Orange County CA Reaches Agreement with City to Expand Landfill

Date: July 20, 2009

Source: News Room

The Orange County, CA Board of Supervisors struck an agreement with the City of Brea to expand its county-operated Olinda Alpha Landfill under a deal that could be worth $30 million over the next 12 years. It would extend the life of the 5,000 ton per day landfill which would otherwise have to close in 2013 until 2021 or until the landfill reaches a vertical height of 1,415 feet above sea level. Under the terms of the agreement, the county will pay Brea $10.5 million in three equal installments for its continued use of the landfill, which is one of only three active municipal waste landfills in the county which is home to 3 million people.

Beginning in 2014, the county will pay Brea a host fee of $1.50 per ton of waste taken to the landfill from other county cities until the landfill's closure.

To see a copy of the agreement, visit:
cams.ocgov.com/Web_Publisher_Sam/Sam07_14_2009.htm.

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