joint Solid Waste Management District Plan Update 2012 Table of Tables I. Introduction. No tables. II. III. IV. Executive Summary Table ES-1 General Information II(ES)-1 Table ES-2 District Office II(ES)-1 Table ES-3 Plan Data Summary II(ES)-3 Table ES-4 Existing Disposal Facilities II(ES)-4 Table ES-5 District Budget Summary II(ES)-7 Inventories Table III-1 Landfills Used by the District III-3 Table III-2 Omitted - Solid Waste Incinerators Used by District Table III-3 Licensed Transfer Facilities Used by District III-4 Key Key for Tables III-4 and III-5 III-5 Table III-4 Residential Curbside Recycling Activities Used by the District III-6 Table III-5 Drop-off, Buyback, Hauler Collection, Other Recycling Activities, and HHW Collection Used by District in 1999 III-8 Table III-6 Composting/Yard Waste Management Activities Used III-16 by the District Table III-7 Facilities Used by District Which Are Located Outside Ohio: Additional Data III-17 Table III-8 Open Dumps and Waste Tire Dumps Located in District III-18 Table III-9 Omitted Not applicable to this District Table III-10 Solid Waste Haulers Operating in the District III-19 Reference Year Population, Waste Generation, and Waste Reduction Table IV-1 Reference Year Population IV-1 Table IV-2A and 2B Reference Year Residential/Commercial Waste Generation IV-2 Table IV-3A Industrial Waste Generation -- Survey Respondents vs. Non-respondents IV-4 Table IV-3B Industrial Waste Generation -- Using Disposal and Reported Recycling IV-5 Table IV-4 Exempt Waste Generated in District and Disposed in Publicly-Available Landfills IV-5 Table IV (Reference Year) Total District Waste Generation IV-6 Table IV-6 A 2009 (Reference Year) Residential/Commercial Waste Reduction in District IV-7 Table IV-6 B Residential/Commercial Waste Reduction in the District by Material (Added table, not required) IV-8 Table IV-7 A 2005 Industrial Waste Reduction in District IV-22 Table IV-7 B Reference Year Industrial Recycling by Material Type IV-23. (Added table, not required) Table IV-8 Total Waste Generation Based Upon Disposal Plus Waste Reduction IV-24 Table IV-9 Adjusted Reference Year Total District Waste Generation for District IV-25 Contents 3

5 Athens-Hocking Joint Solid Waste Management District Plan Update 2012 Table IV-10 Estimated Residential/Commercial Waste Stream Composition for the District in 2005 (Reference Year) IV-26 Table IV-11 Estimated Industrial Waste Composition for the District IV-27 V. Planning Period Projections and Strategies Table V-1 District Population Projections V-1 Table V-2 District Residential/Commercial Waste Generation V-2 Table V-3 Projected Industrial Waste Generation V-3 Table V-4 Total Waste Generation for District During Planning Period V-4 Table V-5 Projected Residential/Commercial During the Planning Period V-20. Table V-6 Residential/Commercial Waste Reduction Strategies V-29 Table V-7 Industrial Waste Reduction Strategies V-33 VI. Methods of Management: Facilities and Programs to be Used Table VI-1 Waste Management Methods Used and Processing Capacity Needed for Each Year of Planning Period VI-1 Table VI-2 Summary for Residential/Commercial Waste Management Methods VI-2 Table VI-3 Summary for Industrial Waste Management Methods VI-3 Table VI-4A Waste Management Method: Landfills VI-5 Table VI-4B Waste Management Method: Recycling VI-5 Table IV-4C Waste Management Method: Composting VI-6 Table VI-5 Implementation Schedule for Facilities, Strategies, Programs, and Activities: Dates and Descriptions VI-7 VII. Measurement of Progress Toward Waste Reduction Goals Table VII-1 Materials Designated to Demonstrate Compliance with Goal #1 Table VII-2 A Calculation of Access for Residential Sector VII-2 VII-5 Table VII-2 B Demonstration of Access for Commercial Sector VII-9 Table VII-3 Annual Rate of Waste Reduction: Residential/Commercial Waste VII-11 Table VII-4 Annual Rate of Waste Reduction: Industrial Waste VII-12 Table VII-5 Annual Rate of Waste Reduction: Total District Solid Waste VII-13 VIII. Cost and Financing of Plan Implementation Table VIII-1 District Disposal Fee Schedule and Revenues Generated VIII-1 Table VIII-2 Generation Fee Schedule and Revenues (Scenario 2) VIII-2 Table VIII-3 Summary of Revenue Generated and Mechanisms Used VIII-4 Table VIII-4 Athens-Hocking Recycling Center Revenue and Expenses VIII-7 Table VII-5 Anticipated Loans Secured by the District VII-11 Table VIII-6 Costs of Plan Implementation VIII-13 Table VIII-7 Fund Allocations as Required by ORC VIII-26 Table VIII-8 Contingent funding sources planned VIII-28 Table VIII-9 Summary of District Revenues and Expenditures VIII-29 Contents 4

