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Scholl Canyon Landfill - Glendale, CA
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DID YOU KNOW there is a renewable fuel generation system located in Glendale, California that uses a natural occurring resource for clean electricity production and, at the same time, improve the environment? In the Scholl Canyon Solid-waste Landfill, landfill gas is created (by decomposition of refuse), captured, and then transported to the City's Grayson Power Plant to fuel the production of electricity.

On January 1, 2010 the City of Glendale Water & Power (GWP) officially assumed ownership of the Scholl Canyon Landfill Gas Compressor Plant and Pipeline System. From June 1994, when the plant and pipeline were constructed, until January 2010, the system was owned and operated by a private company with a long-term lease to the City.

For the past 16 years, the Scholl Canyon Landfill Gas Compressor Plant has provided landfill gas to Grayson Power Plant where it is blended with natural gas to fuel boilers and produce electricity. This gas-to-renewable energy system reduces impact to the environment. It prevents methane, a greenhouse gas, from being released into the atmosphere as well as reduces nitrogen oxide emissions, produced by electricity generation. Ownership of this system provides a predictable fuel cost reducing the effect of the unstable price of other fuels, such as natural gas. It demonstrates GWP's concern for the protection of the environment and it supports our goal of providing reliable service to our customers at the lowest possible cost.

LANDFILL SYSTEM LOCATION

The Scholl Canyon Plant is comprised of a treatment and compressor facility situated in the Scholl Canyon Landfill at the east end of Scholl Canyon Road in Glendale. A five-mile long, 14-inch high density polyethylene transmission pipeline delivers captured landfill gas to Glendale's Grayson Power Plant. This transmission pipeline is operated and maintained according to the Federal and State pipeline safety standards and is currently operating at a relatively low-pressure of 60 pounds per square inch (psi).

HISTORY

In 1987, the City of Glendale implemented a defined waste shed area that limited the surrounding cities which could utilize the Scholl Canyon Landfill. The purpose was to provide access to those agencies which did not have a landfill within their own jurisdiction. As the City of Los Angeles had multiple options for utilizing landfills in their own City, they were not included as part of the waste shed area. From the opening of the landfill in 1961, and up to the waste shed area restriction in 1987, the City of Los Angeles was an active user of the Scholl Canyon landfill and accounted for a significant amount of refuse that was deposited at the facility. Once the restriction was put into place, there was a 50% reduction in waste being deposited in the landfill.

In July 1994, GWP completed a 5-mile pipeline that transports methane gas produced at Scholl Canyon landfill to the steam boilers at the Grayson Power Plant. Since 1994, Grayson Units 3, 4, and5 have generated power using this methane blended with natural gas to produce a minimum loading of approximately 8 MW. During 2012, the Grayson Power Plant generated approximately 80,000 MWh from Scholl Canyon landfill gas. The energy produced from Scholl Canyon landfill gas is Renewable Portfolio Standard or RPS certified by the California Energy Comnmission.

CURRENT STATE

An ordinance passed by the City of Glendale limits disposal at the landfill to solid wastes generated within the Los Angeles County incorporated cities of Glendale, La Cañada Flintridge, Pasadena, South Pasadena, San Marino, and Sierra Madre; the Los Angeles County unincorporated communities of Altadena, La Crescenta, and Montrose; the unincorporated area bordered by the cities of San Gabriel, Rosemead, Temple City, Arcadia, and Pasadena; the unincorporated area immediately to the north of Arcadia and Pasadena; and the unincorporated area immediately to the north of the City of San Marino bordered by the City of Pasadena on the west, north and east sides.

The City of Glendale has adopted a Zero Waste Policy, has ongoing diversion efforts, is workings towards an exclusive franchise process for private haulers, and actively pursues alternatives for disposal. The City of Glendale even captures the methane gas created from the Scholl Canyon Landfill and uses it in the steam boilers at the City’s Grayson Power Plant - one of the many proactive ways Glendale is reducing waste.

