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Date: December 20, 2004
To: All Local Enforcement Agencies
This all LEA e-mail was sent
on behalf of the LEA Support Services Branch of the California Integrated Waste
Management Board (CIWMB) and Howard Levenson, Deputy Director Permitting and
Enforcement Division.
Board Meeting: December 14, 2004
Permitting and Enforcement (P&E) Committee Meeting: December 6, 2004
Summary of the Board and P&E Committee Meetings on items of possible interest
to LEAs:
- The Board awarded $169,822 to three jurisdictions to support the
cleanup of 17 illegal disposal sites on farm and ranch property. The
cleanup of these sites will eliminate the health and safety threat posed
by the waste to the public, wildlife, and the environment. The approval
of the three grants was for the second quarter of fiscal year 2004/2005
for the Farm and Ranch Solid Waste Cleanup and Abatement Grant Program.
- The Board approved two new projects in Monterey County to be cleaned
up under the Solid Waste Disposal and Codisposal Site Cleanup Program.
This program addresses cleanup of solid waste disposal and codisposal
sites where the responsible party either cannot be identified or is
unable or unwilling to pay for a timely remediation and where cleanup is
needed to protect public health and safety or the environment. These two
projects are estimated to cost $300,000, which would leave $1,275,482
available in the contract fund.
- The Permitting and Enforcement (P&E) Committee, held a public
hearing for the proposed Conversion Technology regulations, which would
regulate conversion technology operations and facilities in the same
manner as other Transfer and Processing operations and facilities. No
decisions were made at the public hearing during the P&E Committee
meeting.
- The Committee also held a public hearing for the proposed RCRA
Subtitle D Program Research Development & Demonstration (RD&D)
regulations. The proposed regulations would incorporate USEPA’s RCRA
Subtitle D Research Development & Demonstration Permit flexibility in
California’s subtitle D program. As directed by the Board at the July 14
meeting, staff gathered more comments on a few issues (pre-processing
requirements, limit on permits issued, research protocols, and etc). The
45 day comment period closed November 30. The RD&D regulations will come
back to the Board for either adoption or another comment period.
- The Board concurred in four full solid waste facility permits (SWFP)
and took no action on one permit for a new facility, the Gregory Canyon
landfill. Two Board members voted to deny the permit, three Board
members voted to concur with the issuance of the permit, and one Board
member recused herself. Four votes are needed for an action to be taken.
Since there was no action taken, the LEA will be able to issue the
permit after the 60-day CIWMB timeframe expires.
- The Board adopted the 2005 Rulemaking Calendar, which lists 19
potential regulatory packages. Government Code Section 11017.6 requires
the California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB) and all other
State agencies to prepare, by January 31 each year, a rulemaking
calendar for that year. The proposed 2005 Rulemaking Calendar was
developed with input from each of the Board’s divisions and offices. The
2004 rulemaking calendar listed 25 potential rulemaking packages. During
the past year, 6 were approved by OAL:
- · Landfill Closure Loans
- · Alternative Daily Cover
- · Waste Tire Administrative Penalties
- · LEA Staffing
- · RMDZ Designations
- · RPPC Administrative Penalties
Landfill Application Revisions rulemaking package has been approved
by the Board and is pending approval from OAL.
The next Board meeting will be on January 18-19, 2005 in Sacramento. The
P&E Committee will meet on Monday, January 10, 2005 at 10 a.m.
The P&E Committee and Board meetings are being audio broadcast and are
available from almost any personal computer with Internet access. Go to
www.calrecycle.ca.gov/Broadcast/ or select
"Broadcasts" in the upper right corner of the electronic meeting agenda.
December 14, 2004 Board Meeting: Permitting
and Enforcement and Other Agenda Items
All agenda items may be accessed at: http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/Archive/IWMBMtgDocs/
20. Committee Consensus. Consideration of the Grant Awards for the Farm
and Ranch Solid Waste Cleanup and Abatement Grant Program FY 2004/2005
(Committee Item B)
21. Committee Consensus. Consideration of New Projects For The Solid
Waste Disposal And Codisposal Site Cleanup Program (Committee Item C)
22. Committee Only. Discussion and Public Hearing on Proposed Amendment
of Transfer/Processing Regulations to Address Conversion Technology
Operations (Committee Item D)
23. Committee Only. Public Hearing on Proposed Regulations for RCRA
Subtitle D Program Research, Development, and Demonstration Permits
(Committee Item E)
24. Consent. Consideration of a New Full Solid Waste Facilities Permit
(Compostable Materials Handling Facility) for the Cold Canyon Landfill Green
Material Compost Facility, San Luis Obispo County (Committee Item F)
25. Consent. Consideration of a Revised Full Solid Waste Facilities
Permit (Disposal Site) for the West Contra Costa Sanitary Landfill, Contra
Costa County (Committee Item G)
26. Pulled. Consideration of a New Full Solid Waste Facilities
Permit (Transfer/Processing Station) for the San Martin Transfer and
Recycling Station, Santa Clara County (Committee Item H)
27. Concurred. Consideration of a Revised Solid Waste Facilities Permit
(Disposal Facility) for the Ridgecrest Sanitary Landfill, Kern County
(Committee Item I)
28. Pulled. Consideration of a New Full Solid Waste Facilities
Permit (Transfer/Processing, Composting Material Handling Facility) for the
Mount Vernon Avenue Recycling And Composting Facility, Kern County
(Committee Item J)
29. Concurred. Consideration of a New Full Solid Waste Facilities Permit
(Composting Facility) for the El Nido Composting Facility, Synagro West,
Merced County (Committee Item K)
30. No Action Taken. Consideration of a New Full Solid Waste Facilities
Permit (Disposal Facility) for the Gregory Canyon Landfill, San Diego County
(Committee Item L)
37. Concurred. Consideration of the 2005 Annual Rulemaking Calendar
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
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