6 Chapter I Introduction

7 Athens-Hocking Joint Solid Waste Management District Plan Update 2012 I. Introduction A. Plan Approval Date, Counties in District and Planning Period Length 1. Under the current approved plan: Date of Ohio EPA approval: December 12, 2005 Counties in the District: Athens County and Hocking County Years in the planning period: 15 years 2. Plan to be implemented with approval of this document: Counties in the District: Athens County and Hocking County Years in the planning period: 15 years Year one of the planning period: 2012 B. Reason for Plan Submittal This plan is submitted for approval as required for the mandatory five year plan update. C. Process to Determine Material Change of Circumstances Ohio law [ORC Section (D)] requires district plans to be updated when the District Board of Directors 1 determine that circumstances are materially changed from those addressed in the approved plan. If a plan update is required due to a material change in circumstances, the plan update must address those portions of the plan that need to be modified due to the change. A plan amendment involving fees or designation that does not require modification of any other part of the plan requires ratification, but not Ohio Environmental Protection Agency approval. However, if any other portion of the plan is modified, the entire plan must be updated. Moreover, the updated plan must be ratified, submitted to Ohio EPA, and obtain Ohio EPA=s approval prior to becoming effective. 1. Determination Criteria In determining whether a material change has occurred, the Board of Commissioners will consider the following: a. Waste generation; including the addition or loss of industrial waste generation, commercial waste generation, and/or residential waste generation. b. Change in the availability of capacity, causing a capacity shortfall prior to the next planned five-year update to the District Plan. c. Strategies for waste reduction and/or recycling, limiting the ability of the district to honor the reduction goals itemized in the State Plan. d. The availability of revenues for plan implementation. e. Changes in the procedures to be followed for plan implementation; f. Changes in the timetable for implementation of programs and/or activities; g. Any other factor that the Board considers relevant. 1 The three Athens County Commissioners and the three Hocking County Commissioners serve as the Athens-Hocking Joint Solid Waste Management District Board of Directors. I - 1

8 Athens-Hocking Joint Solid Waste Management District Plan Update Monitoring Procedures The Determination Criteria will be evaluated on the basis of information obtained through the District Policy Committee=s annual review of the approved plan, and/or the District Staff=s monitoring programs. The staff monitoring program includes the following: a. Quarterly analysis of District revenues; b. Analysis of information acquired by District Staff for preparation of the District's Annual Report for Ohio EPA; c. Information acquired by District Staff through follow-up investigations of citizen complaints which indicate the existence of deviations from or noncompliance with the District plan; and d. Analysis of information voluntarily provided to the District Staff by state or local officials and employees, or owners and operators of solid waste collection, disposal, transfer, or recycling operations, which indicate the existence of deviations from and/or noncompliance with the District's plan. The Policy Committee or the District's staff will immediately notify the Board of Commissioners of any reliable information that is likely to establish that a significant or substantial change from the circumstances addressed in the District's approved plan has occurred. 3. Timetable for Making the Material Change Determination Within 10 days from receipt of notification from the District Staff under paragraph 2, above, the Board of Directors shall request the District Staff to prepare a report which discusses the effects that the changed circumstances identified in the District s Staff notice to the Board of Directors may have on the criteria listed in Section C.1. of this chapter, The District Staff shall prepare the report and submit it to the Board of Directors within thirty days of the Board s request. Within ten days after the receipt of the District Staff s report, the Board shall decide whether additional information is necessary for the Board to determine whether a material change has occurred. If the Board determines that additional information is required, the District Staff shall revise its report to include such additional information and submit its final report within twenty days from the Board s request for additional information. Within sixty days after the Board's receipt of the District Staff's final report, the Board shall make a determination of whether the changed circumstances are material pursuant to the criteria listed in paragraph 1, above. During that time, the Board may obtain such information from sources other than the District Staff as the Board deems necessary and proper to making its determination of whether a material change has occurred. 4. Notification Procedure After Making Determination Upon the Board's determination that a material change has occurred, the Board shall notify the District Policy Committee, in writing, within ten days of the Board's determination. The Board's notice shall request the District Policy Committee to prepare a draft amended solid waste plan, pursuant to ORC (D), that amends the district plan to address the direct and indirect effects of any such material change in circumstances. The Board of Directors will also notify Ohio EPA of its determination. D. District Formation and Certification Statement The District s configuration has remained the same since the submittal of the District s approved Plan. A copy of the resolution of District formation is found in Appendix A. I - 2

