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What’s new on Local Government Central?
Based on customer input regarding our Local Government Central (LG
Central) Web site, the California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB)
has created a helpful and easy-to-use tool to assist customers in navigating
through LG Central.
Alphabetical index
An alphabetical index was added to
the LG Central Web site. The alphabetical index allows customers to locate
information, from A to Z, in a quick and efficient manner by providing easy
access to the major topics of interest within the LG Central Web site and
elsewhere. For instance, you can find links to adjustment method information
under A, a link to the characterization database under C, links to State
agency information and tools under S, and much more.
Site map
The site map has been remodeled to
help customers navigate through LG Central easier. The site map provides
easy access to the major topics of interest within the LG Central Web site
and elsewhere. Within each major topic, subtopics are organized
alphabetically. Topics you can find include annual report, base year, State
agency diversion, and many more.
The CIWMB is constantly adding new tools, data, features, and information on
LG Central to make it easier for local jurisdictions and State agencies to
meet California’s waste reduction goals. If you would like additional
information on the alphabetical index or site map, or if you have
suggestions on information or data you would like to see on LG Central,
contact Larry Stephens.
Chapter 993, Statutes of 2002 (Chavez, AB 2308) statutorily changes how
some inert waste is counted as it relates to diversion from landfills and
the State's 50 percent diversion goal. This law excludes inert waste (rock,
concrete, brick, sand, soil, ceramics, and cured asphalt) sent to
CIWMB-permitted inert facilities from disposal reporting.
The three CIWMB-permitted inert facilities are Cal Mat Reliance Pit
Number 2, Nu-way Live Oak Reclamation Facility, and Peck Road Gravel Pit
landfills, all located in Los Angeles County.
To assist jurisdictions in calculating their diversion rates for 2001,
CIWMB staff has deducted the tonnages of inert material sent to the three
CIWMB-permitted inert facilities in 2001 from total disposal tons for
jurisdictions that used the three facilities. In addition, for jurisdictions
that included tonnage sent to these three CIWMB-permitted inert facilities
in their base year, CIWMB staff has deducted up to the 2001 amount disposed
at the three facilities from the base year.
Using this method, no jurisdiction’s diversion rate has been lowered. In
November 2002, CIWMB staff held a workshop discussing the impact of AB 2308
on jurisdiction disposal and diversion rates. Because data necessary for
calculating diversion rates was not available in November 2002, staff could
not identify specific impacts on jurisdiction diversion rates. In January
2003, a table showing the impact of the AB 2308 changes on 2001 preliminary
diversion rates was e-mailed to Southern California jurisdictions. It is
important to note that the table included new base-year amounts approved by
the CIWMB through January 2003 and that the preliminary rates did not
reflect any 2001 disposal corrections submitted with a jurisdiction’s annual
report.
This law also recognizes that the CIWMB is beginning to consider whether
inert materials should be regulated to protect public health and safety
during development of the Construction and Demolition Waste Disposal (Phase
II) regulations. If the CIWMB determines that inert waste at these
facilities, and any other similar facilities in the state, should be
required to obtain a CIWMB disposal permit to address health and safety
issues, the provisions of this law would sunset the following January.
The chaptered bill, AB 2308, is available on the
Legislative Counsel's Web site.
If you have additional questions regarding diversion rate calculations,
contact your CIWMB Local assistance staff county contact.
State Organization and Agency Recycling Database
The State Organization and Agency Recycling Database (SOARD) tracks all
the information in the integrated waste management plans and annual reports
submitted by all known State agencies and large State facilities (State
agencies). This database tracks the CIWMB-approved, two-tiered system. These
tiers include a full and modified tier.
State agencies identified as full-tier agencies completed full plans and
reports, which are stored in the SOARD. State agencies identified as
modified-tier are agencies with fewer than 200 employees and that generate
less than 100 tons of total waste statewide per year. If this is the case,
the reporting agency still submits narrative responses to the CIWMB for
SOARD; however, Program Activities (Part III, Section 1), Promotional
Programs (Part III, Section 2), and Procurement Activities (Part III,
Section 3) are not provided. All State agencies are still required to report
to the State Agency Buy Recycled
Campaign (SABRC).
