20160279 Ver 1_WQC Agenda Item_20160511

Request for a Major Variance from the Randleman Lake Riparian Area Protection Rule by Waste
Industries High Point Landfill LLC for Expansion of the High Point Construction and Demolition
(C&D) Landfill at 5822 Riverdale Drive in Jamestown, NC– (Action Item) (Sue Homewood)
A request has been received for the Water Quality Committee to grant a Major Variance from the
Randleman Lake Riparian Area Protection Rules to Waste Industries High Point Landfill LLC for the
expansion of their High Point C&D Landfill located at 5822 Riverdale Drive in Jamestown, NC. The City
of High Point has been designated authority to administer the Randleman Lake Riparian Area Protection
Rule. Due to the presence of an unnamed tributary to Richland Creek southeast of the existing landfill,
the proposed landfill expansion will need to encroach into Zone One and Two of the riparian buffer.
The applicant is proposing mitigation to offset the proposed buffer impacts. The City of High Point and
Division of Water Resources staff support this request for a Major Variance from the Randleman Lake
Riparian Area Protection Rule because all of the requirements in Chapter 9, Section 9-9-11 of the City
of High Point Development Ordinance are met. (Attachments enclosed: Variance Application with
addendum, City of High Point Findings of Fact with Watershed Review Committee Recommendation,
and PowerPoint Presentation).