9 Athens-Hocking Joint Solid Waste Management District Plan Update 2012 Appendix B includes all public notices publicizing hearings and the public comment period for this Plan update. Appendix C includes the resolution signed by the Policy Committee members asserting that the contents of the draft Plan are true and accurate, a resolution adopting the Plan prior to ratification, and a resolution certifying that the Plan has been properly ratified. E. Policy Committee Members The Chairperson of the Policy Committee is Gary Starner and the Committee Vice Chair is Joe Murtha. The District Policy Committee members are: Representing Athens County Representing Hocking County Sector Represented Lenny Eliason, Athens County Commissioner Clark Sheets, Jr., Hocking County Commissioner County Board of Commissioners Paul Wiehl, Mayor of Athens Michael Walsh, Mayor of Logan Chief Executive officer of the largest municipality in each County Dick Shaw, Athens Township Trustee Chuck Hammer, designee for Athens City - County Health Department Ed Newman (Ohio University) Rodney Watkins, Good Hope Township Trustee Douglas Fisher, Health Commissioner Hocking County Health Department Keith Brown (Logan Hocking Schools) Townships Health Districts Representing industrial, commercial, or institutional waste generators Joe Scherer William Kaeppner Representing the public Nancy Bain Joe Murtha Representing the public Gary Starner District at Large Representative I - 3

10 Athens-Hocking Joint Solid Waste Management District Plan Update 2012 F. Board of Directors The District Board of Directors is comprised of the members of the Boards of County Commissioners of Athens and Hocking Counties: Athens County Commissioners: Lenny Eliason Larry Payne Mark Sullivan Hocking County Commissioners: Sandra Ogle Clark Sheets, Jr. John Walker Schroeder G. District Contact Person and Contact Information The District contact person for the plan update is: Roger Bail, Operations Director Athens-Hocking Joint Solid Waste District P.O. Box 2607 Athens, Ohio Tel: (740) Fax: (740) The District was assisted in the preparation of this plan by: Mary Wiard, Planner Waste Alternatives, Inc. 204 E. High Street PO Box 70 Mount Vernon, OH Phone; Fax: H. Technical Advisory Committee The District does not presently have any committees other than the District Policy Committee. I - 4

11 Chapter II Executive Summary

12 Athens-Hocking Joint Solid Waste Management District Plan Update 2012 II. Executive Summary Athens-Hocking Joint Solid Waste Management Plan Update Table ES-1 General Information District name: Athens-Hocking Joint Solid Waste Management Plan Update (referred to in this plan as the District or the Athens-Hocking District.) District ID # (for OEPA use only) Reference year: 2009 Planning period: January 1, 2012 to December 31, 2026 D RD DR Approval date: OI date: DA Key: D=draft, RD=ratified draft, DR=draft revised, OI=order to be implemented, DA=draft amended. This is the draft Athens-Hocking Joint Solid Waste Management District Plan Update for OEPA review and non-binding opinion. Table ES-2 District Contact/Office Contact: Roger Bail, Operations Director Address: P.O. Box 2607 City: Athens State: Ohio Zip:45701 Phone: (740) Fax: : (740) rbail@ci.athens.oh.us Overview of the Plan Update Process Ohio law requires Districts to periodically update the District s solid waste management plan. This is the five year update of a plan which was approved by the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency December 12, This plan has been submitted to the Ohio EPA for an advisory review. Following the review by Ohio EPA, revisions were made to respond to OEPA s comments. The revised plan is now available for a thirty-day public review and comment period. Following the public comment period, a public hearing will be held to give interested parties and the public an opportunity to ask questions and make comments regarding the plan. The District Policy Committee will review the comments and will, if they identify a compelling reason, make changes in the plan based on the public comments. Once the Policy Committee has approved the revised Plan, it will be delivered to the legislative authority of each municipal corporation and township in the district for review and ratification. During the 90-day ratification period, each county and political subdivision within the two counties will be asked to vote on the plan by means of a resolution or ordinance. The ratified plan will be sent to the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency for final review and approval. The District was assisted in the preparation of this plan by Waste Alternatives, Inc. of Mount Vernon, Ohio, solid waste and recycling planning consultants. The majority of the data regarding solid waste generation, waste flow patterns, recycling, and waste reduction is data for calendar year 2009 and was collected by the District and Waste Alternatives, Inc. in This plan provides direction to the District for reducing waste and increasing recycling by continuing and expanding participation in the programs and activities the District has already initiated. Overview of Existing Program and Facilities The reference year for the inventories and projections in this plan is calendar year The first year of the planning period is 2012 and the last year is In 2009, the Athens-Hocking District utilized one in-district, six out-of-district, and one out-of-state landfill for the disposal of solid waste. There was one in-district publicly available landfill accepting municipal solid waste in 2009 Athens-Hocking Reclamation Center. II-1

