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Date: October 10, 2007
To: All Local Enforcement Agencies
Board Meeting: September 19, 2007
Permitting and Compliance (P&C) Committee Meeting: September 10, 2007
Summary of the Board and P&C Committee Meetings on items of possible
interest to LEAs:
1. Board Recognition: The Board gave Sharon Anderson a resolution
showing their appreciation for her outstanding contributions, many years of
service to CIWMB and for making California a better place for all.
2. P&C Committee/Board Summary: This month, the P&C committee
heard the following items, (the Committee’s and/or Board’s actions are below
each item).
2.1. Two Solid Waste Facility Permit Items: The Board
concurred in 2 full solid waste facility permits, 1 revised and 1 new;
all the proposed permits were on consent.
2.2 Revised Eligible Expenses for the Tires Amnesty Event Grant
Program: The Board approved the revised eligible expenses and
increased the maximum tire grant award for the Amnesty Event Grant
Program for FY 2007/08. The costs for grantee staff oversight,
advertising and educational material is now allowed as eligible grant
funded expenditures up to a maximum of 25 percent of the grant award for
the FY 2007/08 Amnesty Event Grant cycle. To compensate for the
additional eligible grant expenses, the maximum grant award for the
Amnesty Event Grant Program is increased from $25,000 to $30,000 per
applicant.
2.3 Farm and Ranch Solid Waste Cleanup and Abatement Grant
Program: The Board approved two grants totaling $75,754 for the
first quarter of fiscal year 2007/08 for the Farm and Ranch Solid Waste
Cleanup and Abatement Grant Program. One grant is to clean up one site
in Sutter County for $30,500, and the other is to clean up 4 sites in
San Joaquin County for $45,254.
2.4 Engineering & Environmental Services Contracts: The Board
approved Scopes of Work for two environmental services contracts (each
not to exceed $5,700,000) and one engineering services contract (not to
exceed $1,300,000) for landfill and disposal site remediation, including
some waste tires, under the Solid Waste Disposal and Codisposal Site
Cleanup Program (AB 2136 Program). This program is to cleanup solid
waste disposal sites where the responsible party either cannot be
identified or is unable or unwilling to perform the timely remediation
and where the cleanup is needed to protect public health and safety or
the environment.
2.5 Training on Waste Tire Compliance Issues: The Board
approved a Scope of Work and a contractor, the Governor’s Office of
Emergency Services, ($35,000) to provide training facilities and to
assist the CIWMB with the coordination, facilitation, design,
development and implementation of a more comprehensive training program
for law enforcement officers, CIWMB, and local government waste tire
personnel together. This waste tire enforcement training will further
compliance with waste and used tire regulations regarding transport,
storage, and disposal and ensure that the training is consistent for the
entire State of California.
2.6 Rulemaking on Plastic Carryout Bags: The Board directed
staff to begin the formal rulemaking and initiate a 45-day public
comment period for the adoption of permanent regulations that specify
the plastic carryout (shopping) bag purchase and recycling recordkeeping
and reporting requirements for store operators and their designated
reporting parties. The At-Store Recycling Program was established by
Assembly Bill 2449 (2006) and requires all supermarkets with more than
$2 million in annual gross sales and licensed pharmacies of at least
10,000 square feet of retail space to establish plastic carryout bag
recycling programs by July 1, 2007. In addition, the regulated stores
are required to maintain records on the purchase, collection,
transportation and recycling of plastic carryout bags. These records
must be made available to the Board or local jurisdictions upon request.
The emergency regulations were approved by the Office of Administrative
Law (OAL) on July 30, 2007 and are in effect until January 26, 2008.
2.7 The City of Arvin Successfully Completes Compliance Order IWMA
BR03-05: After being fined a one-time administrative penalty of
$5,000 the City of Arvin fully implemented their Local Assistance Plan
(LAP), timely reported its progress to implement programs to the CIWMB
through the required quarterly reports, and met all other terms of
Compliance Order IWMA BR03-05. Based on staff's analysis and the
available additional information submitted to the record the Board
determined that the City of Arvin complied with the terms of Compliance
Order IWMB BR03-05. Additionally, the Board found that the City of Arvin
was no longer subject to additional penalties under Compliance Order
IWMA BR03-05.
2.8 Issuance of Compliance Order IWMA BR07-07 to the City of
Ridgecrest: The Board made a final determination at its September
meeting that the City of Ridgecrest’s diversion rate was inaccurate and
that the City had failed to adequately implement diversion programs thus
not achieving the 50% diversion requirement of Public Resources Code (PRC)
Section 41780. Based on this determination the City of Ridgecrest will
have to develop and adopt a Local Assistance Plan (LAP) by January 31,
2008. Pursuant to the Public Resources Code, the City must fully
implement its LAP and meet all other terms of the Compliance Order by
January 31, 2010 or be subject to fines of up to $10,000 per day.
3. Other Committee/ Board Discussion Items:
3.1 Extended
Producer Responsibility: The Board heard a discussion on
Extended Producer Responsibility which seeks to shift the responsibility
for the end-of-life management of discarded products and materials from
local government to private industry, by incorporating the costs of
product collection, recycling, and/or disposal into product price, and
encouraging product design, source reduction, and reuse so as to have a
reduced impact on human health and the environment.
