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Date: May 1, 2006
To: All Local Enforcement Agencies
Board Meeting: April 11, 2006
Permitting and Enforcement (P&E) Committee Meeting: April 3, 2006
Summary of the Board and P&E Committee Meetings on items of possible
interest to LEAs:
- The Board concurred in three solid waste facility permits, all were on
the consent agenda. One new permit for a transfer station (but where there
were existing activities that required a permit) was pulled from the Board
agenda, after the operator waived the 60-day clock for an additional 30
days. The P&E Committee Members heard much public testimony about the
perceived negative impact of the facility on their community and the lack of
notification about the permitting of the facility. Several Board members
noted that although no public hearings are required for new permits, more
public outreach should have been done. The permit is currently scheduled to
be placed on the May Board agenda.
- The Board approved a $500,000 interest free loan from the Landfill
Closure Loan Program (LCLP) for the early closure of the Neal Road Landfill
in Butte County. The Board is authorized to award loans to operators of
unlined, older technology landfills desiring to close early to avoid or
mitigate potential environmental problems caused or threatened by continued
operation of the site as established by Assembly Bill 467. Priority is given
to facilities that are small, are located in rural areas, have approved
closure and postclosure maintenance plans, and/or have the highest degree of
risk to public health and safety or the environment. The total loan amount
appropriated for the 2005/06 LCLP cycle was $630,000.
- At a hearing on April 5, the Board’s Hearing Panel heard an appeal of
a Notice and Order (N&O) issued by the California Integrated Waste
Management Board acting as the Enforcement Agency for San Luis Obispo
County. The N&O was issued to the operator of an unauthorized and unpermitted site with large stockpiles of C&D inert material that also was
continuing to receive large quantities of these materials. The Hearing Panel
upheld the Notice and Order, which requires the operator to cease and desist
from accepting more inert materials, begin processing the existing mountains
of materials and remove the processed materials within 18 months from
processing.
- Staff held two informal informational meetings on the proposed
Permit
Implementation Regulations (AB1497). The meetings were held in
Sacramento and Southern California as well as broadcast on the Internet.
The purpose of the meetings was to clarify existing proposed language,
not accept comments on the proposed regulations. A 60-day formal public
comment period on the proposed regulations began on April 7, 2006 and
runs through June 6, 2006. A public hearing is scheduled for June 5,
2006.
- Upcoming events:
LEA Round Tables (5 meetings throughout the state)
May 2–Northern Round Table in Mt Shasta
May 11–South Central Round Table in Mariposa
May 17–Southern and South Western Round Tables in San Bernardino
May 18–Bay Area Round Table in South San Francisco
May 23–North Central Round Table in San Joaquin
May 5 (Monterey): Chemical Agents of Opportunity for Terrorism (sponsored
by the Air Resources Board)
May 30-June 2 (San Diego): 2006 Cal/EPA Cross Media Enforcement Symposium
June 5 (Sacramento): Public Hearing on the Proposed Permit Implementation Regulations
The next Board meeting will be on May 16, 2006, in Sacramento. The P&E
Committee will meet on Monday, May 8, at 10 a.m. in Sacramento.
The P&E Committee and Board meetings are 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.
April 11, 2006 Board Meeting: Permitting
and Enforcement and Other Agenda Items
All agenda items may be accessed at: http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/Archive/IWMBMtgDocs/
5. Committee Consensus. Consideration of Application by Butte County for
Landfill Closure Loan Program Loan (Integrated Waste Management Account FY
2005/06) -- Committee Item B
6. Consent. Consideration of a Revised Full Solid Waste Facilities Permit
(Disposal Facility) for the Buena Vista Drive Sanitary Landfill, Santa Cruz
County -- Committee Item C)
7. Consent. Consideration of a Revised Full Solid Waste Facilities Permit
(Compostable Materials Handling Facility) for Kochergen Farms Composting
Inc., Kings County -- Committee Item D
8. Pulled. Consideration of a New Full Solid Waste Facilities
Permit (Transfer/Processing Station) for American Waste Industries, the City
Of Los Angeles -- Committee Item E
9. Consent. Consideration of a Revised Full Solid Waste Facilities Permit
(Transfer/Processing Station) for the Sacramento Recycling and Transfer
Station, Sacramento County -- Committee Item F |
