(A) The owner or operator shall file with its application for site approval a facility impact report which shall include the following: an environmental impact report; a socioeconomic report; and a risk assessment. The owner or operator shall publish notice of the availability of the facility impact report for examination and review at the office of the county’s Judge Executive, such notice to be included in the public notice required in § 50.38(B) of this chapter with respect to the application for site approval.
(B) The facility impact report shall contain a socioeconomic report which shall include a comprehensive community inventory which shall identify the following:
(1) The historic land use of the facility site;
(2) Proximity of the proposed site to residence, schools, churches, public parks, agricultural land, nursing homes, hospitals, cemeteries, historic structures and infant care facilities;
(3) A general profile of the business community located in the vicinity of the facility site, including any sites planned for future industrial parks or sites being considered for any business or manufacturing facility;
(4) A description of any streets, highways, railroads or waterways which may be used to transport solid waste to the proposed site, including information on capacity, usage and routes;
(5) Cultural resources;
(6) Population data and projected population in the vicinity of the facility site; and
(7) A statement as to the impact on the community, including community perception, direct and indirect impact on the local economy and economic growth and an analysis of the impact on land values in the vicinity of the facility site.
(C) The facility impact report shall contain an environmental impact report which shall identify existing environmental conditions in the vicinity of the facility site. To the extent that this data may be provided in the permit application required by state regulations, a verified copy of such permit application may be substituted for the environmental impact report required by this section. Nonetheless, such report is to include a minimum:
(1) A geological report with a description of the soil types to include soil permeability, stability and drainage and the geology down through and including the aquifer zones in the area;
(2) A hydrological report describing the hydrology and surface and ground water quality and quantity in the area, including proximity to any aquifers and recharge areas and sensitive areas such as wetlands;
(3) Proximity to public and private surface or ground water supplies, including current and potential future uses;
(4) A biological report indicating the presence of significant, threatened or endangered species;
(5) An air quality survey, including the characteristics (stability) of the atmosphere which affects the site and the population, present and projected, in relation to the facility and the prevailing wind;
(6) Floodplain identification; and
(7) Historic, archaeological and natural sites and landmarks, outstanding resource waters, public forest areas, dedicated or designated open space, public recreational areas, wildfire refuges, game lands and fishing waters.
(D) The facility impact report shall include a risk assessment which shall quantitatively define the public health, safety and environmental risk associated with routine operations and upset conditions at the facility site. The scope and context of the impacts on the community will vary depending upon the nature, size, duration and extent of the activity to be conducted at the facility site. The risk assessment shall analyze those items as identified by the county’s Fiscal Court, which shall include the following:
(1) Risks associated with accidents in transportation, such analysis to include mode of transportation, route and the characteristics of structures, and population, residential and non-residential, within the reasonably predicted impact area;
(2) Nature, extent, quantity and impacts of routine release to air, water and land from all sources at the facility site, including storm water runoff;
(3) Adequacy of emergency services (police, fire, medical) to protect public health safety and environment from fire, explosion, flood, chemical releases or any natural disaster, including emergency response capability and the owner/operator emergency implementation plan;
(4) Projections of possible health effects with particular emphasis on occupational health, public health, chronic and acute exposure for both at the facility site and the surrounding area; and
(5) Adequacy of transportation system in the event of emergency, including an evacuation plan.
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