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Date: January 21, 2003
To: All Local Enforcement Agencies
This all LEA e-mail was sent on behalf of Scott Walker, Acting Deputy Director of the Permitting & Enforcement (P&E) Division and the LEA Support Services
Branch of the
California Integrated Waste Management Board. These Board and P&E Committee Meeting summaries will be sent after
each Board and P&E Committee Meeting.
Permitting and Enforcement (P&E) Committee
Meeting: Monday, January 6, 2003
Board Meeting: January 14-15, 2003
Board and P&E Committee Meeting Summary:
The Board concurred in one solid waste facility
permit. The board also discussed the issuance and use of Cease & Desist
Orders and Notices of Violation. The board asked staff to bring its quarterly
discussion on enforcement orders to the P&E Committee in March.
- One solid waste facility
permit was postponed until March to allow for additional public discussion and
comment.
- The Board chair directed
staff to begin another 15-day comment period for the proposed Construction and
Demolition and Inert Debris Processing Tiered Regulations (Phase I). The Chair
directed staff to include language that will establish a Registration Tier
permit for facilities that process 100-300 TPD of C&D debris with no more
than 30% residual. If changed, the proposed regulations would allow an operator
to use a temporary Registration Tier permit while a full tier permit is being
obtained. Also newly proposed: A full SWFP will be required for facilities
handling C&D waste and the registration tier will be available for facilities
that process C&D debris. After the close of the 15-day comment period,
staff will return to the full Board in March to request adoption.
- The committee directed staff
to begin another 15-day comment period for the proposed Waste Tire Monofill regulations.
Some of the issues include concerns from residents about the fire control
requirements and concerns from industry about limited flexibility in technical
specifications such as tire shred size, cell size, intermediate cover and
co-disposal of tires at landfills.
- The Committee was updated on
the Closed, Illegal, and Abandoned Site Program. The Committee was very
impressed with the success of this program and extensive environmental clean
ups that have been accomplished.
- The Committee heard an update
on the Strategic Plan Goal #4 (protection of the environment and public health
& safety) which will be heard by the full Board in February. The Committee
said they would be discussing ways to measure the success of a public health
& safety and environmental protection programs including the role of
enforcement and consistency in environmental protection programs. The Board's
strategic plan has seven goals, on which updates will be presented to the Board
each month beginning in January. The schedule is as follows:
- January--Goals 1 & 7: Recycling, product stewardship & zero waste
- February--Goals 4 & 2: Public safety & environmental protection (includes permitting, inspection,
enforcement, and partnership).
- March--Goals 3 & 5 & 6: Public education & internal efficiency & environmental. justice.
- The newest Board member,
Cheryl Peace was introduced. She was sworn in on January 15, 2003. Board member
Peace has replaced Board Member Cannella.
- The next P & E Committee
meeting will be held on February 3.
- There was a general Board
discussion about increasing community involvement in the solid waste facility
permitting process.
- The P&E Committee and Board meetings are being audio
broadcast and are available from almost any personal computer with
Internet access.
Board Meeting: Permitting and Enforcement
Agenda Items
Item 38. Pulled. Consideration of a Revised Full Solid Waste Facilities Permit (Disposal Facility)
for Bradley
Landfill West And West Extension, Los Angeles County (Committee Item D)
Item 39. Consent.
Consideration of a New Full Solid Waste
Facilities Permit (Transfer/Processing Station) for the Sunset Wastepaper
Material Recovery Facility and Transfer Station, Fresno County (Committee
Item E)
Item 40. Item was heard at the P&E Committee Meeting and not at
the January Board Meeting. Discussion and Request for
Rulemaking Direction on Noticing Revisions to the Proposed Waste Tire Monofill
Regulatory Requirements for an Additional 15-Day Comment Period (Committee
Item F)
Direction provided for another 15-day comment
period.
Item 41. Item was heard at the January Board Meeting and not at the
P&E Committee Meeting. Discussion and
Request for Rulemaking Direction on Noticing Revisions to the Proposed
Construction and Demolition and Inert Debris Processing Tiered Regulations for
an Additional Public Comment Period (Committee Item G)
Direction provided for another 15-day comment
period.
Item 42. Item was heard at the P&E Committee Meeting and not at
the January
Board Meeting. Presentation and Discussion of the Closed, Illegal, and Abandoned Site Program
(Committee Item H)
This email
is not an official transcript of the Board's actions and should be used for
informational purposes only.
Thank you,
Melissa
Hoover-Hartwick
LEA Support Services
(916) 341-6813
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