The Board of Supervisors finds and determines that:
(a) (1) County refuse disposal sites generally located in the mountain and some portions of the desert areas of the County are maintained and operated primarily through land use fees paid by the residents of these areas.
(2) Refuse from outside the County has historically been discharged at some of these sites in sufficient quantities to substantially increase the ongoing costs of operation and maintenance of the sites while concurrently shortening the usable life of the sites.
(3) There are limited feasible and economically viable methods available to collect fees for disposal of out-of-county refuse at these sites and, to the extent such methods exist, they do not protect the existing capacity of the County Solid Waste Disposal System.
(b) (1) County refuse disposal sites located in the valley area and the balance of the desert area of the County are financed through fees received upon delivery to a site determined by weight of the refuse.
(2) Rapid development of the valley area has created a historic shortage of landfill capacity in the valley area. While expansion of the capacity within the County’s Disposal Systems has currently alleviated this problem to a certain extent, the continued rapid development of the valley and desert is expected to continue which, in turn, will continue to exert pressure on the landfill capacity within the County’s Solid Waste Disposal System.
(3) It is necessary to manage the valley and desert area waste stream and the acceptance for disposal of waste generated outside of the County in order to achieve optimum life of the disposal sites within the County’s Solid Waste Disposal System.
(4) Discharge of unlimited waste originating out of County shortens landfill life and effects (and if unchecked, impedes) short- and long-range planning of waste disposal.
(c) The small remote community of Wrightwood in Los Angeles County bordering the County of San Bernardino near the Phelan Transfer Station is geographically, historically, and uniquely dependent on the Phelan Transfer Station (and previously the Phelan Disposal Site) for its disposal service and the County of San Bernardino is currently capable of supplying this minimal service. Likewise, although a portion of the Joshua Tree National Monument is situated in Riverside County, refuse collected in the Monument has historically been taken to the Twentynine Palms Disposal Site (now to the Twentynine Palms Transfer Station which replaced the Disposal Site) for disposal; the County of San Bernardino is currently capable of supplying this minimal service.
(d) The exportation of refuse generated by several west valley cities located in San Bernardino County to landfills located outside of this County has created unused, and therefore excess, capacity at the Colton Landfill and has also created the possibility that the remaining capacity of the Colton Landfill will not be utilized in the most operationally efficient manner. Operational inefficiency will result in higher costs of operation and, given a fixed solid waste disposal fee, correspondingly less revenue for system liabilities. refuse collected by haulers serving communities outside of San Bernardino County could be disposed at the Colton Landfill, offsetting the loss of the refuse resulting from the exportation of the refuse from certain west valley cities. Accepting such refuse for disposal at the Colton Landfill will help insure sufficient daily refuse to help insure the efficient operation of the Colton Landfill. The County of San Bernardino is capable of supplying this minimal service, since it will help insure the efficient utilization of the remaining capacity of the Colton Landfill by replacing refuse lost to exportation.
(e) The exportation of refuse generated by several west valley cities located in San Bernardino County to landfills located outside of this County, together with the expansion of landfilling capacity within the County’s Solid Waste Disposal System, has created some excess capacity within the County’s Solid Waste Disposal System. Limited amounts of refuse collected by haulers serving communities outside of San Bernardino County could be disposed of within the County’s Disposal System, in part offsetting the loss of the refuse resulting from the exportation of the refuse from certain west valley cities and also helping to supply the funds necessary to continue the efficient and environmentally appropriate operation of the County’s Solid Waste Disposal System. The County of San Bernardino is currently capable of supplying a limited amount of disposal service for out of County generated waste, with that amount being determined and controlled through the County’s discretion in entering into written contract(s) setting out the amount of out of County waste which may be disposed, the disposal facility at which such waste can be disposed and the fee to be paid for such disposal.
(Am. Ord. 3145, passed - -1987; Am. Ord. 3396, passed - -1990; Am. Ord. 3471, passed - -1991; Am. Ord. 3553, passed - -1993; Am. Ord. 3711, passed - -1998; Am. Ord. 3931, passed - -2004)