13 Athens-Hocking Joint Solid Waste Management District Plan Update 2012 There are no resource recovery (Incineration with energy recovery) facilities for the disposal of solid waste in the District and no waste from the District was disposed of in a resource recovery facility in There are no transfer facilities operating in the District. Solid waste from the District was taken to four out-of-district transfer facilities. The center of Athens-Hocking Solid Waste Management District=s recycling program is the non-profit Athens-Hocking Recycling Center. The Recycling Center processes and markets recyclable materials collected from all of the residential curbside and most of the drop-off programs operating in the District. The Center also processes some materials from commercial and industrial sources.. The Athens-Hocking Recycling Center provides pay-as-you throw 1 waste collection and curbside recycling services to residents of the City of Athens through a contract with the city of Athens. In the reference year, weekly or bi-weekly residential curbside recycling coupled with pay-as-you-throw waste collection was offered to residents in Albany, Amesville, densely populated areas surrounding Athens City, and The Plains. These programs continue. There were a few residential curbside subscribers in Nelsonville and Logan. The District operates several drop-off recycling sites including two full-time drop-off sites, one at the Athens County material recovery facility and one in Logan. Rural areas are served by a drop-off program using compartmentalized trailers or trucks, and bins which are, at a minimum, available for 4 hours a month at a specific time and at set locations. In the reference year, 2009 and continuing in 2010, the following sites were available in Athens County (additional information regarding the site locations is included in Table III-5): Buchtel Villages, Glouster Village, Guysville Village, Lee Township, Lodi Township, and Waterloo Township. The sites in Hocking County are Haydensville, Marion Township, Murray City, and Starr Township. The District is in the process of adding additional drop-off sites in both counties in order to expand access to recycling. The sites that will be used to provide access during the planning period are listed in Table VII-2.A. (page VII-6.) of the Plan. In addition to the programs provided by the District through Athens-Hocking Recycling, private waste haulers, scrap yards, out-of-district recyclers, and recycling brokers provide recycling opportunities and services, which are crucial to the implementation of this Plan. The District has not held a District wide household hazardous waste collection event. In the reference year, 2009, The City of Athens held a household hazardous waste collection for city residents There were two Class IV composting facilities accepting yard waste in One was operated by Ohio University and one by a private company in Hocking County. Ohio University operates a Class II facility which composts food and yard waste. Several municipalities in the District collect leaves in the fall and spread them on farm fields with the cooperation of local farmers. 1 Pay-as-you-throw or volume based rates is a system for charging for waste collection and disposal based on the volume or weight of the amount collected. In the Athens-Hocking District, pay as you throw programs are based on the volume of material set out for collection. II-2

14 Athens-Hocking Joint Solid Waste Management District Plan Update 2012 Table ES-3. Plan Data Summary Plan Data: All of the waste generation, reduction, and recycling numbers are expressed in tons and are rounded to the nearest whole ton. Reference year 2016 (year 5) 2021 (year 10) 2009 Population from Table V-1 92,230 95,267 96,020 Industrial 3,189 3,851 3,851 Waste Generation Residential/commercial 68,909 73,717 74,300 (Tables IV-3.B., IV- 2.B., IV-4 and V-4) Exempt 538 1,000 1,000 Total 72,636 78,568 79,151 Industrial (Table VII-4) 1,940 2,601 2,601 Residential/commercial (Table VII-3) 5,714 6,507 9,126 Recycling/waste reduction Res/Com Yard Waste Composting (VII-3) MSW Composting Incineration Ash disposal Waste Reduction Total (Table VII-5) 8,837 9,630 12,249 District Waste In-district 49,777 Landfill Disposal 67,938 65,902 Out-of-district 14,655 (Includes exempt waste) Out-of-state Landfill Disposal Total 64,565 67,938 65,902 WWR=percentage of waste reduction=waste reduction/recycling divided by waste generation (exempt waste is included (Table VII-5) 11.07% 11.82% 15.11% Note: In-district and out-of-district landfilling is combined for 2016 and 2021 because the District does not direct waste and so there is no way to accurately predict how much will be landfilled in-district and how much will be transported out. II-3

15 Athens-Hocking Joint Solid Waste Management District Plan Update 2012 Table ES- 4 Major Disposal Facilities Used by the District in Reference Year Expected Useful Life Facilities Used by District In-District Facilities Athens-Hocking Reclamation Out-of-District Facilities AMDWRL Years Amount of District Waste Landfilled in , ,777 Beach Hollow Landfill, Jackson County 10, ,578 Pike Sanitation Landfill, Pike County 2, ,275 AMDWRL Allowable maximum daily waste receipt limit. Years left is the number of years remaining if waste is received at 2009 levels. Waste Generation Projections In 2009, the residential/commercial waste generation in the Athens-Hocking District was 68,909 tons which is 4.09 pounds per person per day. Industrial waste generation in 2009 was 3,189 tons based on actual disposal figures plus recycling reported by industries. Industry reported 1,734 tons recycled and 206 tons reduced; 1,249 tons of industrial waste from the District was landfilled. This Plan predicts slight growth in residential/commercial waste generation and no growth in industrial waste generation. Planned Waste Reduction Strategies The 2001 State Solid Waste Management Plan encourages Districts to implement programs which will lead to compliance with goals one and two of the state plan, but compliance with only one of the two goals is required. Goal #2 states: a) 25 percent waste reduction rate for the residential/commercial sector, b) 66 percent waste reduction rate of the industrial sector. In 2009, the Athens-Hocking District recycled 8.86% of the residential and commercial waste and 60.83% of the industrial waste. The District chooses to comply with Goal #1. Goal #1 in the 2001 State Solid Waste Management Plan is as follows: To obtain an Ohio EPA approved plan, a SWMD must demonstrate that at least 90 percent of the residential population in each county comprising the SWMD will have access to waste reduction and recycling programs by the third year following approval of the SWMD's solid waste management plan. These programs can be existing or new programs, but all programs used to demonstrate 90 percent access must be in place within three years of obtaining an approved solid waste management plan. All programs and activities being used to demonstrate compliance with the residential sector component of Goal #1 must collect a minimum of five of the materials identified as highly amenable to recovery from solid waste generated by the residential sector. The SWMD must also demonstrate that generators in the commercial/institutional sector have access to recycling or other alternative management methods for at least five of the materials identified as highly amenable to recovery from solid waste generated by the commercial/institutional sector. Recycling opportunities that qualify to demonstrate access are defined as drop-off recycling, nonsubscription curbside, subscription curbside, centralized material recovery facilities, or a combination of these. A formula is provided to determine how much credit each type of recycling is assigned toward reaching the 90% access goal. The population with access as calculated using the formula in 2009 was 78% in Athens County, 69% in Hocking County. The District is in the process of II-4

