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The Working Group also recommends that the Board, pending approval of the related
contract concept, authorize staff to work with the contractor to develop the additional
tools listed below, to assist jurisdictions in quantifying more accurate base-year
generation tonnage and in minimizing the associated costs.
Potential
Assistance Tool |
Advantages |
Disadvantages |
| 1. Develop a default base-year computer modeling system that
could generate an estimated base-year generation tonnage based on input parameters. Note:
Would need to conduct feasibility testing. |
Could provide a more accurate base year at no cost to a
jurisdiction. |
System would be based on averages from sampled data and thus
there would be inherent limitations in the accuracy of the computer generated data
estimates. Other options might provide more accurate jurisdiction-specific data. |
| 2. Develop a "Diversion Study Assistance Guide"
with general instructions, sample forms, and other general assistance information to
assist jurisdictions in conducting diversion studies. [Under development
winter 2001] |
Could assist a jurisdiction in conducting a new diversion
study and reduce the costs involved in quantifying a more accurate base-year. |
Time is required to develop the guide and it would not be
completed in time to allow jurisdictions to conduct a new study prior to their next annual
report due date (August 1, 1997) and the Board’s biennial review process. |
C) Regulatory and Statutory Revisions
The Working Group also recommends the Board endorse the following regulatory and
statutory revisions that could increase the effectiveness of local jurisdictions’
efforts toward more accurate reporting and meeting their diversion goals.
Regulatory Revisions
| Regulatory Revision |
Regulatory Advantages |
Disadvantages |
| The Disposal
Reporting Regulations should be revised to include biomass conversion facilities. |
This is necessary
because legislation (AB 688) was passed which allows a jurisdiction meeting certain
criteria to count biomass conversion as diversion (up to 10 percent of the jurisdiction’s
waste generation) in the year 2000. |
Biomass
conversion facilities will need to submit quarterly reports to counties and the state with
the tons converted listed by jurisdiction of origin. |
Statutory Revisions
Legislative
Revision |
Advantages |
Disadvantages |
| Add enforcement
provisions to disposal reporting. |
Counties do not
have a ready means of persuading haulers and facilities who a) do not submit the data
required by the Disposal Reporting System, b) do not submit data by the dates required, or
c) do not submit accurate data. Without accurate data, goal measurement is not possible. |
State enforcement
system would need to be developed and staffed. Would need to avoid interference with
existing controls at the local level. Note: The Board has unsuccessfully pursued such
statutory revisions the past few years. |
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