While the municipality of Los Angeles has been restricted from dumping, private trash hauling services for businesses in Los Angeles with dual hauling services in the waste shed area, do use the Scholl Canyon Landfill. There is still capacity in the Scholl Canyon Landfill, and as we continue to divert more waste, that capacity will extend even longer.

The City of Los Angeles actually derives benefit from Scholl Canyon Landfill, and always has. Up until the City of Los Angeles was removed from the waste-shed, they were a major depositor of trash at the facility. Roughly half of the trash buried there is from the City of Los Angeles. Yet, Los Angeles has been absolved from paying any portion of the tens of millions of dollars and/or environmental responsibility that goes along with landfill post-closure protocols. Further, Los Angeles trash is today making its way into Scholl Canyon – indeed any trash truck traffic that exists on Colorado Boulevard today is from commercial haulers servicing accounts in both Glendale and Eagle Rock. This inconsistency can be abated by moving to an exclusive franchise system in Glendale, but would affect Eagle Rock customers in the pocket book because their trash would have to be trucked to Chiquita or Sunshine Canyon, City of Los Angeles owned facilities.

Integrated waste management and resource recovery is a unified system, and the City of Glendale has to look at it as such. And, realistically, at least for the foreseeable future, landfills will play a role in that system, albeit a diminishing role as Glendale progress toward the goal of zero waste.

The City of Glendale, acting as the Lead Agency, has determined that an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) is required to address potential impacts from implementation of the Scholl Canyon Landfill Expansion. The Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County, acting on behalf of the City, will serve as the primary project contact during the review of the Draft EIR pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act.

The proposed project is located at 3001 Scholl Canyon Road, Glendale, California, 91206. Regional access to the landfill is from the Ventura Freeway at the Figueroa Street exit. Public access is only from Scholl Canyon Road. The project site consists of a total of 535 acres, 440 acres of which are designated for landfill operations and 95 acres of which are designated for related operations. The 440-acre operation area includes 314 acres of active area and 126 acres of inactive area.

The specific objectives of the proposed project are to:
 * Continue to provide a waste disposal option that has been proven to be environmentally sound and cost effective at the currently permitted rate of 3,400 tons per day.
 * Continue waste diversion programs that are critically important for landfill users to achieve state-mandated diversion requirements.
 * Allow the City to maximize the use of a local resource for waste disposal, thus minimizing hauling distances and related environmental impacts.
 * Allow for further development of disposal and diversion options, such as alternative technologies, for landfill users.
 * Allow the City to maximize the use of a local resource for waste disposal, thus minimizing hauling distances and related environmental impacts.
 * Allow for further development of disposal and diversion options, such as alternative technologies, for landfill users.
 * Allow for further development of disposal and diversion options, such as alternative technologies, for landfill users.
 * Allow for further development of disposal and diversion options, such as alternative technologies, for landfill users.

Two variations have been identified for the proposed project, which include a vertical expansion only (Variation 1) and a vertical and horizontal expansion (Variation 2). Variation 1 will provide approximately 11.5 million cubic yards of additional capacity and will extend the life of the landfill by 13 years (assuming a continued baseline disposal rate of 1,400 tons per day). Variation 2 will provide approximately 16.5 million cubic yards of additional capacity and will extend the life of the landfill by 19 years. Neither variation would change current operations at the Scholl Canyon Landfill. The proposed project will provide waste diversion programs and disposal capacity to help meet the solid waste management needs of the City and other landfill users. The proposed project would also include the continued recovery of materials such as green waste, asphalt, soil, tires, metals, and other economically recoverable commodities through ongoing landfill waste diversion programs, which help jurisdictions to comply with state-mandated diversion goals. In addition, the proposed project would extend the recovery and beneficial use of landfill gas and thereby help meet California’s renewable energy goals.