16 Athens-Hocking Joint Solid Waste Management District Plan Update 2012 setting up three additional drop-off recycling sites in Athens County and two in Hocking County to bring both counties up to 90% access or above. This Plan counts on the continuation of most of the existing curbside recycling programs and the continued operation of the existing multi-material drop-off sites. When the District s material recovery facility is completed, the District will concentrate on upgrading the drop-off sites so that they are easier to access and are more user friendly. To meet the goals of the new state plan, the District s public education program will focus on changing behavior to decrease waste and increase recycling. Programs will be targeted to waste generators. Target audiences were prioritized as: 1. Residents, 2. Communities and political leaders 3. Schools and school age youth, 4. Institutions and commercial businesses, and 5. Industries. Public education and marketing activities aimed at increasing participation in waste reduction and recycling minimum requirements: Web Site. The District will continue to have a web site. The web site shall include, at a minimum, a comprehensive resource guide and an Infrastructure Inventory. It will have links to public and private sector recycling programs and services. Comprehensive Resource Guide. The District will prepare, regularly update, and make available a compilation of reduction and recycling opportunities to address the recycling of specific materials including both common recyclables and difficult to manage materials. This guide will be available on the web site and as a printable document suitable for distribution. Infrastructure Inventory. The District will maintain and make available up-to-date information about solid waste recycling and management infrastructure. This information shall include curbside recycling programs, drop-off recycling locations, composting facilities, yard waste collection programs, hauler-provided recycling programs, and scrap recyclers and other recycling opportunities. Speaker/Presenter. The District will have staff or volunteers who can speak about District programs and make presentations on recycling and waste reduction topics. Assistance to commercial businesses and industries in developing or expanding recycling programs: District staff will work directly with business and industries that need information or technical assistance to develop or expand recycling. Industrial recycling survey: The District will survey industries at least every other year and will use the survey as a chance to communicate with industries and to make them aware of the resources that are available. Waste Disposal Capacity According to the facility data reports filed at Ohio EPA, the total amount of waste landfilled from the Athens-Hocking District in 2009 was 64,565 tons. This plan does not predict growth in waste generation and in disposal needs during the planning period. There is one publicly available landfills in the District and a number of landfills within a reasonable hauling distance from the District. The expected remaining capacity of the landfills that receive the majority of the District s waste extends well beyond 205 extends well beyond II-5

17 Athens-Hocking Joint Solid Waste Management District Plan Update 2012 Cost and Financing of Plan Implementation As in the plan under which the District is currently operating, the District is planning to rely on disposal fees at the landfill located inside the District as a funding source for District programs and activities. District disposal fees for solid waste landfilled in the District are now levied as follows: $1 per ton on the disposal of waste generated in the District; $2 per ton on the disposal of solid waste generated outside the boundaries of the District where the wastes are disposed of, but inside the State; $1 per ton on the disposal of solid waste generated outside the boundaries of the State. With the approval of this Plan, the District is enacting a generation fee in accordance with Section of the Ohio Revised Code. The generation fee is paid on each ton of municipal solid waste generated in the District and delivered to an Ohio transfer facility or an Ohio landfill for disposal. Beginning July 1, 2012, the District will collect a $3.00 per ton generation fee as provided in the Plan. This Plan includes a generation fee increase of $1.00 in January 1, The $3.00 per ton generation fee and the increase to $4.00 at the beginning 2018 will be enacted with the ratification of this Plan. However, the District will prepare an updated solid waste management Plan by the end of The District may adjust the fees up or down as needed when the Plan is updated in Until the next Plan Update, fees cannot be increased without being ratified. If the increase in the generation fee to $4.00 is not necessary, it can be rescinded when the Plan is updated in Athens-Hocking Recycling receives revenue from the sale of the recyclables that are processed and marketed by the Recycling Center. All of the proceeds from the sale of recyclables are used to fund the recycling services that are provided by the Recycling Center for the District. The District receives income from miscellaneous sources which include money that is collected to defray the cost of the handling or disposal of Ahard to dispose@ of items like Freon bearing appliances. Other sources include the sale of used equipment. This Plan includes a new materials recovery facility to be built and equipped by the District. It is anticipated that the Athens-Hocking Recycling Center will operate the facility. The expected cost of site improvements and the building is approximately $2,000,000. It may be less depending on the availability of suitable land at low or no cost and the method of construction selected. The District will be seeking grant funds and partnerships with municipalities, Ohio University, and other potential large generators of recyclables to properly equip the facility to meet the specific needs of the recycling streams to be managed. It is anticipated that a loan for $2,000,000 will be required. The District plans to repay the laon over a period of twenty years. Through an agreement with the city, the Athens-Hocking Recycling Center provides volume based waste collection and curbside recycling collection services to the City of Athens. Athens-Hocking Recycling is the recycling service provider for Ohio University. Athens-Hocking Recycling also has a number of subscription waste collection and recycling customers. In order to fully understand the mechanisms for funding the various services that are available to implement this Plan it is important to understand the relationship between the District and the Athens Hocking Recycling Center. For this reason, Chapter VIII includes a revenue and expense table for the non-profit Athens Hocking Recycling Center in addition to the revenue and expense table for the District. The District does not subsidize waste collection and disposal services provided by Athens-Hocking Recycling. These services are funded entirely by the entities for which waste collection and disposal services are provided. Athens Hocking Recycling Center s primary mission is to promote recycling. II-6

