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Date: August 30, 2007
To: All Local Enforcement Agencies
Board Meeting: August 14, 2007
Permitting and Compliance (P&C) Committee Meeting: August 6, 2007
Summary of the Board and P&C Committee Meetings on items of possible
interest to LEAs:
1. Angora Fire Update:
In record time the CIWMB has coordinated, overseen, and completed a $7
million cleanup operation to remove nearly 55,000 tons of ash and rubble
debris left in the wake of Lake Tahoe's disastrous wildfire that destroyed
257 properties and devastated 3,100 acres near South Lake Tahoe. The clean
up efforts included removing ash and rubble while recycling as much of the
material as possible. Environmental measures were taken to ensure the health
and safety of crews and neighbors. The cleanup effort was completed more
than a week ahead of the scheduled September 1st deadline.
2. CIWMB Branch Manager Update: Three new Branch Managers for the
Waste Compliance and Mitigation Program (WCMP) were announced at the P&C
Committee meeting. The new WCMP Branch Managers are Georgianne Turner,
Branch Manager of the MSW Facilities, Operations and Evaluation Branch,
Kevin Taylor, Branch Manager of the North Branch for Permitting and LEA
Support and Sherrie Sala-Moore, Branch Manager of the Jurisdiction and
Minimum Content Compliance Branch. It was also announced that Sharon
Anderson, one of the CIWMB’s leaders of the successful LEA Partnership and
Enforcement efforts, has taken a position with the Air Resources Board (ARB).
Ms. Anderson will be assisting with the CIWMB/LEA Conference in San Diego in
October. WCMP staff assignments by
LEA jurisdiction are available on the web.
3. P&C Committee Summary: In August, the P&C committee heard the
following items, (the Committee’s and/or Board’s actions are below each
item).
3.1 Six Solid Waste Facility Permit Items: The Board concurred
in 6 full solid waste facility permits (4 revised and 2 new); all the
proposed permits were on consent or had P&C committee support. One new
proposed permit was for a biosolids/green material composting facility
in San Bernardino County. The Board set up a remote location in the
community to facilitate local participation in the P&C Committee and
Board meeting. At the remote location, there was extensive testimony
given in opposition to the new facility. Concerns included negative
impacts on the community from winds carrying vectors, dust and odors.
The Board requested increased inspections be performed when the facility
begins operation until continued compliance with state minimum standards
has been verified.
3.2 One Minor Waste Tire Facility Permit Item: The Board
approved and adopted the negative declaration and the issuance of one
minor waste tire facility permit in San Bernardino County.
3.3 One Item on Rulemaking Direction: The Board approved the
Temporary Waiver of Terms
regulations which authorize local enforcement agencies (LEAs) to
issue a stipulated agreement to waive the terms and conditions of a
solid waste facilities permit during a temporary emergency. It is
anticipated that the regulations will become effective in late
September.
4. Other Committee/Board Discussion Items:
4.1. Contract Allocations: The Board approved additional
funding to implement on-going and key activities in the Board’s
Strategic Directives from the Integrated Waste Management Account for
Fiscal Year 2007/08. The approved additional funding was as follows.
- 2007-D-1-Infrastructure Baseline Inventory and Information
Management Framework: This contract allocation of $800,000 will
result in a comprehensive inventory of California’s solid waste
handling, diversion and market infrastructure, and will include the
development of a data management framework to automate updates and
reports, integrating new information with the Board’s existing data
management systems.
- 2007-D-2-Research and Demonstration Projects on Landfill
Alternatives for Bioenergy and Biofuels Production: This contract
allocation of $500,000 will allow for additional research and
demonstration projects with technologies that can use solid waste
feedstock to produce renewable biofuels and bioenergy. The project
will allow the Board to solicit competitive proposals that address
multiple policy issues dealing with increased landfill diversion,
production of renewable bioenergy and biofuels, and mitigation of
greenhouse gas emissions in support of the California Global Warming
Solutions Act. The expected outcomes from this research would
achieve increased production of energy or fuel production from the
selected projects.
- 2007-D-3-Plastic Grocery Bag Co-Mingled Recycling Rate for
Compliance with AB 2449: This allocation of $75,000 will assist in
the required development of a co-mingled recycling rate factor that
grocers can use in their annual report to the Board on the amount of
plastic carryout bags recycled, essentially helping grocers to avoid
monetary penalties for violations.
