Solid Waste Facility Technical Services

Resources

There are many technical and scientific publications and references pertaining to closure and postclosure. Below is a list of Board technical documents including advisories, guides, and papers as well as slide presentations and videos on various aspects of landfills including discussions of design, environmental restoration, monitoring and closure of landfills in California.

• Regional Water Quality Board Jurisdictions
• Closure Loan Program
• Publications
• Slide Presentations/Videos
• LEA Advisories
• Forms
• Solid Waste Information System

Regional Water Quality Control Board Jurisdictions

The California Regional Water Quality Control Board offices are divided into nine distinct regions in California. Regions 5 and 6 are further divided into three and two separate subregions respectively.

1. North Coast Region
2. San Francisco Bay Region
3. Central Coast Region
4. Los Angeles Region
5N. Central Valley Region, Redding Office
5C. Central Valley Region, Sacramento Office
5S. Central Valley Region, Fresno Office
6N. Lahontan Region, Tahoe Office
6S. Lahontan Region, Victorville Office
7. Colorado River Basin
8. Santa Ana Region
9. San Diego Region

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The Closure Loan Program

The California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB) is authorized to award approximately $640,000 in competitive, interest-free loans for the 2004/2005 funding cycle. Eligible applicants are owners and/or operators of older-technology, unlined landfills who desire to close early to avoid or mitigate potential environmental problems caused or threatened by continued operation of the site. Landfill Closure Loan Program (LCLP) loans are awarded on a competitive basis. Applicants must complete and submit an application to the CIWMB by the March 14, 2005 deadline. The LCLP anticipates awarding loans by June 30, 2005, with maximum loan amounts not to exceed $500,000 per landfill project. Loans must be repaid over a period not to exceed ten (10) years. The LCLP 2004/2005 funding cycle application package is now available.

Closure Loan Program Regulations

For more information on the LCLP or to receive an application by mail, please contact:

Bridget D. Brown
Landfill Closure Loan Program
E-mail: bbrown@ciwmb.ca.gov
Phone: (916) 341-6325
Fax: (916) 319-7628

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Publications

Alternative Cover Design Report Kiefer Landfill-Alternative Cover Assessment Program (Adobe PDF, 195 KB): A report on the alternative cover at Kiefer Landfill, Sacramento County.

Design and Construction of an Exposed Geomembrane Cover System for A Solid Waste Landfill (Adobe PDF, 482 KB): Information on a geomembrane cover system for landfills.

Engineering Geology, Overview of Municipal Solid Waste Landfills in Northern California (Adobe PDF, 2 MB), Engineering Geology Practice in Northern California AEG, Bulletin 210, Spec. Pub 12, 2001

• Read a summary

A Guide to the Revegetation and Environmental Restoration of Closed Landfills, October 14, 1999.

• Order the CIWMB Publication
• View the html document

"The Fairmead Landfill Locality (Pleistocene, Irvingtonian) Madera County, California: Preliminary Report and Significance." in Paleobios, Vol 17, Numbers 2-4, pages 50-58, September 13, 1996

The Importance of Landfills on Paleontologic Resources And The Need for Expediting the Recovery of Fossils (Adobe PDF,  385 KB or Word, 2.7 MB), Western Association of Vertebrate Paleontologists, Bulletin 2001

Landfill Closure Monitoring--Alternative Cover Validation: Information on an industry cover monitoring system.

Oaks Landfill, Division of Solid Waste Services, Montgomery County Maryland: Further research on a 40 mil geomembrane over waste.

Paleontology in Major Construction Projects, Engineering Geology Practice in Northern California AEG, Bulletin 210, Spec. Pub 12, 2001

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Slide Presentations/Videos

Gas Monitoring

• Landfill Gas Training: Presentations are available from the training provided by the Board in 2002.

Paleontology in Landfills

• The Importance of Landfills on Paleontologic Resources and the Need for Expediting the Recovery of Fossils (Power Point, 2.7 MB; Adobe PDF, 604 KB; or Text Outline, 13 KB).

Closure of Landfills

• A Presentation for the Sun Valley, CA Community (5/12/03) (Power Point, 28 MB; Adobe PDF, 1.5MB; or Text Outline, 10 KB).

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Forms

• Closure Plan Review Checklist (Adobe PDF, 33 KB or Word, 33 KB).
• Closure Cost Estimate Worksheet (Adobe PDF, 45 KB or Excel, 88 KB).
• Closure Cost Estimate Worksheet Use Instructions (Adobe PDF, 11 KB or Word, 25 KB).
• Sample Request for Closure Cost Information (Adobe PDF, 33 KB or Word, 145 KB).

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LEA Advisories

The intent of advisories is to provide guidance to local enforcement agencies (LEA) in performing their duties. Guidance, for this purpose, is defined as providing explanation of the Board’s regulations and statutes. The subject matter of the advisories includes procedures, suggested approaches to problem solving, guidance on development of mandated programs, and scientific methods.

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Solid Waste Information System (SWIS)

The Solid Waste Information System (SWIS) database contains information on solid waste facilities, operations, and disposal sites throughout the State of California. The types of facilities found in this database include landfills, transfer stations, material recovery facilities, composting sites, transformation facilities, waste tire sites, and closed disposal sites.

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Last updated: April 18, 2008