18 Athens-Hocking Joint Solid Waste Management District Plan Update 2012 The Center does not collect waste for disposal from residents, businesses, or industry unless the customer signs up for the complete package of recycling combined with volume based waste collection. Table ES-5 District Budget Summary Revenue, less passthrough revenue, from Table VIII-9. Carry over from previous year from Table VIII-9 Expenditures from Table VIII (first year) 2016 (fifth year) 2021 (tenth year) 2026 (15th year) $ 347,887 $ 449,565 $ 507,788 $ 498,681 $ 200,000 $ 210,377 $ 60,627 $ 115,464 Plan Preparation and Monitoring Implementation of Approved Plan Final balance at end of year $ 6,000 $ 7,000 $ 8,000 $ 8,000 $ 338,275 $ 514,141 $ 473,554 $ 489,847 $ 203,612 $ 138,801 $ 86,861 $ 116,298 The Athens-Hocking Solid Waste District is adding the generation fee as its second funding source because the generation fee is a dependable and reasonably predictable funding mechanism for the District. The District disposal fee on materials received at the in-district landfill is somewhat dependable, but it is subject to changing waste disposal patterns which may result in less out-ofdistrict and out-of-state waste coming to the landfill. District revenue could be substantially reduced were the landfill to close. Designation Fee: As a contingent funding mechanism, the District can implement facility designation fees. To implement a facility designation fee, the District will invite any landfill, transfer station, or other solid waste facility to be designated by the District provided that the facility enters into a designation agreement that requires the facility to collect and remit to the District a designation contract fee on each ton of solid waste generated in the Athens-Hocking Solid Waste District and received by the facility. The District is authorized pursuant to Section VI.E. of this Plan to establish facility designations in accordance with Section of the Ohio Revised Code. The District is also authorized pursuant to Section IX.A. of this Plan Update to adopt rules governing the use of facilities pursuant to Section (G) of the Ohio Revised Code. Rules After this updated plan has been approved by the Director of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, the Athens-Hocking Solid Waste Management District Board of Directors may, as the Board deems appropriate, adopt, amend, or rescind rules to the fullest extent authorized by Ohio Revised Code Section (G) and any other provision of Ohio law. The Plan includes procedures for the adoption or amendment of District rules. II-7

19 Chapter III Inventories of Reference Year Facilities and Programs

20 Athens-Hocking Joint Solid Waste Management District Plan Update 2012 III. Inventories of Reference Year Facilities and Programs [ORC Section (A)(1)-(4)] A. The Reference Year The reference year used for the inventories and projections included in this Plan is the calendar year The Athens-Hocking Solid Waste Management District began plan preparation in late The majority of the program information and the waste generation and recycling data used in this plan is for 2009 and was collected in B. Existing Solid Waste Landfills There is one privately owned landfill currently open and operating in the District. The Athens-Hocking Reclamation Center is located on State Route 33 on the Athens-Hocking County border. The majority of the landfill is located in Athens County. The solid waste landfills used by the District in 2009 are listed on Table III-1. The disposal data for Ohio landfills entered in Table III-1 is from the 2009 Facility Data Reports submitted by the listed facilities to Ohio EPA. In 2009, 133 tons of waste was taken out of state to a landfill in West Virginia. This amount was reported to Ohio EPA by the State of West Virginia and the name of the landfill was not reported. C. Existing Incinerators and Resource Recovery Facilities During 2009, no general municipal solid waste generated in the District was sent to publicly available or captive incinerators or resource recovery facilities (incineration with energy recovery) inside or outside of the District. D. Existing Transfer Facilities The transfer facilities used by the District in the reference year are listed on Table III-3. The disposal data for 2009 for transfer facilities that is entered on Table III-3 is from the 2009 Facilities Data Reports submitted by the facilities to the Ohio EPA. To the best of our knowledge no out-of-state transfer facilities were used in E. Existing Recycling and Household Hazardous Waste Collection Activities The center of Athens-Hocking Solid Waste Management District=s recycling program is the non-profit Athens Hocking Recycling Center which is referred to in this Plan as the Recycling Center or AHRC. The Recycling Center processes and markets recyclable materials collected from all of the residential curbside and most of the drop-off programs operating in the District. The AHRC also processes some materials from commercial and industrial sources. The curbside recycling programs are listed on Table III-4. All of the other recycling activities, programs and facilities used by the District in 2009 are listed on Table III-5. Narrative descriptions of these programs are included in Chapter IV of this Plan. The Athens-Hocking County Solid Waste Management District does not hold an annual household hazardous waste collection event. In the reference year, the City of Athens held an event for city residents. A narrative description of this event is included in Chapter IV of this Plan. III-1