COMMUNITY OUTREACH TO MITIGATE FALSE ACCUSATIONS

As the EIR review process progresses, the amount of misinformation — sometimes intentional, sometimes just ill-informed, intensifies. Yet the Glendale City Council has an obligation to all Glendale residents and businesses — as well as regional stakeholders, as part of the larger integrated waste management system — to make policy based on rational fact. Thus, the City of Glendale needs to separate the myth from the reality. The City of Glendale’s Communications &Community Relations Department has held numerous public hearings, published opinion editorials, utilized various social media platforms and Rumor Page to help mitigate the misinformation being provided by misinformed individuals and groups. Regarding the expansion of the Scholl Canyon Landfill.

One of the accusations made was regarding the motivation behind the expansion. The proposed expansion of the landfill is NOT about maximizing revenue. Although the maximum daily tonnage allowable under the current permit is 3400 tons per day (TPD), it has been many years since waste deposits at Scholl Canyon Landfill have been anywhere near that figure. Even prior to the Great Recession, the average TPD was around 1400. Since the Recession, Scholl has been processing less than 1000 TPD. The City’s good faith is demonstrated on this front in two ways – 1) the EIR uses the 1400 TPD as its baseline, not the permitted 3400 tons; and 2) even during the darkest days of the recession, the Glendale City Council refused to open the waste shed for more trash as thus increase revenue from the landfill. In general, Glendale’s motivation in processing the EIR is not to maximize revenue; if it were, Glendale could have increased the tonnage being processed at the landfill.

Some environmental concerns have been raised as well, which have been taken out of context or are just wrong. For example, concerns about vinyl chloride levels at the landfill during the 1980s are being used today to scare residents into opposing the landfill. In reality, researchers noted the elevated levels on their own and determined that detected levels were well below regulatory limits. Any insinuation linking residents contracting cancer as a result of the tiny amounts of vinyl chloride detected is downright dishonest and extremely misleading. By comparison, it would be equally misleading to tell individuals that they will get cancer from driving a new car, because elevated levels of vinyl chloride are common inside of new cars. Similarly, the “unavoidable” air impacts cited in the EIR are based on the originally permitted 3400 TPD level. In fact, the average daily tonnage even before the Recession – as well as the EIR baseline – was only 1400 TPD. At this reduced level, the atmospheric impacts are not alarming or particularly distressing.

There are also concerns regarding the immediate expansion of the landfill. There are no immediate plans to expand. The consistent message from the City has been that the landfill operation is but one element of the integrated waste management system. The City of Glendale is focusing efforts on alternative methods for disposal as they become available. In the future, conversion technologies (CT’s) will play a significantly greater role as they are perfected and permitted.

Glendale is a progressive leader in the arena of waste management. Many cities, including the city of Los Angeles, have enacted a zero-waste goal similar to Glendale’s plan. The City of Los Angeles approved the expansion of the Sunshine Canyon Landfill and is also linked to the current expansion of Chiquita Canyon Landfill in Santa Clarita, which takes 40% of its waste from the City of Los Angeles. This is being done even though L.A. boasts a zero-waste goal because integrated waste management is a system and large-scale conversion technology is still not a reality in California, let alone the U.S. In short, existing landfills must play a role in the system today.

Glendale is committed to conversion technology. The City is moving forward with an anaerobic digestion CT project that will process organic waste (yard clippings and food) and produce high-grade methane gas at Scholl Canyon — a demonstrated and effective process that is used to power Grayson Power Plant — thus completing the cycle of renewable energy. Today, landfill gas provides 7% of Glendale’s energy needs; in the future, this figure will increase significantly, provided that the landfill remains open.

Closing the landfill is not a cure-all. The impacts on the environment, current customers, the regional system, and even the City of Los Angeles, are all worsened if Glendale blindly closes Scholl Canyon.

If Glendale were to close the landfill, then 1) the trash would have to be trucked across the region adding to air pollution and traffic congestion, and 2) Glendale wouldn’t be able to access the site to make use of the renewable energy.

