Local Enforcement Agency Correspondence

Construction & Demolition Site Information Request

Date: January 24, 2003

To: All Local Enforcement Agencies

This all LEA e-mail was sent on behalf of Allison Spreadborough, Leslee Newton-Reed and the LEA Support Services Branch of the California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB).

This e-mail replaces the all LEA e-mail that was sent to you this morning.

Staff of the Permitting and Enforcement Division request your assistance by 1/31/2003 to identify all construction and demolition (C&D) and wood chipping and grinding sites in your jurisdictions that have accumulated 1500 tons or more of wood and or C&D waste on site. This information will help both the LEA and Board staff in the following ways:

• In identifying sites that may need to be included in nondisposal facility elements (NDFE),
• In permitting sites when C&D and chip and grind activities are slotted into tiers,
• In providing assistance to LEAs in evaluating workload impacts for their Enforcement Program Plans, and
• In identifying sites that may become a nuisance concern when the new regulations are implemented.

Please provide the following information by January 31, 2003:

• Identifier: Either site name or company name
• Responsible Party: Owner of site and or site manager
• Location: Either a street address, cross streets, or nearest landmark
• Description of site: Types of material, estimated volumes, current status relative to activity (adding to pile? processing material? inactive?).
• Is there a CUP or Special Use Permit issued to this site? Yes or No
• Jurisdiction:  City of _________; Unincorporated Area of ________  County

Staff is interested in C&D processing sites that have been considered to be "nontraditional" because they handle C&D debris and/or chip and grind wood (this includes sites that accept green waste along with their C&D wood) and that also have an accumulation of 1500 tons or more of wood and or C&D waste on site. The 1500 ton limit is used because this is a equivalent to the amount that could be accumulated at a facility in the proposed C&D regulations. Please reference the formula at the end of this document for help in pile size determination.

In the next several months staff will ask for more detailed information on the larger universe of nontraditional sites that will be subject to the new C&D regulations, including smaller sites, sites without accumulations, and inert processing sites. To learn more about the State's support of local efforts to minimize the disposal of construction and demolition-generated materials visit the C&D Recycling web site.

Helpful  formulas:

___ feet high X ___ feet wide X ___ feet long = ___ cubic feet/27 cubic feet per cubic yard = ___ cubic yards

___ cubic yards X 27 cubic feet per cubic yard = ___ cubic feet = height X width X length

Example: The pile is 20 feet high X 40 feet wide X 253.1 feet long. This equates to about 202,479 cubic feet/27 cubic feet per cubic yard = approximately 7500 cubic yards.

___ cubic yards X ___ pounds per cubic yard (waste conversion factor) = ____ pounds/2000 pounds per ton = ____ tons

___ tons X 2000 pounds per ton/pounds per cubic yard = ___ cubic yards X 27 cubic feet per cubic yard = height X width X length

Example: 7500 cubic yards of wood X 400 pounds per yard (unchipped wood debris) = 3,000,000 pounds/2000 pounds per ton = 1500 tons

Please don’t hesitate to contact Allison or Leslee if you have any questions regarding this request.

Thank you,
Melissa Hoover-Hartwick
LEA Support Services
(916) 341-6813

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