11th Annual LEA/CIWMB Partnership Conference
Agenda: 2008 Conference
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 1:00-2:00 p.m. | Pre-Conference Registration |
| 2:00-4:00 p.m. | Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Grants, but
were Afraid to Ask! This session provides an overview of available grants to LEAs and Waste Tire Enforcement Grantees. Panel members include: Corky Mau, Branch Manager, Grant & Loan Resources; George Mendoza, CIWMB Audit Manager; Sophia Mercado, Waste Tire Enforcement Grant Manager; Mary Phongmany, Local Enforcement Agency Grant Manager; Carla Repucci, Farm and Ranch Grant Program Manager; and Diane Nordstrom-Lamkin, Waste Tire Cleanup and Amnesty Event Grant Manager. The panel will discuss their specific grants and provide updates. There will be also be a discussion on the CIWMB Strategic Directives affecting all grant programs, a new grantee self-assessment checklist and grant audits. Grant manager tips & techniques will be provided along with an open Q&A session. This is your chance to get all those burning grant administration questions answered. |
| 2:00-4:00 p.m. | CIWMB’s Mitigation of Financial Exposure Facing the
State of California Financial Assurances Manager Garth Adams, Research Program Specialist Jonalyn Bajurin, Research Program Specialist Richard Castle and Research Analyst Elizabeth Castaņeda will summarize and present the financial exposure facing the State of California for ongoing maintenance of closed landfills, and will discuss CIWMB’s attempts to mitigate the financial risk. Highlights include discussion of regulatory amendments to long-term financial assurances for postclosure maintenance and corrective action at solid waste landfills and their impact on plan submittals, financial demonstrations, and permit requirements. |
| 2:00-4:00 p.m. | Postclosure Land Use This session will attempt to address some of the issues faced by CIWMB staff and LEA’s in dealing with ongoing development, especially in urban areas, which possess sensitive receptors as well as environmental factors, environmental groups and other interested parties which want their opinion to be heard. Scott Walker, CIWMB and Steve Samaniego, West Covina LEA will discuss the development of the BKK Landfill and the issues faced with development of the site. Bill Prinz, City of San Diego LEA, will discuss development history near the Mission Bay Landfill. James Carlisle, Senior Toxicologist, Office of Environmental Health and Hazards Assessment (OEHHA), will review the risk assessment conducted for this site. |
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 8:30-9:30 a.m. | Registration |
| 9:30-10:45 a.m. | Welcome to Napa and the 11th LEA/CIWMB Partnership
Conference Opening remarks by Nancy Watt, Napa County Executive Officer and former Recycling Coordinator; Greg Pirie, Napa County Program Manager; Ted Rauh, CIWMB Waste Compliance and Mitigation Program Director; and Mark de Bie, CIWMB Permitting and LEA Support Division Chief. |
| 10:45-11:00 a.m. | Break |
| 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | Home-Generated Sharps Disposal The CIWMB manages an estimated 92 million tons of waste each year by reducing waste whenever possible, promoting the management of all materials to their highest and best use, regulating the handling, processing, and disposal of solid waste, and protecting public health and safety and the environment. To provide for the safe processing of millions of tons of garbage, SB 1305 requires the CIWMB to develop a safe, convenient, and cost-effective infrastructure for the collection of hundreds of millions of home-generated sharps, and the public education programs to promote safe disposal of these sharps. James, Cropper, Special Materials Analysis Section, CIWMB, Kelvin Yamada from the California Department of Public Health, Robert Turner from Marin County and Marty Isom from Sonoma County will exhibit some of the materials that have been developed to implement SB 1305 and their efforts at educating the public on this subject. |
| 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | It’s OK to ask for Organics Directions Want to know the direction of organics in California? Want to learn how to get around odor obstacles? Fernando Berton, CIWMB’s Manager in Organics and Conversion Technology, will provide an overview of California’s Organics Roadmap, the future of ADC use and more. Danielle Aslam and Ken Decio, key members of CIWMB’s Organics Workgroup, will discuss odor mitigation strategies and the on-line tool that every regulator and operator will want to use. Greg Pirie, Program Manager, Napa Co. LEA will provide insights into successful odor mitigation strategies used by Napa Composters through several case studies. |
