Old OC County Dump less than 900' from the nearest home
Did you know how close you lived to a former dump site? Oh, and it's being used to store extra vehicles on for local car dealerships without a wind screen or toxic notice on the exterior of the county maintained property.
In 2019. The 11.5-acre former Gothard Street Landfill (landfill) located in the City of Huntington Beach that is owned by the County of Orange and was operated as a solid waste landfill by the County from 1947-1962.
OC Waste & Recycling (OCWR) provides post-closure maintenance of the landfill that is completely covered by a soil cap. Environmental control systems include a landfill gas collection system, groundwater monitoring wells and a surface water collection system.
In the 1980s, OCWR installed coastal sage scrub (CSS) on the landfill site as part of a standard erosion control mix. Since that time, CSS is now considered a sensitive habitat type as it provides habitat for threatened and endangered animal species, such as the coastal California gnatcatcher (gnatcatcher). There are approximately 8 acres of CSS on the landfill site.
Although biological surveys conducted at the landfill site have not found any gnatcatchers at the landfill site, other sensitive birds that nest in the CSS have been found at the landfill site. This means that OCWR cannot effectively maintain the landfill during the nesting bird season, which lasts from February 15 through August 31 each year.
To facilitate post-closure maintenance at the landfill site, OCWR is proposing to remove all 8 acres of CSS at the landfill. OCWR will remove the CSS at the landfill site by using existing OCWR contractors. The CSS will either be removed by goats or by mowing. LEARN MORE HERE
CEQA report HERE with change in grass seeding
AB 52 Consultation in Jan 2019 HERE