21 Athens-Hocking Joint Solid Waste Management District Plan Update 2012 Most of the information about community based curbside and drop-off recycling programs was supplied by the District. It was supplemented with information directly from participating communities. The AHRC provides pay-as-you throw 1 waste collection and curbside recycling services to residents of the City of Athens through a contract with the city of Athens. Weekly or bi-weekly residential curbside recycling is offered to residents in the remainder of the District. The areas served by the program and the number of participants in 2009 are listed in Table III-3. The District operates several drop-off recycling sites. Information about District drop-off sites is listed in Table III-5. The information about privately provided recycling drop-offs and private recycling businesses listed in Table III-5 was collected using mail and phone surveys. F. Existing Composting/Yard Waste Management Facilities The compost facilities listed on Table III-6 are the only registered compost facilities known to be used by the District in 2009 for the management of food waste and yard waste. Several municipalities in the District collect leaves in the fall and spread them on farm fields with the cooperation of local farmers. The communities that reported field spreading leaves are listed on Table III-6. However, only one of the communities listed reported the amount diverted by this method in G. Existing Open Dumps and Tire Dumps The open dump sites that are listed on Table III-8 were identified by the Health Departments in Athens and Hocking County. H. Ash, Foundry Sand and Slag Disposal Sites No ash, foundry sand or slag disposal sites were identified in the District. Table III-9 has been omitted. I. Map of Facilities and Sites Small fold-out maps for each county that show solid waste and recycling facilities and programs are included at the end of this chapter following the tables. Large maps meeting the requirements of the Plan Format will be included in the Plan Update copies that are submitted to Ohio EPA for review. A master copy of the map will be retained by the District. J. Existing Collection Systems - Waste Haulers Table III-10 lists all of the haulers known to be providing waste collection services in Athens and Hocking Counties in All of these haulers were sent surveys in the mail and several attempts were made to contact the haulers that did not respond. Some haulers did not respond or declined to provide some of the information requested. 1 Pay-as-you-throw or volume based rate waste collection is a system for charging for waste collection and disposal based on the volume or weight of the amount collected. In the Athens-Hocking District, pay as you throw programs are based on the volume of material set out for collection. III-2

22 Athens-Hocking Joint Solid Waste Management District Plan Update 2012 Table III-1 Facility Name Reported Receipts at In-of-District Facilities Athens-Hocking Reclamation Center (Note 2) Type of Landfill (Note 1) PA, PR Direct hauled to landfill Thru' Meigs Co. Transfer Station Total disposal in Athens Hocking Reclamation Center Location County Athens County (small parcel in Hocking County) State OH Landfills Used by the District Waste Received from the Solid Waste Management District (Note 2) Residential/ Commercial Industrial Exempt Total (Except CD/D) Asbestos (Included in Res/Com) CD/D Total All Classifications 48,199 1,189 49,389 49, ,587 1, , ,777 Reported Receipts at Out-of-District Facilities Pike Sanitation Scrap Tire Monocell Pike County OH Direct hauled to landfill Thru' WM Transfer-Cillicothe 4,262 4,262 4,262 Total disposal in Pike Sanitation Scrap Tire Monofill 4, , ,275 Suburban Sanitaty Landfill direct hauled: Total PA, PR Perry County OH Pine Grove Regional Facility direct hauled: Total Fairfield County OH Gallia County Sanitary Landfill direct hauled: Total Gallia County OH Beech Hollow Landfilll Jackson County OH Direct hauled to landfill 8, , ,799 Thru' RLS Transfer Thru' Lawrence Co. Transfer Total disposal in Beech Hollow Landfill 9, , ,578 Total Disposed of in Ohio Landfills 62,648 1, , ,432 Reported Receipts at Out-of-State Facilities Landfill in West Virginia (name not WV proovided) Total Reported Out-of-State Landfill Disposal Total Reported Disposal in Reference Year 62,776 1, , ,565 Note 1: PA-publicly available, PO-publicly owned, PR-privately owned Note 2: Kilbarger Construction Company, Inc. dba Athens Hocking Reclamation Center St. Rt. 33, Nelsonville, OH III - 3

