Partnership 2000

Steering Committee Meeting Notes: July 1, 1998

Item 1: Welcome

Item 2: Discussion of Connections Between Board Diversion Mandates and LEA Responsibilities

• It was discussed that LEA representatives could be considered for membership on each of the four Board priority teams though some LEAs have been reluctant to be involved with diversion. The four teams are; the Local Government Diversion Assistance Team, the Greening Team, the Facility Compliance Team and the Construction and Demolition Strategy Team.
• There was discussion of putting a small focused team together to brainstorm overlap with diversion. Such a team could identify issues before problems developed. Conflict resolution techniques could be used to resolve differences. The Local Government Technical Advisory Committee could be asked to suggest local representatives. Also the markets perspective should be represented, and the team should probably not be larger than 10 people. It was pointed out that LEAs on the team should be involved with meetings of local task forces to bring a broader perspective and allow early local input. It was also stated that the team should explore why diversion is necessary and not a barrier. Then because vertical integration (where a hauler is also a disposal site owner) is a market place problem, it was discussed that perhaps there should be a hauler with a transfer station on the team.

Item 3: Results of Follow-up on Asilomar P-2000 Conference Feedback Issues

• To deal with the need for guidance on burn ash an LEA advisory "Process For Evaluating and Remediating Burn Dump Sites" has been drafted and is undergoing internal review. Two LEA advisories are also being prepared which deal with multiple permits in the post closure period. The first, which is about ready to go out, is called "Waste Diversion Activities at Solid Waste Landfills and Closed or Closing Disposal Sites". The other, called "Disposal Site Postclosure Land Use", is still under review by Board legal staff.
• Follow-up on the permit, enforcement and CEQA issues was not discussed as complete information was not available at the time of the meeting but is being addressed.
  

The discussion of P-2000 work group conclusions on the role of the Enforcement Advisory Council (EAC) and its connections with LEA Roundtables, the California Conference of Directors of Environmental Health (CCDEH) Solid Waste Policy Committee and the CCDEH Technical Advisory Committee took place earlier at the CCDEH meeting.

Item 5: Discussion of the LEA relationship with the Board

It was expressed that appeals are a quasi-judicial process in which LEAs should be given equal time to communicate their position, equal treatment by the Board and due process within the local jurisdiction involved. It was mentioned that Board staff might take on an investigative role during an appeal process. There was discussion of a CCDEH letter on the ground rules on how to do an appeal. Dorothy then indicated that she would broach the entire issue with the Board's legal office for further follow-up with CCDEH.

Item 6: Discussion of Overlap Issues with Other Agencies

Finally there was a discussion of current overlap issues stemming from the passage of AB 1220 in October of 1993. There was concern that the Board's legal office could be selectively determining what overlap is and that this focus on overlap without an overall policy could lead to a lessening of LEA oversite. A process for dealing with overlap and a policy for what it means was discussed. There was also the concern that AB 1220 was just meant to focus on landfills but is now carried over to other regulations for other facilities. It was then proposed that Patty Henshaw and selected CCDEH Technical Advisory Committee members should meet with Board legal staff. Dorothy indicated that she would work on arranging such a meeting.

Item 7: Future Meetings

The next Steering Committee meeting will be held on either October 7, 1998 or November 4, 1998.