WHAT ARE THE ALTERNATIVES?

The City of Glendale established its Zero Waste Policy in 2010 and committed to operating a clean, high-tech and integrated waste management system. In addition, our commitment to renewable energy sources is evidenced by conversion of landfill methane gas to help power steam generators at Grayson Power Plant which provides 7% of Glendale’s energy needs.

The City’s plan for Scholl Canyon seeks to meet the needs of the City to responsibly manage its solid waste in an integrated manner and to balance quality of life, environmental and economic impacts for residents, businesses, the City and Scholl Canyon users in the best possible manner. It’s critical that the City sustain service levels and be progressive environmentally and balance economic considerations during these ongoing tight budget conditions.

The important elements of the City’s system for the future include:
 * Scholl Canyon Landfill Disposal – though permitted for 3,400 tons per day (TPD), average TPD for the past decade has been 1,400 TPD and has been less than 1,000 TPD since the economic downturn last decade. The costs of closing the landfill are enormous, near $3 million. Thus, the landfill’s continuation as part of the City’s integrated solid waste management system is an important cost savings that benefit other essential city services during tight municipal budget conditions.
 * Recycling and Materials Recovery – increase recycling of glass, plastic, aluminum, paper, e-waste, household hazardous materials, green waste, asphalt, soil, tires and other metals.
 * Alternative & Conversion Technologies – implementing an anaerobic digestion conversion technology project including yard waste and food. Additional alternative and conversion technologies are under review but not yet permitted in California (plasma, gasification, etc.).
 * Study of Exclusive Franchise System for Private Haulers – such collection systems are being utilized in many major cities in the U.S. due to a variety of environmental, service and economic benefits.
 * Alternative & Conversion Technologies – implementing an anaerobic digestion conversion technology project including yard waste and food. Additional alternative and conversion technologies are under review but not yet permitted in California (plasma, gasification, etc.).
 * Study of Exclusive Franchise System for Private Haulers – such collection systems are being utilized in many major cities in the U.S. due to a variety of environmental, service and economic benefits.
 * Study of Exclusive Franchise System for Private Haulers – such collection systems are being utilized in many major cities in the U.S. due to a variety of environmental, service and economic benefits.
 * Study of Exclusive Franchise System for Private Haulers – such collection systems are being utilized in many major cities in the U.S. due to a variety of environmental, service and economic benefits.

Following is an analysis of the accomplishments, potential and challenges facing each of these components of the City’s integrated waste management program.

A. Scholl Canyon Landfill Disposal

The City of Glendale has long controlled its own destiny with regard to solid waste management. This has provided long-term security, financial stability and environmental protection to the City in an era characterized by closing landfills, landfill scarcity and rising landfill costs. And, it is reassuring to know that we control how safely and environmentally responsible the City’s waste is handled.

In that regard, Scholl Canyon is a major asset for the City within its integrated waste management strategy. Our long-term proposal is to maintain the availability of that asset for use in a responsible, reasonable manner – not to expand operations or to lessen our commitment to recycling, materials recovery and alternative and conversion technologies. We want our residents and businesses to be protected from and not be held hostage by other government entities or private companies which could cause major disruptions to the delicate balance within our integrated waste management system.

If Scholl Canyon were to close, resulting in transportation and disposal of the City’s existing solid waste at Sunshine Canyon landfill, the overall cost increase to the City of Glendale would be in excess of $3 million per year. Outlined below are the effective cost “savings” represented by continued availability of Scholl Canyon:

