Title
Integrated Resource Management - Next Steps
Recommendation
That the Environmental Services Committee recommend to the Capital Regional District (CRD) Board:
That the CRD modify the Integrated Resource Management (IRM) work plan by:
1. Concluding the current IRM procurement process
2. Issuing a Request for Proposals for the beneficial use of dried Class A biosolids produced by the Residuals Treatment Facility as a stand-alone procurement, according to the CRD’s land application policy
3. Pursuing an in-region organics (kitchen scraps/yard and garden) processing facility by initiating a new procurement process for a facility to be located at Hartland landfill
4. Informing the Project Board of the new direction and requesting that any Core Area Wastewater Treatment project implications be included in the upcoming update report to the Core Area Liquid Waste Management Committee in February; and
5. Submitting a revised project plan for the beneficial use of biosolids and the IRM initiative to the province
(WP - All)