Local Enforcement Agency Correspondence

March Board Meeting Summary

Date: March 17, 2006

To: All Local Enforcement Agencies

Board Meeting: March 14, 2006
Permitting and Enforcement (P&E) Committee Meeting: March 6, 2006

Summary of the Board and P&E Committee Meetings on items of possible interest to LEAs:

1. The Board heard information on a global reuse company, Freecycle. Deron Beal, the founder, told the Board that he began the company in one small community over two years ago. Freecycle utilizes e-mail groups in various communities to facilitate the free exchange and reuse of goods that would otherwise be thrown out. It is estimated that about 200 tons per day are being diverted from landfills due to Freecycle’s reuse program. At this time, the Freecycle concept has since spread to over 60 countries, where there are thousands of local groups with more than 2 million members.
2. No solid waste facility permits were before the Board this month.
3. The P&E Committee heard an overview of the highly praised Solid Waste Clean Up Program (MS PowerPoint, 31 MB). More than 450 sites have been cleaned up and over 2,000 acres of land recovered.
4. The P&E Committee was given an overview of the very effective Local Enforcement Agency Evaluation Program (MS PowerPoint, 344 KB). LEAs generate over 10,000 inspection reports a year for 865 active sites and approximately 1500 CIA sites. The third cycle of the LEA Evaluations began in May 2003 and concludes in May 2006.
5. The Board approved on fiscal consent initial funding of $500,000 for SCS Engineers for an engineering services contract for landfill and disposal site remediations (MS Word, 68 KB) under the Solid Waste Disposal and Codisposal Site Cleanup Program. The contract is for a “not to exceed” amount of two million dollars ($2,000,000).
6. The Board approved on fiscal consent the award of an environmental services contract (MS Word, 63 KB) for Northern California to A.J. Diani Construction Company, Inc., in support of the activities of the Solid Waste Disposal and Codisposal Site Cleanup Program. The total amount available is $1,500,000.
7. The Board approved on fiscal consent the award of an environmental services contract (MS Word, 65 KB) for Southern California to Remedial Construction Services, L.P., in support of the activities of the Solid Waste Disposal and Codisposal Site Cleanup Program. The total amount available for encumbrance is $1,500,000.
8. The Board approved on fiscal consent four grants totaling $151,312 (MS Word, 59 KB) for the third quarter of fiscal year 2005/2006 for the Farm and Ranch Solid Waste Cleanup and Abatement Grant Program.

Grantee Name	Recommended Funding
Trinity County Resource Conservation District	$  64,949.00
Florin Resource Conservation District	7,103.00
San Diego County	29,270.00
Cabazon Band of Mission Indians	49,990.00
Total	$151,312.00

9. Upcoming events.

• March 22-23 (Orange Co) and April 11-12 (Alameda): Landfill Gas Monitoring at Developed Sites
• April 3 (Sacramento) and April 5 (So. California): Informal Informational Presentation On The Draft Proposed Permit Implementation Regulations (AB 1497)
• April 6 (Sacramento): Chemical Agents of Opportunity for Terrorism (with Air Resources Board)
• April 17-18 (Sacramento Convention Center): Emerging Technologies Forum
• May 30-June 2 (San Diego): 2006 Cross Media Enforcement Symposium

The next Board meeting will be on April 11, 2006, in Sacramento. The P&E Committee will meet on Monday, April 3, 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.

March 14, 2006 Board Meeting: Permitting and Enforcement and Other Agenda Items

All agenda items may be accessed at: http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/Archive/IWMBMtgDocs/

2. Committee Consensus. Consideration of Approval of a Contractor for the Engineering Services Contract for Landfill and Disposal Site Remediation under the Solid Waste Disposal and Codisposal Site Cleanup Program (Solid Waste Disposal Trust Fund, FYs 2005/06, 2006/07, And 2007/08), Committee Item B

3. Committee Consensus. Consideration of Approval of a Contractor for the Environmental Services Contract for Landfill and Disposal Site Remediation for Northern California under the Solid Waste Disposal and Codisposal Site Cleanup Program (Solid Waste Disposal Trust Fund, FYs 2005/06, 2006/07, And 2007/08), Committee Item C

4. Committee Consensus. Consideration of Approval of a Contractor for the Environmental Services Contract for Landfill and Disposal Site Remediation for Southern California under the Solid Waste Disposal and Codisposal Site Cleanup Program (Solid Waste Disposal Trust Fund, FYs 2005/06, 2006/07, And 2007/08), Committee Item D

5. Committee Consensus. Consideration of the Grant Awards for the Farm And Ranch Solid Waste Cleanup and Abatement Grant Program (Farm and Ranch Cleanup Account, FY 2005/06), Committee Item E

6. Committee Only. Discussion of Local Enforcement Agency Evaluations, Committee Item F