Disposal costs at Sunshine Canyon landfill are $25 per ton higher than Scholl. Assuming 200 tons per day are disposed of at Sunshine, the annual cost increase for disposal is approximately $1.3 million. This estimate is conservative as it excludes current Saturday trash collection. B.	Recycling and Materials Recovery
 * Increased Disposal Costs ($1.3 million)
 * Increased Fuel Costs ($440,000)
 * 50 trucks making a 30-mile round-trip excursion to Sunshine Canyon landfill would lead to an annual cost increase for fuel purchases of approximately $440,000.
 * Increased City Personnel Costs ($1.04 million) 50 city collection trucks making an average of 2 trips to Scholl would result in an extra 100 man-hours per day and an annual increase for personnel costs of approximately $1.04 million.
 * Increased City Personnel Costs ($1.04 million) 50 city collection trucks making an average of 2 trips to Scholl would result in an extra 100 man-hours per day and an annual increase for personnel costs of approximately $1.04 million.
 * Increased City Personnel Costs ($1.04 million) 50 city collection trucks making an average of 2 trips to Scholl would result in an extra 100 man-hours per day and an annual increase for personnel costs of approximately $1.04 million.

Glendale has an impressive track record in recycling and materials recovery. As state waste reduction laws have strengthened over the years, Glendale has consistently exceeded state requirements and been a leader in recycling and waste diversion. The Glendale Recycling Center located at 540 W Chevy Chase Drive was built in 2005 to process source-separated recyclables. In April of 2014, the facility received a Solid Waste Facility Permit (SWFP) to address residual waste and provide an opportunity to process solid waste for more recyclable recovery. Some of the recyclables separated at the facility include cardboard, paper, plastic, glass, aluminum and other metals. Below is a breakdown of the materials recycled at the Glendale Recycling Center from the City’s Curbside Recycling Program:

Some of the City’s recently approved waste diversion rates are shown below:

City of Glendale Waste Reduction, Diversion and Recovery Rates

The City obtains waste reduction and diversion credit for all activities documented in the annual report to CalRecycle. These activities include recycling from curbside programs, diversion from the construction and demolition recycling program, special event recycling, increased organic diversion from composting workshops, rebates from mulching mower retrofit blades, and direct outreach to Glendale schools. The City also encourages recycling education at community events, has four public drop-off recycling centers and performs legislative outreach. The City also obtains recycling credit from the State for recycling street sweeping debris, holiday trees, green waste and a portion of bulky items collected curbside. C.	Alternative and Conversion Technologies

The solid waste management industry is evolving and Glendale is in step with progress and innovation. The evolving field of alternative and conversion technologies also holds much promise for Glendale and our environment. While large-scale conversion technology is still not a reality in California, our plan is to aggressively research and implement new technologies as they are approved and come on-line in California with the goal of further reducing our dependence on landfills and to increase our sources of renewable energy.


 * Anaerobic Digestion/Converstion Technology - the City of Glendale is presently developing a project featuring anaerobic digestion technology applied to organic waste (yard clippings and food). The project will process the waste and produce high-grade methane gas at a location yet to be determined. Approximately 250 tons of organic waste will be processed. This project and others have the potential to increase the 7% of Glendale’s renewable energy production.

Anaerobic digestion is a biological process similar to composting, but without air/oxygen. As in composting, micro-organisms or bacteria break down organic matter into simpler, smaller compounds and reduce its bulk or mass. Anaerobic digestion occurs naturally and can be used to process a wide range of materials including paper, cardboard, grass clippings, food, agricultural, industrial effluents, sewage and animal waste.

However, unlike composting which consumes energy, anaerobic digestion can be used to create energy in the form of biogas, just over half of which is methane. Digestate is a solid material produced in the process that may be used as a feedstock for other biofuel production and for innovative fiber building materials.

Other Alternative and Conversion Technologies – the City of Glendale will continue to study new and existing technologies such as:


 * Composting – this process involves organic matter that has been decomposed and recycled as a fertilizer and soil amendment. At its simplest level, composting requires wet green waste which breaks down into jumus after a period of weeks or months. Modern, methodical composting is a multi-step, closely monitored process with measured inputs of water, air and carbon- and nitrogen-rich materials. Moisture, aeration, worms and fungi further break up the material.