| 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | New LEA/Grantee Orientation Are you new to the world of solid waste or waste tire enforcement? Or maybe you are an experienced LEA or Grantee that needs a refresher? This is the session for you. Mark de Bie, CIWMB Permitting and LEA Support Division Chief and Gerri Stryker, Supervisor Southern California Waste Tire Enforcement will review the history, the players (CIWMB, LEA, California Conference of Directors of Environmental Health, Enforcement Advisory Committee, Cal/EPA, Solid Waste Information Group, Solid Waste Association of North America), the acronyms, the tools (statute, regulations, guidance, toolboxes, websites), the expectations, the process and where you can get help when you need it. This session will also include some real-world examples of how things fit together and lessons learned. |
| 12:00-1:15 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30-2:30 p.m. | Methane and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Pat Sullivan, SCS Engineers, will discuss voluntary practices that landfill operators can select to reduce emissions of methane, a greenhouse gas. He will summarize practical, cost-effective, and site-specific control measures that are delineated in an SCS report to CIWMB titled “Technologies and Management Options for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Landfills.” Renaldo Crooks, Air Pollution Specialist, California Air Resources Board (ARB), will discuss the ARB’s Landfill Methane Capture Strategy including proposed requirements to: 1) install gas collection and control systems at landfill not currently subject to methane control, and 2) increase the efficiency of methane capture of existing control systems. |
| 1:30-2:30 p.m. | Illegal Dumping: Enforcement and Abatement Strategies
This session will highlight varied approaches to combat illegal dumping. Gary Harris and Rodney Lucas, LA City Public Works, will provide an overview of the Enforcement Division’s successful program to abate illegal dumpsites as well as to catch and prosecute offenders. Bill Orr and Skip Amerine, CIWMB staff, will provide an update on the statewide Illegal Dumping Task Force efforts and status of Assembly Bill 2695. |
| 1:30-2:30 p.m. | Plowing the Regulatory Landscape Robert Holmes, Regulations Coordinator, Waste Compliance and Mitigation Program, CIWMB will present an overview of regulatory actions, including those: 1) recently approved by CIWMB, 2) under review by CIWMB, and 3) proposed by CIWMB or by other regulatory agencies that could impact solid waste programs. |
| 2:30-3:00 p.m. | Break |
| 3:00-5:00 p.m. | You want to Permit What?!? Need a new perspective on permitting solid waste facilities? Tired of the old grind? Try permitting a non-traditional facility! Just where do these facilities fit in the permit tiers? How do you permit them? Anaerobic digesters: Are they composting facilities or not? This session will make you wish you were doing an ordinary, run of the mill facility permit. Wendy Phillips, Supervisor, LA Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB) will present a discussion on solid waste permitting (and CEQA) issues from the perspective of the RWQCBs to provide conference attendees with a better understanding of the roles and responsibilities of the RWQCBs relative to solid waste projects. Drew Lehman, Director, Norcal Waste Systems, will provide an overview of Norcal’s experience with securing approvals from the various agencies and the regulatory technical challenges in securing entitlements and/or permits for these facilities. Nevin Yeates, from the CIWMB Waste Tire Facility Permitting Section will provide an overview of the waste tire permit process to increase awareness for grantees. |
| 3:00-5:00 p.m. | Communicating Effectively for Great Outcomes Katherine “Kit” Cole, Director of External Affairs and Sustainability Initiatives of Waste Management, Inc and Karen Schkolnick, Air Quality Program Manager at the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, discuss ways for solid waste facilities and regulatory agencies to educate and demystify the regulatory process for the public. |
| 3:00-5:00 p.m. | Effective Load-Checking Program Basics An effective load-checking program is becoming increasingly important as evidenced by increasing enforcement efforts and the increasing number of wastes banned from landfills or requiring special handling. This session, presented by Larry Sweetser of Sweetser & Associates will assist solid waste operators and enforcement agency staff in understanding the fundamentals of an effective load-checking program including program components, safe practices, operational techniques, and regulatory requirements. |
