Summary
Project Description
Redwood Landfill, Inc. has applied to the Marin County Environmental Health Services Department for a Revised Solid Waste Facilities Permit (SWFP) for continuation and capacity expansion of a 222.5-acre landfill on a 420-acre site near Novato, California. The approved project involves changes to the existing landfill and composting operations as described in the environmental review documents, the SWFP, and technical documents developed in conjunction with the SWFP, including but not limited to: increasing the capacity of the landfill to 26.1 million cubic yards (including cover), increasing the number of vehicles that may enter the site per day, changing the slope configuration of the landfill, clarifying the footprint of the landfill, combining the existing landfill and compost permits, adding food waste as a compost feed stock, modifying tonnage allocations for landfill and compost operations, modifying landfilling practices, modifying environmental controls at the site, increasing receipts of recyclable materials, improving public drop-off facilities for recyclables, transloading and limited processing of recyclables, changing the configuration of the site, and development of landfill gas to energy and solar power generation. Redwood Landfill will continue to be the principal landfill serving Marin County.
Review type
Environmental Impact Reports (EIR)Status
Location
Located on the east side of State Highway 101, 4 miles north of the City of Novato and 7 miles southeast of Petaluma in Marin County.
Assessor's Parcel Number (APN): 125-160-13
Environmental Review Documents
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- Redwood Landfill - Final EIR Volume I (12.67 MB) — The Redwood Landfill Solid Waste Facilities Permit Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR), Volume I (revisions to the Draft Subsequent EIR), prepared July 2005.
- Redwood Landfill - Final EIR Volume II (16.02 MB) — The Redwood Landfill Solid Waste Facilities Permit Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR), Volume II (response to public comments and EIR appendices), prepared July 2005.
- Redwood Landfill- Final EIR Response to Comments Amendment (39.75 MB) — The response to public comments amendment for the Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) Addendum for the Redwood Landfill Solid Waste Facilities Permit, prepared in March 2008.
- Redwood Landfill - Second EIR Amendment (0.51 MB) — The second amendment to the Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Redwood Landfill Solid Waste Facilities Permit, prepared May 2008.
- Redwood Landfill - Final EIR Addendum (5.38 MB) — The Final Environmental Impact Report (EIR) Addendum for the Redwood Landfill Solid Waste Facilities Permit, prepared May 2013.
- Redwood Landfill- Summary of Permit Procedure (0.02 MB) — A summary of the Redwood Landfill Solid Waste Facility's permit procedure.