 * Plasma Recycling – this process is relatively new and largely untried. It involves heating waste at high temperatures to produce gas that can be burned for energy and rocky solid waste that can be used for building. Plasma recycling heats waste in a closed container melts and vaporizes the waste and does not involve combustion. Only an environmentally inert aggregate material is produced. Thus, the process creates energy and produces no air pollution, ash or dust.


 * Gasification – this process converts organic or fossil fuel based carbonaceous materials into carbon monoxide, hydrogen and carbon dioxide. This is achieved by reacting the material at high temperatures without combustion, with a controlled amount of oxygen and/or steam. The resulting gas mixture or fuel is called “syngas.” The power derived from gasification and combustion of the syngas is considered to be a source or renewable energy. Syngas may be by burned directly in gas engines, used to produce methane and hydrogen, or converted into synthetic fuel. Gasification of fossil fuels is currently widely used on industrial scales to generate electricity.


 * Other Alternative and Conversion Technologies – additional waste reduction processes being researched and tested around the world include Pyrolysis, Mechanical Heat Treatment (autoclaving), Mechanical Biological Treatment, In-vessel Composting and Biodrying.

D. Franchise System for Private Haulers

Presently, the City of Glendale collects trash, recyclables and green waste from most single family homes and small apartment buildings in Glendale. Private haulers compete to provide such services for larger apartment complexes and business or commercial accounts. Because of new State legislation that requires the City to track compliance for each applicable multi-family and commercial property, the City is researching the option of using a franchised hauling system. Assembly Bill 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 206, mandates commercial recycling and was the foundation for Assembly Bill 341 which set a statewide goal of reducing, recycling or composting not less than 75% of solid waste generated by 2020. The bill mandates that a business (including a public entity) generating four or more cubic yards of commercial waste or a multi-family property of five units or more, arrange for recycling service, on or after July 1, 2012. Municipalities are required to report on the progress achieved by all solid waste collectors including recycling, outreach, identification, monitoring and if applicable enforcement via annual reports. It is difficult for Glendale to report on this progress with a permitted hauling system.

The City is studying the implementation of an exclusive or non-exclusive waste franchising system for private haulers due to a variety of potential service improvements and efficiency benefits that may be realized. An exclusive franchise is where a single hauler (or group of haulers broken into specied districts) collect disposed materials and recyclables within a defined “service area.” A non-exclusive franchise is where a specific area is open to a group of registered or permitted haulers. A non-exclusive franchise would allow a larger number of haulers to operate in the City, but give customers a choice to select their hauler.

Examples of local cities utilizing each type of system include:

Exclusive franchise systems possess the following potential benefits:

Benefits for the Environment, the City and Private Haulers


 * Pre-established garbage rates
 * Higher recycling rates
 * Reduced truck maintenance costs
 * Reduced trucks on road
 * Reduced road surface degradation
 * Increased truck life
 * Clean fuel vehicle use
 * Local landfill life extension

Customers


 * Competition usually provides the lowest cost for the best available service
 * Predictable and measurable price escalators
 * Liquidated damages for missed pickups caused by labor disputes

WHERE GLENDALE IS HEADED

The City of Glendale’s vision for Scholl Canyon is to have a clean, high-tech waste conversion facility with a landfill component, not a landfill with a conversion technology component. This evolution will take time, particularly because technologies like gasification, pyrolysis, plasma arc, etc., are not yet reliable, cost-effective or permitted. The City of Glendale has an obligation to make rational environmental and economic policy decisions, understanding that not everyone will agree, but that will best serve our community — and our region — well into the future.

The expansion of Scholl Canyon Landfill is an environmental benefit to the region, especially as the City of Glendale brings forward a conversion technology project next year, and as it meets the renewable energy goals set out by the State.

The EIR being considered is a foundational document that grants the time flexibility for the landfill to transition to a conversion facility. Of all of the conversion technologies that folks want to move toward, only anaerobic digestion is proven and permitted in California – and Glendale is moving there now. The City of Glendale may get to plasma or gasification in the next twenty years, but real-world and practical solutions that bridge today to the future are needed.