23 Athens-Hocking Joint Solid Waste Management District Plan Update 2012 Table III-3 Solid Waste Transfer Facilities Used by the District Facility Name Type of Facility (Note 1) Location County State Waste Received from the Solid Waste Management District (TPY) (Note 2) Residential/ Commercial Industrial Exempt CD/D Total Recyclables Processed (TPY) Recovered from Waste (Note 3) Out-of-District Facilities Lawrence County Transfer/Recycling PA, PR Lawrence County OH 1 Station (Note 3) Waste Management of Ohio - PA, PR Ross County OH 4,262 Chilicothe (Note 4) 4, ,262 RLS Transfer, Inc. (Note 5) PA, PR Ross County OH Meigs County Transfer Station (Note 6) PA, PR Meigs County OH Total Tons Transferred 5, , ,429 Total Note 1: PA-publicly available, PO-publicly owned, PR-privately owned Note 2: TPY-tons per year. Note 3: Owned by Rumpke Waste Inc., Hughes Rd, Cincinnati, OH Note 4: Owned by Waste Management of Ohio Inc., 675 Chamber Dr, Chillicothe, OH Note 5: Owned by R.L.S. Transfer Inc., 990 Eastern Ave, Chillicothe, OH Note 6: Owned by Kilbarger Construction Inc, PO Box 946, Logan, OH III - 4

24 Athens-Hocking Joint Solid Waste Management District Plan Update 2012 Key to Recycled Materials Managed by Recycling Programs Listed in Tables III-4 and III-5 Glass Paper Plastic Blue glass bottles BlG Magazines and catalogues Mag PETE (Polyethylene terephthalate) bottles P#1 Brown glass bottles and jars BrG Mixed Paper (includes "junk mail") MxP HDPE (High-density polyethylene) bottle (milk, detergent, etc.) P#2 Clear glass bottles and jars ClG Corrugated cardboard OCC PS (Polystyrene) (egg cartons, plates, etc.) P#6 Green glass bottles and jars GrG Office paper OffP Miscellanea Metals Newspaper ONP Electronics Elec Aluminum cans AlC Paperboard boxes (cereal, cracker) PBd Lead acid batteries LAB Appliances App Household aerosol cans ArC Ferrous metal (scrap iron and steel) F Coated paperboard cartons and "aseptic" boxes (milk, juice, etc.) Telephone books Wood PBdC Used clothing and other textiles Tex PhBk Used motor oil Shoes (except high heels over 2" and rubber boots) Yard Waste Uoil Shoes Non- ferrous scrap metal (aluminum, brass, copper, etc.) Steel food and beverage cans NonF Wood pallets WP Brush Brush StC Trees, large limbs, lumber, misc. wood waste, etc. WW Grass Clippings Grass Leaves General yard waste, grass, leaves and small brush Lvs YW III - 5

25 Athens Hocking Solid Waste Management Plan Update 2011 Table III-4 Residential Curbside Recycling Activities Used by the District Curbside Recycling Program Name Mailing Address and Phone Athens County Athens City Residential Curbside Operated for City by Athens-Hocking Recycling Centers, Inc. P.O. Box 2607 Athens, OH ( Type of Curbside (Note 1) NS Population Served 7,976 households 22,008 population Frequency of Collection Percentage of Households Participating Service Area (City/Township) Weekly Not counted Athens City Types of Materials Accepted AlC,BrG,ClG,GrG, Mag,MxP,OCC,OffP, ONP,PBd,P#1,P#2, StC Recyclables Processed from SWMD (TPY) 2, includes material from Ohio University Albany Village S 62 households participated in 2009 Bi-weekly NA Albany Village in Athens County AlC,BrG,ClG,GrG, Mag,MxP,OCC,OffP, ONP,PBd,P#1,P#2, StC Included in amount for Athens-Hocking Recycling (Table III-5) Amesville Village S 29 households participated in 2009 Bi-weekly NA Amesville Village in Athens County AlC,BrG,ClG,GrG, Mag,MxP,OCC,OffP, ONP,PBd,P#1,P#2, StC Included in amount for Athens-Hocking Recycling (Table III-5) Areas immediately surrounding City of Athens S 413 households participated in 2009 Weekly NA Suburban areas immediately round City of Athens, primarily in Athens Township AlC,BrG,ClG,GrG, Mag,MxP,OCC,OffP, ONP,PBd,P#1,P#2, StC Included in amount for Athens-Hocking Recycling (Table III-5) Nelsonville City S 47 households participated in 2009 Bi-weekly NA Nelsonville City AlC,BrG,ClG,GrG, Mag,MxP,OCC,OffP, ONP,PBd,P#1,P#2, StC Included in amount for Athens-Hocking Recycling (Table III-5) III - 6