In addition, SOARD contains detailed State agency responses to questions
asked by the CIWMB. The database is continuously updated as State agencies
submit new information.
How do I search the database?
To begin your search, go to the CIWMB’s
SOARD Web page. From there you will be able to search for State agencies
by organization name or keyword (for example, "Pelican Bay State Prison" or
"university"), by ZIP code, and by city. Once you have entered your search
information, select the "submit" button and then select the State agency
that you would like information about from the listing of possible choices.
The following describes the information available by selecting the links
on SOARD’s left navigation bar:
Select "General Agency Information" to obtain the State agency’s
address and the name of its director and the name, phone number, fax number,
and e-mail address of the recycling coordinator. A list of the facilities
under the State agency is also available. From this page you can also
identify what specific year you would like to review. Selections include
reviewing the original “plan” developed in 2000 and annual reports. Both the
plan and annual reports outline how the State agency intends to achieve the
50 percent diversion goal.
Select "1. Diversion" to view an agency’s diversion program
activities (for example, type of program and whether the program is
existing, planned/expanding) and reported tonnages per activity. In
addition, a diversion program summary provides the total tonnage diverted,
disposed, generated, and the overall diversion percentage. This information
is updated annually by the reporting State agencies.
Select "2. Promotion" to view a listing of promotional programs
reported for a specific year. For example, the State agency may run
newspaper articles and ads, hold workshops, and/or offer technical
assistance.
Select 3. "Procurement" to view the portion of the SOARD system
that provides a summary of recycled item procurement. This section
summarizes the procurement programs a State agency has implemented; however,
the requirements outlined in this section of the SOARD system do not replace
the requirements of the State Agency Buy Recycled Campaign (SABRC). Go to
the SABRC Web site to
obtain specific information about an agency’s buy recycled activities or to
access a more detailed procurement report.
Additional reports available on the SOARD database
Select "Summary Chart" to view a general summary of a State
agency’s diversion program activities by percent and tonnage. Included is a
list of programs planned for expansion and a pie chart illustrating the
percentage an existing program contributes toward a State agency’s overall
diversion percentage.
Select "Three-Year Comparison" to view information on the actual,
proposed, or projected disposal and diversion tonnages a State agency has
submitted. The data for this comparison can come from either the original
integrated waste management plan (projected tonnages) submitted and/or the
actual tonnages provided from an annual report. The user, to see how and
where an agency is going, can determine the three-year range of the
comparison.
Select "Multiple Organization Comparison" to display a three-year,
side-by-side diversion information comparison of up to three State agencies.
This comparison can include reported data or projected data depending on the
three-year window being viewed. Select a starting year and a keyword to
display a list of State agencies to select from.
Select "Narrative Responses" to view State agency’s integrated
waste management plan and annual report responses to the questions asked by
the CIWMB. To assist State agencies addressing the statute requirements, and
in making plans consistent and easier to understand for the CIWMB and
public, the CIWMB presents a series of questions for the State agencies to
address. These questions generally include the following:
- What is the mission statement of the State agency/large State
facility?
- Give a brief description of the basic components of the waste stream.
- What diversion programs are currently being implemented to reduce
waste?
- What methods were used to determine the diversion and disposal
measurements reported?
- What activities are included in each reported program category?
- Does the State agency/large State facility have a waste reduction
policy? If so, what is it?
- What resources (staff and/or funds) has the State agency/large State
facility committed toward implementing its integrated waste management
plan?
If you have questions regarding SOARD,
contact Trevor O’Shaughnessy.
If you have any questions about
the information in SOARD provided by State agencies, contact either the
State agency's recycling coordinator (listed in the SOARD database) or the
CIWMB State and Local Assistance
branch representative.
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State
agencies--do you have questions regarding your annual report process or on
implementing diversion programs? Local governments--do you have questions
regarding diversion requirements for State hospitals, colleges, prisons, or
other State agencies? If so, see the list of
CIWMB staff contacts for State
Agency questions.
Do you ever need to know whom to contact…
…for waste diversion questions at a particular school district?
…if you have questions regarding a jurisdiction’s electronic annual
report (EAR)?
…about implementing diversion programs?
…regarding diversion requirements for jurisdictions?
…if you have waste tire questions?
…with landfill closure and postclosure questions?