Glendale stands at the threshold of an opportunity to enhance the integrated waste management system; but that means having the courage and rationality to engage in an honest dialogue, address real impacts, and recognize the hard facts. There is no perfect public policy; but if Glendale faithfully executes an open decision-making process it will arrive at the best public policy decision.

RECREATIONAL USE

An executive-length golf course, club7 and driving range is on top of the landfill at the eastern end of Glenoaks Boulevard in the San Rafael Hills. The city has lease terms with American Golf to pay the city of Glendale at least $5.5 million in rent and concession fees over the life of the 40-year agreement. The course is on about 56 acres of the 410-acre landfill.

CHRONOLOGY OF EVENTS

February 18, 2004 – Glendale formally requests landfill expansion planning.

July 2004 – Districts submit Expansion Proposal report to Glendale.

May 8, 2006 – Glendale revives request to move on Expansion EIR project.

August 8, 2006 – Districts and City staff make a landfill expansion presentation to the City Council.

October 26, 2006 – Districts estimate cost to prepare EIR at $750,000 ($500K for consultant, $250K for Districts time). Letter sent to Glendale stating that $750,000 will be needed for EIR process, including developing landfill designs. Letter states that EIR costs can increase if additional alternatives are analyzed. Letter also states regulatory approvals and technical permitting process not in the scope of $750,000 estimate.

November 20, 2006 – Glendale City Council appropriates $750,000 to fund Landfill Expansion Study/EIR.

March – July 2007 – RFP/Consultant Selection process conducted by Districts and Glendale.

July 25, 2007 – Districts issue P.O. to consultant for $547,000.

December 4, 2007 -- Notice of Preparation (NOP) issued.

December 17, 2007 – Districts inform Glendale of the Districts Management's direction to develop larger “build-out” alternatives that would require new drainage to the north (and likely a tunnel through the ridgeline).

December 17, 2007 – NOP agency scoping meeting.

April 14, 2008 – Districts provide Glendale “build-out” landfill design for review.

August 13, 2008 – Districts provide Glendale cost estimate to include build-out alternative in EIR. Increased total EIR cost from approximately $750K to $1.2M. Districts requested approval to add build-out alternative to EIR scope. Glendale also informed of the additional money spent developing the build-out alternative.

October 1, 2008 – At quarterly JPA meeting, Districts again request approval from Glendale to add build-out alternative to EIR scope and negotiate for change in scope with EIR consultant.

January 12, 2009 – Districts officially freeze consultant’s work.

July 14, 2009 – Glendale sends letter to Districts formally requesting restart of EIR with original scope and cost, no build-out option.

August 26, 2009 – Glendale, Districts and consultants hold project re-start meeting.

September 10, 2009 – Memo from consultant to Districts re: scope of work revision.

November 23, 2009 – Districts send letter to Glendale formally updating the City on progress made in regards to the project restart request, and asking for City’s approval for the additional funding.

December 18, 2012 – Districts received Admin. Draft from consultant.

December 24, 2012 – Districts submitted electronic copy of Admin. Draft to Glendale.

January 24, 2013 – Districts submitted hard copies of Admin. Draft to Glendale.

August 8, 2013 – Glendale, Districts and consultant hold meeting to discuss concerns of Glendale legal counsel.

October 1, 2013 – Districts submitted compiled, edited sections to Glendale and consultant.

April 1, 2014 – Draft EIR is released for public review.

May 15, 2014 – First scheduled comment deadline.

May 19, 2014 – Public meeting in Glendale.

May 30, 2014 – Second scheduled comment deadline.

July 31, 2014 – Public meeting in Eagle Rock.

July 31, 2014 – Third scheduled comment deadline.

August 29, 2014 – Final comment deadline.

December 5, 2014 – Meeting between Districts and consultant regarding out-of-scope costs.