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Date: July 19, 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: July 13 & 14, 2004
Permitting and Enforcement (P&E) Committee Meeting: July 6, 2004
Summary of the Board Meeting:
- The Executive Director reported
on four emergency waivers that are currently in effect. Three waivers were
issued to handle the destroyed tree debris that resulted because of the
bark beetle and fire devastation in San
Bernardino
County. One was issued to
accommodate the earthquake debris that resulted from the destructive earthquake
in San Luis Obispo
County.
- The Deputy Director reported
that the remediation project approved by the Board last month to clean up
Aggregate Recycling Systems Illegal Disposal Site (La
Montana), is proceeding forward.
On July 13, the court agreed with the city and appointed a receiver to clarify
site access and other issues. Board staff have filed the Notice of Exemption and
continue preparation of the final work plan, which will be presented to the
community for comment at a public meeting. After the November 1994 Northridge
earthquake, this site had accumulated debris up to 50-60 feet in height with up
to 200,000 tons. Approximately 80,000 cubic yards of inert debris remain onsite.
The pile has constituted a public nuisance and potential health threat because
of dust, erosion, concerns over potential contaminants, and negative visual
impacts. Depending on discussions
with the receiver, the Board hopes to begin remediation in August or
September.
- The Deputy Director reported
that the operator waived the timeline for the proposed new solid waste facility
permit for the Gregory Canyon Landfill.
The item was pulled from this month’s agenda and is re-scheduled to be
heard by the Board in August. In the November 1994 General Election, San Diego voters approved Ordinance C
which amended the County’s General
Plan to allow the construction and operation of the Gregory Canyon landfill and
recycling center. The San Diego County Board of
Supervisors have received a petition to add a November 2004 ballot item that
would invalidate Ordinance C and amend the General Plan to prohibit the
construction and operation of a landfill and recycling collection center in
Gregory Canyon. The Board of Supervisors
requested that their staff analyze the impact of the petition and report back to
them on August 3.
- The Board concurred in the
issuance of two revised full solid waste permits, one for a transfer
station and the other for a composting facility.
- The Board approved three new
projects for clean up pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal and Codisposal Site
Cleanup Program. Two projects involve improvements to or installation of
landfill gas collection systems to protect the surrounding areas and
communities. The third project was for the clean up of 25 high-priority chronic
dumping locations and to assist in the implementation of mitigation strategies
to reduce future illegal dumping in various susceptible areas.
- The Board approved staff’s
request to formally notice the proposed regulations for Research,
Development, and Demonstration (RD&D) Permits for Municipal Solid Waste
Landfills for a 45-day public review and
comment period. The proposed rule will provide for site-specific
variances from certain Subtitle D criteria necessary to implement innovative MSW
landfill technologies (such as bioreactor landfills), provided that the
owner/operator demonstrates that compliance with the variance will not increase
risk to human health and the environment over the standard requirements. After
discussion at both the Committee and Board meetings, during the 45 day comment
period additional input will also be sought on three concepts: 1) requiring
additional research protocols, such as control cells; 2) limiting the number of permits issued
under the rule; and 3) a requirement that waste sent to bioreactor landfills be
pre-processed.
- The Board
approved the proposed modifications to the grant scoring criteria for grants
issued under the Farm and Ranch Grant Program. The modifications make minor
revisions to the General Criteria definitions and scores to give more emphasis
to the need and work plan. They also give higher priority to sites that
represent a greater threat to the environment and/or public health and safety;
and add a new criteria item that gives 7 priority points to those applicants
that did not receive a Farm and Ranch Solid Waste Cleanup and Abatement Grant in
the previous fiscal year to provide new applicants a small advantage and
distribute funding to new areas.
This item was approved on fiscal consensus.
- The P & E Committee heard a
discussion of current and planned regulatory and research activities related to
landfill facilities, including potential follow-ups to the landfill facility
compliance study. A more formal item will be presented to the Board in
September.
- There were many employee
suggestions for improving the Board and CIWMB staff processes and procedures.
The suggestions were received at the Division meetings and from the on-line
anonymous suggestion box. The Board requested that each Division summarize and
prioritize their staff’s suggestions and present the results to appropriate
Committees.
- The Board heard a discussion of one of the employee
suggestions for strengthening the message of the importance on buying
recycled-content products and promoting markets for material diverted from
landfills. The suggestion was to consider whether grant applicants should be
disqualified from receiving grants offered by the Board if they do not have
green procurement policies in place, such as purchasing recycled content
materials. If implemented, this proposed change would
have an impact. For example, 22 of the 53 applicants (42%) for the Household
Hazardous Waste Discretionary Grants (FY 02/03) would not have been eligible for
grant funding since they did not have green procurement policies. No further consideration is planned at
this time.
- The next Board meeting will be
on August 17 and 18, 2004 in
Sacramento. The P&E Committee
will meet on Monday August 9,
2004 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 and click on the
far right link under "More Resources" titled "Broadcasts & Videos" or
click on "Broadcasts" in the upper right corner of the electronic meeting
agenda.
July
13 & 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/
14. Pulled. Consideration
of a New Full Solid Waste Facilities Permit (Disposal Facility) for the
Gregory
Canyon Landfill,
San Diego
County (Committee Item
B) 15. Discussion and Request for Rulemaking Direction to
Formally Notice Proposed Regulations for RCRA Subtitle D Program Research,
Development, and Demonstration Permits (Committee Item C)
Approval
to Formally Notice for 45 Day Public Review and Comment
16. Discussion of Current and Planned Regulatory and
Research Activities Related to Landfill Facilities, Including Potential
Follow-ups to the Landfill Facility Compliance Study (Committee Item D)
Committee
Only
17. Consideration of a Revised Full Solid Waste
Facilities Permit (Transfer/Processing Station) for the Grand Central Recycling
and Transfer Station, Los Angeles
County (Committee Item E)
Concurrence
for a Full Solid Waste Facility
Permit
18. Consideration of a Revised Full Solid Waste
Facilities Permit (Compostable Materials Handling Facility) for the Inland
Empire Utilities Agency Composting Facility, San
Bernardino County (Committee Item F)
Concurrence
for a Full Solid Waste Facility Permit
19. Consideration of the Scoring Criteria and Evaluation
Process for the Farm and Ranch Solid Waste Cleanup and Abatement Grant Program
for the FY 2004/2005 And FY 2005/2006
Approved
20. Consideration of New Projects for the Solid Waste
Disposal and Codisposal Site Cleanup Program
Approved the New
Projects
21. Discussion of and Oral Report on Implementation of
the Board's Employee Suggestion Box
Discussion
Item
22. Consideration of Whether "Evidence of a
Recycled-Content Purchasing Policy or Directive" Should Continue to be a Scoring
Criteria for Board Grant Programs or Become an Eligibility
Requirement
Discussion
Item
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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