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Date: March 21, 2003
To: All Local Enforcement Agencies
Please note the date of the special Board Meeting for the
Construction and Demolition Regulations is on April 9 at 1:30 p.m.
Sorry for any confusion.
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, March 10,
2003
Board Meeting: March 18 & 19, 2003
Board and P&E Committee Meeting Summary:
- The Board directed staff to begin another 15-day comment period for
the proposed Construction and Demolition and Inert Debris Processing
Tiered Regulations (Phase I). After the close of the 15-day comment
period, staff will return to the full Board for a special meeting on
April 9 at 1:30 p.m. to request adoption.
The Board directed staff to include language that will establish the
following:
- Zero--less than 25 TPD = EA notification permit tier.
25 TPD-- less than 175 TPD = registration permit tier.
175 TPD and more = full permit tier.
- Change the registration tier residual percentage to 40%.
- Mandatory Division of Occupational Training and Health (DOSH)
training for LEAs.
- Require operator to include the Injury, Illness and Prevention
Plan (IIPP) in the plan or report.
- "Three-strikes" language for operators found by the LEA to
exceed certain limits.
- Amend the "processing" definition.
- Add a public hearing/community outreach requirement by the LEA.
- Add specified language regarding the origin of construction and
demolition-like material.
- Flip the full permit phase--in time limits from 3 years with up
to a 2 year LEA extension to 2 years with up to a 3 year LEA
extension.
- Add in a fire plan.
- Add tonnage records based on actual weight.
- Add unannounced and randomly scheduled inspection language.
[Note: the revised text will be sent out early in the evening on
Friday]
- The committee directed staff to begin another 15-day comment period
for the proposed waste tire monofill regulations.
- The committee heard the results of the Second Cycle Of Local
Enforcement Agency Evaluations. The results were well received with the
Committee asking staff to clarify LEA enforcement authority for
Crippen-like sites and to include the basis for the evaluation’s permit
findings in the evaluation results portion of the agenda item.
- The committee heard an update on the numerous actions taken in
response to the 2000 Bureau Of State Audits Report. There were 16
recommendations in the audit report regarding landfill capacity,
environmental justice, long term gas violations, permit enforcement,
Notice & Orders, 18 month inspections, civil penalties, landfill closure
& post closure, landfill environmental impacts and diversion rate
calculations.
- The Board heard an update on the implementation of Goal 6 of the
Board's 2001 Strategic Plan on Environmental Justice.
- Due to the testimony from legislators and public expressing concerns
regarding the Bradley Landfill’s proposed permit, the Board directed
staff to return to the Board on April 9 with a response to concerns.
Some of the concerns expressed were radioactivity, buffer zones, gas
control system, leachate collection system, CEQA and the conformance
finding.
- The Board concurred in one solid waste facility permit.
- Both the committee and Board were very supportive of the Solid Waste
Disposal And Co-disposal Site Cleanup and the Closed, Illegal And
Abandoned Site Investigation Programs and voted to augment the
environmental services contracts for these programs. Additionally, the
grant awards for the Farm And Ranch Solid Waste Cleanup and Abatement
program were approved.
- The next P & E Committee meeting will be held on April 7, and the
next Board meeting will be on April 23 in Sacramento. A special meeting
will be held on April 9 for the Construction and Demolition and Inert
Debris Processing Tiered Regulations and the Bradley Landfill permit
items.
- The Board expressed support for staffs’ efforts to identify and
prioritize C&D sites in the state. At this time, staff identified three
priority sites in Sacramento, Riverside and Imperial Counties among
several other lower priority sites statewide.
- 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 25. Committee Only. Discussion of the
second cycle of local enforcement agency evaluations (Committee Item B)
Item 26. Consent. Consideration of the
request to exempt the local Enforcement agency grant program from the permit
checklist requirement (Committee Item C)
Item 27. Consideration of augmentation of the environmental services
contract for the Solid Waste Disposal and Co-Disposal Site Cleanup Program
(IWM-C2001) (Committee Item D and Budget & Administration Committee Item G)
(Note: Item had Committee consensus support)
Vote:
Aye: Jones, Medina, Paparian, Peace, Washington, Moulton-Patterson
Item 28. Consideration of augmentation of the environmental services
contract for the Closed, Illegal And Abandoned Site Investigation Program
(IWM-C0130) (Committee Item E and Budget and Administration Committee Item
H)
(Note: Item had Committee consensus support)
Vote:
Aye: Jones, Medina, Paparian, Peace, Washington, Moulton-Patterson
Item 29. Consideration of the grant awards for the Farm And Ranch Solid
Waste Cleanup and Abatement Grant Program FY 2002/2003 (Committee Item F and
Budget and Administration Committee Item I)
(Note: Item had Committee Consensus Support)
Vote:
Aye: Jones, Medina, Paparian, Peace, Washington, Moulton-Patterson
Item 30. Consent. Consideration of a revised
full solid waste facilities permit (Disposal Facility) for the Palo Verde
Solid Waste Site, Imperial County (Committee Item G)
Item 31. To be heard on April 9.
Consideration of a revised full solid waste facilities permit (Disposal
Facility) for Bradley Landfill West and West Extension, Los Angeles County
(Committee Item H)
(Note: This Item was heard on Wednesday, March 19 at 1:30 p.m.)
Item 32. To be heard on April 9.
Consideration of the adoption of a negative declaration (State Clearinghouse
No. 2003022081) and proposed regulations for the construction And demolition
and inert debris processing tiered regulations (Committee Item I)
(Note: This Item was heard on Tuesday, March 18 at 1:45 PM)
Item 33. Committee Only. 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 J)
Item 34. Committee Only. Update on landfill
operations training/certification pilot program
Item 66. Discussion Item. Discussion of
action plan to identify and evaluate construction and demolition debris
sites
(Note: This item was heard before agenda item 32.)
Other Items of Interest
Item 23. Discussion Item. Discussion and
request for direction regarding implementation of goal 6 of the Board's 2001
Strategic Plan: Environmental Justice
Item 24. Committee Only. Update On 2000
Bureau Of State Audits Report (Committee Item J and Permitting & Enforcement
Committee Item L)
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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