If so, the CIWMB’s
California Waste Stream Profiles contact pages can assist you by
providing contact information to help answer these and other questions you
may have. Contact information consists of:
- Name of person(s).
- Agency, facility, school, and school district names.
- Phone numbers.
- Addresses.
- E-mail addresses.
- Web addresses.
- Fax numbers.
Jurisdiction contacts
Jurisdiction contact pages provide contact information for the official
jurisdiction contact, the annual reporting contact, the CIWMB local
assistance contact, and the enforcement agency contact(s) for most
jurisdictions.
Facilities contacts
Waste Tires. Waste tire contact pages
provide the user with contact information, such as telephone numbers and
addresses, for persons that may assist on waste tire market, recycling,
grant, permit, enforcement, facility, and hauler questions.
Landfills. Landfill contact pages provide contact information for local enforcement
agencies, landfill sites, local jurisdictions, the CIWMB Permitting and
Enforcement section, the CIWMB Closure and Postclosure Plan section, the
CIWMB Financial Assurance section, the CIWMB Environmental Review section (CEQA),
and e-mail addresses to the California Environmental Protection Agency, the
Water Resources Board, the Air Resources Board, the Regional Water Quality
Board, and the Air Quality Management District.
Materials contacts
Waste Tires. In addition to waste tire contact information
provided in Facilities Contacts, waste tire
official jurisdiction contact information is available on these pages.
Schools contacts
School Districts. School district contact pages provide contact information for school
districts and county offices of education. Links to the Air Resources Board,
Department of Education, Department of Water Resources--California
Environmental Resources Evaluation System (CERES), Department of
Conservation, and Office of Water Education Web pages are also available.
Schools. School contact pages provide contact information for each individual
school, the CIWMB’s environmental education staff, school districts, and
county offices of education.
For questions or comments about the contact pages,
contact the CIWMB’s
Profiles Coordinator, Darryl Petker.
Updates regarding the proposed
disposal reporting system and adjustment method regulation revisions are
posted on CIWMB’s proposed regulations Web site.
Questions?
- If you have questions regarding the proposed disposal reporting system
regulation revisions, please
contact Diane Shimizu.
- If you have questions regarding the proposed adjustment method
regulation revisions, please
contact Nicholas Cavagnaro.
- If you are not on the disposal reporting and adjustment method
regulations mailing list and would like to be added to the mailing list,
please
contact Larry Stephens.
The CIWMB’s California Waste Stream Profiles Web
site is expanding the information and data available to jurisdictions,
State agencies, educators, landfill owners and operators, and other
interested parties for day-to-day use and as a tool for decision-making.
Profiles became available April 1999 and has been periodically updated and
expanded since then.
Two new information areas have recently been added to Profiles:
- Active and permitted landfills.
- Schools/education.
After accessing the Profiles home page, select
the Facilities or Schools link located on the left navigation bar, then
proceed with the easy-to-use point and click system.
In keeping with the Profiles tradition of providing high-level summary
information, data displayed in these two new categories are from many
sources, including, but not limited to, the CIWMB, California Department of
Education, California Resources Agency, State and Regional Water Resources
Control Boards, local enforcement agencies, local and regional governments,
and the U.S. EPA.
Active and permitted landfills
Active and permitted landfill information and data can be viewed in
Profiles. After selecting the Facilities link on the home page, select
"landfills" from the Facility Type drop-down box. From here, choose a county
in the scroll box, and then pick a landfill from the list displayed. The
landfill you selected will then be displayed with considerable amounts of
information. Information is displayed under the Overview, Operations,
Financial, Contacts, and Map tabs as shown below.
Following are brief descriptions of the information and data available
under the various tabs.
Overview displays general information about the site, owner and
operator, total and current capacity data, California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA) links, surrounding land use, permit information,
approximate disposal costs, and links to the California Senate and
Assembly members for the area selected. A U.S. EPA Web site displaying
information about the selected landfill is also available by clicking on
the U.S. EPA Facility Registration System ID number.
Operations shows specific information and data on landfills such
as hours of operations, waste types accepted, environmental controls in
place, recent inspection results, when operations began, and the
jurisdiction where the waste came from.
