LEA Advisory #41—Attachment B

Emergency of Waiver of Standards

The County of Fresno Health Services Agency
Gary M. Carozza, Interim Health Services Agency Director

January 23, 1997

Jerry Prieto Jr., Resources Manager
Public Works and Development Services Department
2220 Tulare Street, Sixth Floor
Fresno, California 93721

Dear Mr. Prieto,

Subject: Emergency Waiver of Standards

Site: American Avenue Disposal Site, 18950 West American Avenue, San Joaquin, California 93660

Facility #: 10-AA-0009

Our office has reviewed your request for an emergency waiver of State Minimum Standards (SMS) as it pertains to tonnage limits, the storage of flood related wood debris for processing and removal at a latter date in March and April of this year. Based on this review and pursuant to Title 14, California Code of Regulations (CCR), Article 3, Emergency Waiver of Standards, Section 17210.8, we hereby grant a waiver of the (SMS) requested above for a period not to exceed one-hundred and twenty (120) days upon receipt of the letter with the following conditions:

2. The effective period of your waiver, once granted by our Department, shall not exceed one-hundred and twenty (120) days without the prior approval by our Department.

3. Your waiver may be modified, cancelled, or revoked by our Department without advance notice should we determine that any of the following occurs:

a) The use of such a waiver will cause or contribute to a public health and safety or environmental problem.

b) The terms of the waiver are not being used expressly to handle the state of emergency or local emergency and are not in the best interest of the public health and safety.

c) The waiver is no longer necessary.

d) The solid waste facility operator is not utilizing disaster debris diversion programs to the extent feasible.

4. Comply with the reporting requirements as outlined in Title 14, CCR, Article 3, Emergency Waiver of Standards, Section 17210.5, Reporting Requirements for a Solid Waste Facility Operator.

If you have any questions or need additional information regarding the requirements, please contact Randy Reyes of my staff at (209) 445-3380.

Sincerely,

Original signed by: 

Tim L. Casagrande, Division Manager
Community Health Department
Environmental Health System

TLC/RR:sja

C: Brad Maggy, Division Manager, Community Health Department
    Randy Reyes, Environmental Health Analyst
    David Pomaville, Supervising Environmental Health Analyst
    Lew Elliott, California Integrated Waste Management Board
    Virginia Rosales, California Integrated Waste Management Board
    Christine McCracken, California Integrated Waste Management Board

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