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The Waste Compliance and Mitigation Program is
responsible for the Board's regulatory mandates and activities. This program
is responsible for ensuring that:
- All solid waste and tire facilities, and all tire haulers are
permitted or registered as required.
- All waste management activities within the Board's purview as
defined by law are assessed, enforced and penalized as appropriate.
- The State's diversion goals are met and State agency and local
programs achieve State mandated goals.
- Mandated producer responsibility programs including rigid
plastic packaging containers (RPPCs), plastic trash bags and
newsprint are in compliance.
- All hazards created by the illegal or inappropriate disposal of
solid waste are mitigated.
- Staff and local partners have the training, technical support,
and financial assistance necessary.
- All local enforcement agencies are properly certified,
designated and evaluated as appropriate.
The program's structure allows for coordinated
permitting and in-field assistance; strong and independent
enforcement; and focused technical support, assistance, and
oversight of closures, cleanups, and long-term waste facility care.
The program will facilitate State response to the Board's strategic
directives. Near term the program focus areas include the following:
- Examine and promote methods to reduce greenhouse gases that
are a result of the solid waste infrastructure, including but
not limited to landfill gas emission reduction and bioenergy/biofuels
production.
- Increase awareness and bring to bear the true cost of
disposal to decision making through research, such as the studies
on the potential long term impacts and cost of after 30 year
care of landfills, landfill reclamation, and conversion
technology.
- Increase the viability of diversion programs by providing a
timely and effective regulatory process needed
for changing the solid
waste infrastructure to handle materials in a manner that
protects public health and the environment.
- Enhance the State and local response to prevent, clean up
and enforce against illegal dumping.
- Expand State and local partnerships and interaction with the
waste management industry through improvements in direct
electronic transfer and web-based access of data.
- Evaluate local and State efforts to continually meet and
exceed the 50 percent waste reduction goal and enforce the
minimum-content programs.
The
Strategic Directives include a set of overall objectives of the
organization that provide direction and measurable objectives
for staff. The Strategic Directives that apply to the Waste
Compliance and Mitigation Program are the following:
- SD-3: Minimize Waste
- SD-4: Landfill Management
- SD-5: Producer Responsibility
- SD-7: Customer/Local Assistance
- SD-8: Enforcement/Permitting
- SD-9: Research and Development of Technology
- SD-10: Fiduciary Responsibility
- SD-11: Public Outreach and Environmental Education
- SD-12: Training and Development
The Waste Compliance and Mitigation Program
comprises three Divisions:
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Program Organizational Chart
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