Financial displays landfill closure and postclosure maintenance
and cost estimate information and data, types of plans (closure or
postclosure) submitted, date of next plan review, financial assurance
data, date and size of the landfill closing, average closure cost per
acre, and total estimated costs for its complete closure.
Contacts provides local and State-level contact information and
resources associated with landfills.
Map provides an online interactive tool to customize
geographical information. Features include identifying a specific
location, retrieving information regarding a specific location, the name
and type of a business (by using the Identify button above the map), and
demographic information.
Schools/education
Schools information and data may be
viewed at in Profiles as well. Once you have accessed the Schools profile,
choose a county from the drop-down box, select the "search" button, and then
pick a school or a school district to obtain specific information, data, and
resources. This profile contains school and school district information and
data under the Overview, Schools, Diversion, Assistance, Waste Types,
Contacts, and Map tabs as outlined below.
Overview displays general information about the school district or
school, the number of teachers and students in that particular school or
district, and links to the California Senate and Assembly Members for the
school or district selected.
Schools displays a list of schools in a specific school district and
county. In order to access the Schools tab and obtain a list of schools in a
particular school district, a school district or county should have been
selected from either the Select a County or School or District Name
drop-down box first. A list of school districts is then available. After
choosing a school district, select the Schools tab for a list of schools in
the school district/county. Once you select a school, information and data
such as school statistics and general information (county name, school
district name and address) is available.
Diversion displays information about the types of waste diversion
programs that are currently reported by a particular school district.
Assistance displays district and/or school information about waste
diversion education programs, district and/or school CIWMB loans and grants,
and special waste diversion awards received by the school and/or district.
Waste Types displays estimated K-12 school waste disposal information and
data. This includes waste material types, the percent of material types
disposed, total disposal in tons per year per school, and annual disposal
per student. The information shown is based on the results of a 1995-1999
waste characterization study using waste studies from 100 different schools
and the number of students in the school/district. Much of the data was
gathered in Southern California and the results are not a statistical
"statewide average." The different waste types are categorized into the
following nine areas: paper, glass, metal, plastic, organics, construction
and demolition, household hazardous waste, special waste, and mixed residue.
Contacts provides local and State-level contact information and resources
associated with a school, school district, or office of education.
Map provides an online interactive tool to customize geographical
information for school districts and schools. By checking the Schools (K-12)
box or the School District box, you can view either or both of these items. (For
example, dots represent schools and areas of color represent the school
districts.) The Identify button on top of the map provides information and
data on a specific school or district. Other functions on this map locate
landfills and used oil locations near a specific school as well as
demographic information in the area.
What’s next?
CIWMB is working on displaying county profile pages, which will include
all areas within a county. This would be a new way to view information.
For example, you will be able to view business disposal material types
for an entire county as well as the cities and unincorporated areas within
the county in the jurisdiction profiles. This would consist of developing
pages for each California county, which includes incorporating a county page
for the jurisdiction category.
Currently you may view information for individual jurisdictions or for
the unincorporated areas of that county, but not view information for the
entire county.
CIWMB is installing updated mapping programs that will significantly
improve the ability to request and view information in a graphical way.
Those changes will occur under the Map tab for all the profile categories in
the near future.
Legislative district profiles (added
to Profiles as this article went to press) allows the user to see a list of
solid waste facilities or used oil facilities in a State Senate or State
Assembly district. Legislative district boundary outlines have also been
added to the Maps in Profiles.
Help us help you!
CIWMB is always looking for new information and better ways to display
this information. We would like you to take a few minutes and give us some
thoughts or suggestions on how we could improve the Profiles site to serve you
better. If you have suggestions for links and/or information or if you would
like further information about the California Waste Stream Profiles,
contact
Darryl L. Petker.
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I hope you enjoyed this edition of infoCycling. In the summer 2003
edition of infoCycling look for an article on CalTrans diversion
programs and how a city, a county, and a landfill worked together with
the CIWMB to help improve disposal reporting accuracy.
Please contact me with suggestions on articles you would like to see
included in infoCycling and announcements of events in your jurisdiction
or at your State agency. You can reach me at (916) 341-6240 or at
twebb@ciwmb.ca.gov.
Your comments and suggestions on infoCycling are always welcome!
--Tracy |
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