7th LEA/CIWMB Conference

Updates from Advisory Committees

Summary

This session provided an opportunity for attendees to learn about the committees, how to contact members (see session handout) and some of the historical and current issues that are being resolved. The panel included Greg Pirie, Enforcement Advisory Council (EAC); Matt Fore, Round Tables; Dan Avera, California Conference of Directors of Environmental Health (CCDEH); Mike Schmaeling and Tammy Derby, Technical Advisory Committees (TAC). Examples of the issues that were discussed during the session were the current proposed SWANA MOLO regulations and resolving the uselessness of the current hearing panel process and some of the other Partnership issues.

The Committees:

1. CCDEH: Membership is comprised from the Environmental Health Directors from 62 jurisdictions throughout the state, including both counties and cities. CCDEH has nine policy committees to explore and provide guidance on issues effecting public health and safety and the environment. The Solid Waste Policy Committee reviews and guides decisions regarding solid waste policies.
2. TAC: Part of CCDEH Solid Waste Policy Committee and provides technical advice to CCDEH to assist with their policy decisions. There are four TACs representing northern, southern, central and bay areas of California.
3. EAC: Established in 1983 by a Waste Management Board resolution. The EAC consists of 12 members and serves CIWMB as an advisory committee. The members represent LEAs and Round Table venues throughout the state, CIWMB’s EA Section and other disciplines engaged in solid waste enforcement. The purpose of the EAC is to assist CIWMB in achieving a coordinated, consistent statewide enforcement program. EAC assesses and makes recommendations on technical issues (not policy issues). The EAC forwards policy issues to CCDEH’s Solid Waste Policy Committee
4. Round Tables: In 1992 the Board initiated the Solid Waste Local Enforcement Agency Round Tables to promote more efficient communication, uniform implementation of programs and cooperative relationships with the more than 50 LEAs across the state. There are six Round Table venues representing six geographically defined regions of the state. The Round Tables provide a forum for discussion of current solid waste enforcement issues and enhance the dissemination of information. The LEA Round Tables currently provide representatives to the CIWMB's Enforcement Advisory Council. The Round Tables meet three times a year in the fall, winter, and spring.

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Last updated: October 26, 2007