- 2007-D-4-Compost Safety Research: This allocation of $50,000
will fund bench-level and/or field-level research to assess the
efficacy of mammalian tissue composting. California Department of
Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is entering into a contract with the
University of California, Davis, Western Institute for Food Safety
and Security (UCD)/(WIFSS) to evaluate alternative disposal options
such as composting. This contract provides additional funding for
research of a broader array of pathogens, and will allow for a more
comprehensive assessment. CIWMB staff will consider the project a
success if the contractor’s research protocols receive favorable
comments during the scientific peer review process. Without
alternative disposal options, the State will continue to rely on the
rendering industry, which is currently operating at capacity.
- 2007-D-5-Illegal Dumping Enforcement and Public Awareness Manual
Allocation Request: The Board did not approve the allocation request
for a $100,000 contract to develop an illegal dumping manual and
related materials for local government illegal dumping programs. The
Board directed staff to hold a workshop with the illegal dumping
task force and return to the Board with recommendations after that
meeting.
4.2 Strategic Directives:
The Board heard a discussion on the proposed
schedule for periodic
reports and updates on the progress toward completing activities for
the Strategic Directives adopted by the Board in February 2007 and
discussed at the July 17, 2007 workshop.
5. Upcoming Events: also see LEA Training
and Events Calendar. Note:
Last chance to register for the 2007 LEA/CIWMB Conference in San Diego at
the Bahia Hotel, on Oct. 16, 17, 18
- September 19
Beginning Landfill Gas Training Workshop
Wait List
Sacramento
- September 26
Beginning Landfill Gas Training Workshop
Wait List
San Diego
- September 27
Beginning Landfill Gas Training Workshop
Ventura
- October 3
Beginning Landfill Gas Training Workshop
Wait List
Sacramento
- October 16-18
10th Annual LEA/CIWMB Conference
San Diego
- October 30
Beginning Landfill Gas Training Workshop
Red Bluff
- November 14-15
State Minimum Standards Training
Los Angeles
The next Board meeting will be on September 19. The P&C Committee will meet on
Monday, September 10 at 1:30 p.m. and the Strategic Policy Development Committee
will meet on September 11 at 10 a.m.
The 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.
August 14, 2007 Board Meeting: Permitting
and Compliance and Other Agenda Items
All agenda items may be accessed at: www.calrecycle.ca.gov/Archive/IWMBMtgDocs/
1. Concurred (Consent). Consideration of a New Full Solid Waste
Facilities Permit (Compostable Materials Handling Facility) for the Nursery
Products Hawes Composting Facility, San Bernardino County (P&C Committee
Item B)
2. Concurred (Consent). Consideration of a Revised Full Solid Waste
Facilities Permit (Transfer/ Processing Facility) for the West Valley
Materials Recovery Facility, San Bernardino County (P&C Committee Item C)
3. Concurred (Consent). Consideration of a New Full Solid Waste
Facilities Permit (C&D/Inert Debris Processing Facility) for the Fruitridge
C&D Recycling Facility, Sacramento County (P&C Committee Item D)
4. Concurred (Consent). Consideration of a Revised Full Solid Waste
Facilities Permit (Disposal Facility) for the El Sobrante Landfill,
Riverside County (P&C Committee Item E)
5. Concurred (Consent). Consideration of a Revised Full Solid Waste
Facilities Permit (Disposal Facility) for the Fink Road Landfill, Stanislaus
County (P&C Committee Item F)
6. Concurred (Consent). Consideration of a Revised Full Solid Waste
Facilities Permit (Disposal Facility) for the Chicago Grade Landfill, San
Luis Obispo County (P&C Committee Item G)
7. Adopted and Issued (Consent). Consideration of the Adoption of a
Negative Declaration (State Clearinghouse No. 2007051119) and the Issuance
of a Minor Waste Tire Facility Permit For BJ Used Tire & Rubber Recycling,
Inc., San Bernardino County (P&C Committee Item H)
8. Deleted.
9. Adopted. Consideration of Adoption of Proposed Regulations Modifying
Existing Temporary Waiver of Terms Regulations (P&C Committee Item J)
10. Approved. Consideration of Allocation Proposals to be Funded from the
Integrated Waste Management Account, FY 2007/08 (Strategic Policy Committee
Item B)
11. Discussion. Discussion of Process and Schedule for Periodic Review of
Strategic Directives (Strategic Policy Committee Item C) |
