ALTAMONT LANDOWNERS SETTLEMENT - Laserfiche WebLink

32. organization lo assume that responsibility. The management entity shall be selected based on its ~mancial and technical capability to carry out the long-term maintenance requirements and its commitment to goals consistent with the long-term maintenance. Selection of lhe management entity shall be subject to approval by the COE and the County. If ai management entity is approved, the management entity, through a legally binding agre4ment, shall assume the maintenance and management responsibility of the wetland mitigation areas in perpetuity. The operatori shall avoid existing ponds in the Phase I landfill area until replacement wetlands have been established. The operator may remove the existing ponds as construction 9ccurs in the expansion area after it has been determined that replacement wetlands have been established and the California tiger salamander has been resettled. ALKALI SINK 33. The operatori shall implemem a mitigation plan for the alkali sink that is based on the Conceptual Wetlands Mitigation Plan (LSA, 1994) and the mitigation measures identified in the FEIR, and that has been approved by the COE, DFG, FWS, and the County. Operator shall conduct a site-specific hydrology analysis for the sink to determine the appropriate a~/erage seasonal flow to the sink, and this shall be incorporated into the plan. The mitigation plan shall include performance and monitoring standards. 34. 35. The operator shall conduct bi-annual monitoring of the alkali sink pursuant to a monitoring p!an approved the COE, DFG, FWS, and the County to determine whether the performance ~tandards are being met. If the monitoring reports show that the alkali sink is not being iadequately maintained or is declining in habitat quality or quantity, the operator shall take additional mitigation measures approved by the COE, FWS, DFG, and the County, based in part on measures recommended in the FEIR. Any surface pr ground water delivered to the alkali sink shall pass through detention basins to remove sediment, and untreated leachate delivered into the alkali sink shall meet applicalSle water quality standards. 36. The operator )hall fence the area to keep livestock out of the alkali sink. GEOLOGY/SOILS/~EISMIC 37. The operator!shall design and construct the landfill in accordance with Titles 14 and 23 of the California Code of Regulations (CCR) requirements for final cover design, final surface grades, and continuing monitoring and maintenance to reduce potential impacts due to settlement. The final design and subsequent modifications shall be reviewed by the RWQCB !(prior to issuance of revised Waste Discharge Requirements) and the LEA (as part of the application for a revised Solid Waste Facilities Permit). RWQCB and LEA approvals shall signify that the proposed design meets all of the applicable requirements.i 38. The operatorl shall conduct slope stability analyses for the design in accordance with Titles 14 and 23 of the CCR and stability shall be verified for each landfill cell and 14-B Final Altamont Settlement - Exhibit B