3.2 Household Hazardous Waste Grants: The Board approved 23
Coordination Grant applications equaling $217,101 and 22 Infrastructure
Grant applications for a total of $4,768,053. The total being awarded
from both grant programs is $4,985,154 for Fiscal Year (FY) 2007/08.
4. Upcoming Events: also see LEA Training
and Events Calendar.
- October 10. Organics Summit at the Strategic Policy Committee: There
will be a collaborative exchange of ideas between CIWMB and stakeholders
on the handling of organic materials, including composting and markets
for organics, to develop a plan for the future regarding compostable and
cellulosic organic materials. Concurrent breakout sessions will
facilitate open discussion of opportunities, barriers, challenges, and
potential solutions to help formulate a CIWMB road map for the future of
organic materials.
- October 3 and 25. Proposed Closure and Postclosure Maintenance Cost
Estimate Regulations: On October 3 and 25, 2007, California Integrated
Waste Management Board (CIWMB) staff will conduct informal workshops on
the proposed closure and postclosure maintenance cost estimate
regulations. The workshops are open to all interested parties and will
provide participants with the opportunity to review, discuss, and
comment on the proposed amendments to Division 2, Subdivision 1,
Chapters 4 and 6, and financial assurance forms within the Appendix of
Title 27, California Code of Regulations.
- October 25. Financial Assurance AB 2296 Consulting Group Workshop:
This workshop is for the contractor to present the draft Financial
Assurance study to the AB 2296 consulting group. The group will be able
to ask questions and provide comments. The meeting is open to the
public.
- November 14: Financial Assurance Contract Workshop with AB 2296
Consultants. This workshop will allow the Financial Assurance AB 2296
Consulting Group an opportunity to review the draft staff report that is
based on results of the contracted study and includes recommendations
proposed by staff regarding long-term postclosure maintenance and/or
corrective action financial assurance requirements. The AB 2296
Consulting Group will be able to ask questions and provide comments at
this workshop. The meeting is open to the public.
- LEA/Operator Training Schedule is shown below:
- 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 October 16 in Santa Barbara. The P&C Committee will meet on
Monday, October 9 at 1:30 p.m. and the Strategic Policy Development Committee
will meet on October 10 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.
September 19, 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 Miramar
Greenery Composting Facility, San Diego County (P&C Committee Item B)
2. Pulled. Consideration of a Revised Full Solid Waste Facilities Permit
(Disposal Facility) for tThe Norcal Waste Systems Hay-Road Landfill, Inc.,
Solano County (Committee Item C)
3. Concurred (Consent). Consideration of a Revised Full Solid Waste
Facilities Permit (Transfer/Processing Facility) for the Blue Line Material
Recovery Facility, San Mateo County (P&C Committee Item D)
4. Approved (Consent). Consideration of the Revised Eligible Expenses and
Increase of the Maximum Grant Award for the Local Government Amnesty Event
Grant Program (Tire Recycling Management Fund, FY 2007/08) (P&C Committee
Item E)
5. Approved (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 2007/08) (P&C Committee Item F)
6. Approved (Consent). Consideration of the Scope of Work for the
Engineering Services Contract for Landfill, Disposal Site, and Waste Tire
Site Remediation Under the Solid Waste Disposal and Codisposal Site Cleanup
and Waste Tire Stabilization and Abatement Programs (Solid Waste Disposal
Trust Fund and Tire Recycling Management Fund, FYs 2007/2008, 2008/2009 And
2009/2010) (P&C Committee Item G)
7. Approved (Consent). Consideration of the Scope of Work for the
Environmental Services Contracts for Landfill, Disposal Site, and Waste Tire
Site Remediation Under the Solid Waste Disposal and Codisposal Site Cleanup
and Waste Tire Stabilization and Abatement Programs (Solid Waste Disposal
Trust Fund and Tire Recycling Management Fund, FYs 2007/2008, 2008/2009 and
2009/2010) (P&C Committee Item H)
8. Approved (Committee Consensus). Consideration of Approval of Scope of
Work and Contractor to Provide Training Facilities and Support for Law
Enforcement Personnel on Waste Tire Compliance Issues (Tire Recycling
Management Fund, FY 2007/08) (P&C Committee Item I)
9. Discussion (Committee Only). Discussion and Request for Rulemaking
Direction on Noticing Proposed Regulations on Statewide Recordkeeping and
Reporting Requirements for At-Store Recycling Programs Created Under AB 2449
(P&C Committee Item J)
10. Order Completed (Consent). Consideration of the Completion of
Compliance Order IWMA BR03-05 for the City of Arvin, Kern County (P&C
Committee Item K)
11. Compliance Order Issued (Consent). Consideration of the 2003/2004
Biennial Review Findings for the Source Reduction and Recycling Element; and
Consideration of Issuance of a Compliance Order for the City of Ridgecrest,
Kern County (P&C Committee Item L)
12. Discussion. Consideration of General Extended Producer Responsibility
Policy Options (Strategic Policy Committee Item B)
18. Approved (Committee Consensus). Consideration of the Grant Awards for
the Household Hazardous Waste Grants (16th Cycle) (Integrated Waste
Management Account, FY 2007/08) (Markets Committee Item F) |
