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Presentation Of Fifteen Year Anniversary

Solid Waste Disposal And Codisposal Site Cleanup ProgramAgenda Item D/3

Permitting and Compliance Committee

January 12, 2009

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Solid Waste Cleanup Program (SWCP)

• Mission: “Cleanup solid waste disposal and codisposal sites where the responsible party cannot be identified or is unable or unwilling to perform timely cleanup required to protect public health, safety, and environment.”

• Authority: Public Resources Code 48020-28. AB 2136 (Eastin 1993) as amended by: AB 992 (Wayne 1999), AB 709 (Wayne 2002), and AB 2211 (Karnette 2006).

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Solid Waste Cleanup Program (SWCP)

• Funding: Transfer from Integrated Waste Management Account (IWMA) to Solid Waste Cleanup Trust Fund.

• Implementation: Regulations 14 CCR 18900-32 and Board-adopted Policies.

• Funding options: Board-managed remediation projects, grants to public entities, and loans.

• Enforcement and cost recovery aspects.

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Solid Waste Cleanup Program (SWCP)Partnering Agencies

Federal: USEPA (R9); USNPS; USFS; BLM; BIA; Indian Health Service, Tribal Governments.

State: State Parks; DFG; DTSC; SWRCB/RWQCB; OES; Department of Developmental Services.

Local: Local Governments; LEAs; Local Park Districts; Special Districts; Rural Counties’ Environmental Services Joint Powers Authority (RCRC ESJPA).

Nonprofits: Coastal Conservancy; Nature Conservancy; Land Trusts.

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Solid Waste Cleanup Program (SWCP)Program Approach

Proceed in carefully phased way.

Build on past successes.

Identify and/or establish partners.

Begin work on priority problems that exist now.

Continue in direction established under these principles.

Sites and projects vary widely (following slides)

California Integrated Waste Management BoardIllegal Disposal Sites: Large “Sham” Recycling Mission Fibers, Completed11/08

After:

California Integrated Waste Management BoardLa Montaña, Huntington Park, Completed 2005

California Integrated Waste Management BoardCrippen Emergency Response + Debris Removal

2003

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Illegal Disposal Sites - Large Open Dumps (AuClair) Torres-Martinez Reservation

Completed 5/07:

California Integrated Waste Management BoardPre-Regulation Legacy Sites- Candlestick Point SRA

In-Progress

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Non-compliant probesCompliant probes

Pre-Regulation Landfills: Canyon Park LF, DuarteMatching Grant: In-Progress

California Integrated Waste Management BoardPre-Regulation Burn Dumps (Glass Beach) (now MacKerricher SP, Completed 3/03)

California Integrated Waste Management BoardLandfill 27 CCR Corrective Action (BKK, West Covina)

Completed 3/06

California Integrated Waste Management BoardIllegal Dumping Grant Projects: City of Los Angeles (Phase 1 completed, Phase 2 In-Progress)

California Integrated Waste Management BoardStormwater Trash Outfall Sites: Grant Projects (City and County Los Angeles, Malibu, Santa Monica)

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From Sacramento Bee 7/1/07

Disaster Debris Sites – Angora 2007

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1017 Total Sites/193 Projects702 Illegal Disposal Sites

256 Disaster Debris Sites (Angora 2007)59 Landfills/Burn Dumps

Total Board Funding Approved: $85,463,000Board Cost Recovery: $14,240,000

Total Leveraged Funding: $48,672,000

Solid Waste Cleanup Program (SWCP)15-year Record of Results

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Solid Waste Cleanup Program Funding Trend

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Solid Waste Cleanup Program Future Challenges

• No end in sight for potential projects and sites to meet or exceed available funding.

• Demand for projects has broadened and expanded to disaster debris, illegal dumping, and storm water trash. Projects and partnerships are more complex.

• Resources strained including demand for disaster debris cleanup and technical assistance based on Angora success.

• Program is only backup at this time to address non-water quality corrective actions for the 282 landfills subject to full 27 CCR financial assurances.

Agenda Item D/3 January 12, 2009