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Date: June 17, 2005
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: June 14, 2005
Permitting and Enforcement (P&E) Committee Meeting: June 6, 2005
Summary of the Board and P&E Committee Meetings on items of possible interest
to LEAs:
- To assist local jurisdictions and minimize travel costs, the Board
accepted testimony by phone from various city officials in distant
counties to facilitate their participation regarding time extensions to
comply with diversion mandates.
- The Board awarded the remaining amount in the
Landfill Closure
Loan Program (LFLP) 2004/2005 cycle appropriation, $472,000, to the
Jamestown Central Landfill in Tuolumne County. This program was
developed to assist early closure of older unlined landfills. The LCLP
received $640,000 from the Integrated Waste Management Account for the
FY 2004/2005 cycle. Maximum loan amounts are limited by statute to
$500,000 per borrower and loans must be repaid within 10 years. The
interest rate for the loan is zero.
- The Board adopted two proposed regulation packages: 1) Long-Term Gas
Violations At Permitted Facilities and 2) RCRA Subtitle D Program
Research, Development, And Demonstration Permits (such as for bioreactor
landfills etc). These will now be prepared for submittal to the Office
of Administrative Law.
- The Permitting and Enforcement Committee heard a status report on
the Permit Implementation Regulations. There are six regulatory concepts
that are being considered. The proposed regulations are being developed
primarily to implement mandates in AB 1497 and for consistency with the
Construction and Demolition requirements as appropriate.
- The Board approved seven grants in the amount of $387,588.45 for the
fourth quarter of fiscal year 2004/2005 for the
Farm and Ranch Solid Waste
Cleanup and Abatement Grant Program. The seven grant projects will
clean up 48 farm and ranch solid waste sites in the counties of
Monterey, Mendocino, Humboldt, Trinity, San Diego, Sonoma, and Imperial.
The Farm and Ranch Program has been fully subscribed for the second
fiscal year in a row since its inception in fiscal year 1999/2000.
- The Board approved two new matching grants and one new Board-managed
project pursuant to the
Solid Waste Disposal and Codisposal Site Cleanup Program (AB 2136)
as shown below.
| Project |
Amount Approved |
Type of Funding |
| Los Angeles River Trash Exclusion Project II (L.A. Co.) |
$750,000 |
Matching Grant |
Santa Ynez Airport Landfill
(Santa Barbara Co.) |
$61,712 |
Matching Grant |
Poe Colonia Illegal Disposal Site
(Imperial Co.) |
$150,000 |
Board-Managed |
- The Board approved funding of eligible remediation activities at the
BKK Landfill Class III Area under a Board-managed project with cost
recovery pursuant to the Solid Waste Disposal and Codisposal Site
Cleanup Program (AB 2136) because of BKK’s inability to fund closure and
post-closure activities. Eligible activities are solely in the Class III
area and include repairs to the soil cap and gas control system, and
installation of drainage and erosion control measures. Board remediation
of these eligible activities would require up to $1.2 million in Solid
Waste Cleanup Program funds and will be much less expensive than if the
Board were put in the position of becoming the lead agency for
completing the closure, (which would cost on the order of $3.3 to 10.7
million in State funding).
- The Board approved the augmentation of the remediation Contracts for
the Solid Waste Disposal and Codisposal Site Cleanup Program. This
program currently uses two environmental services Contractors and one
engineering services Contractor which allow the Board to remediate
threats to public health and safety and/or the environment at eligible
sites in a timely manner. Because of limited funding remaining, the
Board approved augmenting the remediation Contracts by an additional
$750,000 each and the engineering services Contract by $250,000,
utilizing money previously appropriated in the Solid Waste Disposal Site
Cleanup Trust Fund. In addition, the Board also approved the
Board-managed cleanup of eligible activities at the BKK Landfill and
will augment one of the two remediation Contracts by an additional
$1,200,000 specifically for the purposes of the BKK project.
- The Board approved the new scoring criteria and evaluation process
for grants under the Solid Waste Disposal and Codisposal Site Cleanup
Program for fiscal years 2005/2006 and 2006/2007. The one change was
made to the scoring criteria to address concerns regarding repeat and
overlapping grant awards to grantees and to promote new projects. Under
Program Criteria, 5 points will be awarded to applicants that have not
received a grant under this program during the current and/or previous
two fiscal years. The Budget criteria score was reduced from 15 points
to 10 points to keep the total possible grant score at 100 points.
The next Board meeting will be on July 19-20, 2005 in Sacramento. The P&E
Committee will meet on Monday July 11, 2005 at 10 AM in Sacramento.
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.
June 14, 2005 Board Meeting: Permitting
and Enforcement and Other Agenda Items
All agenda items may be accessed at: http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/Archive/IWMBMtgDocs/
26. Committee Consensus. Consideration of Approval of Landfill Closure
Loan Program Loan (IWMA FY 2004/05)
27. Item Deleted
28. Consent. Consideration of Adoption of Proposed Regulations for
Long-Term Gas Violations at Permitted Facilities
29. Consent. Consideration of the Adoption of Proposed Regulations for
RCRA Subtitle D Program Research, Development, and Demonstration Permits
30. Discussion Only. Oral Presentation. Status Report on the Development
of the Permit Implementation Regulations (AB 1497)
31. Committee Consensus. Consideration of the Grant Awards for the Farm
and Ranch Solid Waste Cleanup and Abatement Grant Program (FY 2004/05, Farm
and Ranch Cleanup Account)
32. Committee Consensus. Consideration of New Projects for the Solid
Waste Disposal and Codisposal Site Cleanup Program (FY 2004/05, Solid Waste
Disposal Trust Fund)
33. Consideration of the BKK Landfill, Los Angeles County, for the Solid
Waste Disposal and Codisposal Site Cleanup Program
34. Consideration of Augmentation of the Environmental Services Contracts
and Engineering Services Contract for Landfill and Disposal Site Remediation
(IWM03015A, IWM03015B, And IWM-C2001) (FY 2004/05, Solid Waste Disposal
Trust Fund)
35. Consideration of the Scoring Criteria and Evaluation Process for the
Solid Waste Disposal and Codisposal Site Cleanup Grant Program (FY 2005/06
And FY 2006/07, Solid Waste Disposal Trust Fund)
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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