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Marion County Solid Waste Plan
DRAFT Marion County Solid Waste Management Plan Buena Vista 2008-2017 April, 2007
Marion County Board of Commissioners
George Neal, Jr., Chairman Ronald Graham Larry Ogan Frank Powell Dennis Thompson
Judy Summers, County Clerk
Buena Vista City Council
Ralph T. Brown, Jr., Mayor Mulkey McMichael Anthony Murray Elizabeth Murray Jackie Robinson Gladys Thomas
Brenda McAllister, City Clerk
Assisted by Middle Flint Regional Development Center 228 West Lamar Street Americus, Georgia 31709
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. Iin 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 identify land areas unsuitable for solid waste handling facilities based on environmental and land use factors. In addition, the Act requires each local govern mentto 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.
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 PLANNING AREA Marion County/Buena Vista is located in west-central Georgia, the western-most jurisdiction in the Middle Flint Regional Development Center. The county seat is approximately twenty linear miles southeast of the City of Columbus, proper. Located in the Fall Line Hills near the northern edge of the Coastal Plain Province, the county’s elevation ranges between 770’ mean sea level in the extreme northeast to 400’ along the county’s southern boundary. The intervening terrain is mostly characterized by rolling hills.
Between 1950 and 2000, the community increased in population by 9.5% (623). From the population low-point of the period (1970), the number of residents increased by 42% (2045); the 1990s being the period of greatest growth. Population increased by 28% (1,554) during that decade, with 88% of this increase occurring in the unincorporated northwest quadrant; the result of spill-over from the nearby adjoining counties. On average, the city accounted for 26% of total community population, ranging between 23% and 29%. The most recent estimate (2005) suggests the city accounts for 23% of all residents.
Between 1980 and 2000, the number of households in the community increased 60% (1,001). The city contributed to this increase, but Buena Vista’s proportionate share of households in the community reportedly decreased by three percentiles with each census; from 30% to 24% over the twenty year period.
Information presented in the following table reveals the mix of employment opportunities by industrial sector. The private sector accounts for 73% of local employment (97% statewide). Employment is most heavily concentrated in the Goods-Producing sector (49%) with manufacturing accounting for 54% of private sector jobs, and 39% of total employment. Employment statewide is more broadly distributed, where the largest number of jobs is in the realm of Service Providing, and the largest percentage of total employment (13%) is in retail trade. In 2005, the community’s average weekly wage was reported to be 60% of the statewide average.
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