| 5:30-7:00 p.m. | Dinner and Keynote Speaker The CIWMB is pleased to present our keynote speaker Duane Woods, Senior Vice President for the Western Group of Waste Management. Mr. Woods will address how environmental sustainability will impact the future direction of solid waste management. Waste Management was the first solid waste company to join the California Climate Action Registry, a founding member of the Chicago Climate Exchange, and partner in the LNG facility at Altamont. The CIWMB Chair or another Board member will give a brief introduction prior to his presentation. |
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 7:00-8:00 a.m. | Breakfast |
| 8:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | Clover Flat Clover Flat Landfill welcomes you to the Napa Valley. The landfill’s unique location, geology, family ownership, and environmental stewardship have been part of the valley since 1963. Conference attendees will have the opportunity of touring this engineered lined landfill and observing solid waste operations from the gate to face. A construction, demolition and inert debris (CDI) processing facility located within the permitted boundary of the landfill is also a point of interest on the tour. |
| 8:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | Upper Valley Disposal Service (aka UVDS) UVDS is as unique as the Napa Valley itself. For more than 25 years the family owned facility has produced quality compost from winery grape pomace (skins, stems, leaves), a byproduct of the yearly wine crush. UVDS promotes sustainable farming practices and encourages the beneficial uses of compost. Conference attendees will have an opportunity to tour the facility, observe composting activities, and discuss operational challenges. |
| 12:00-1:00 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:15-2:15 p.m. | When Compost Regulatory Missions Collide Get ready to expand your compost universe! Come and hear about proposed requirements for compost operations, including emissions controls, San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District (SJVUAPCD) proposed rule and former State conditional waivers and Regional Water Board’s waste Discharge requirements. Robert Horowitz, CIWMB compost emissions expert, Errol Villegas, SJVUAPCD Program Manager and Joe Mello, former State Water Resources Control Board Program Manager and current Regional Water Resources Control Board staff will discuss their agencies’ emissions studies, proposed requirements under development for compost operations and the challenges they face when their regulatory missions and goals to protect public health and the environment collide with those of other regulators. |
| 1:15-2:15 p.m. | Health and Safety Concerns of a Disaster Debris
Cleanup: The Angora Fire Debris Removal Project Andy Marino, Waste Management Engineer, Closure & Technical Support, WC&MP, CIWMB and Marc Arico, Associate Industrial Hygienist, Health & Safety Program, WC&MP, CIWMB will present “Health and Safety Concerns of a Disaster Debris Cleanup: The Angora Fire Debris Removal Project.” On July 2, 2007 the Governor of the State of California proclaimed a state of emergency in El Dorado County as a result of a wildfire, known as the Angora Fire. CIWMB staff assisted with the structural debris clean-up, removing harmful contaminants from this pristine Lake Tahoe region. Presenters will share the disaster clean-up, hurdles encountered from a safety perspective, and lessons learned that can be applied to future emergencies. |
| 1:15-2:15 p.m. | Enforcement, Data Gathering and Networking... It Can
Take a Waste Tire to Catch a Criminal This segment covers the ABC's of networking and utilizing your resources, including the importance of officer safety, evidence collection and data/information gathering as well as sharing and working with local task forces. George Valdes, Fresno City Code Enforcement Officer and Steve Dolan, CIWMB Southern California inspector will present a case study on their experiences in networking and the successes achieved |
| 2:30-3:30 p.m. | The 18-Month Inspection and How the CIWMB Strategic
Directive for Increased Inspections Will Affect You CIWMB staff will provide an overview of the 18-month inspection process, it’s purpose, coordination with the LEAs, and how LEA and CIWMB partnership during inspections can affect compliance at landfills. CIWMB staff will discuss the CIWMB Strategic Directive 8.8 which requires staff to increase the number of CIWMB inspections of other facilities (composting, CDI, and material recovery facility) 2%-10%. The discussion will include criteria used and a case study of a facility which has been selected as part of the Strategic Directive additional inspections. |
| 2:30-3:30 p.m. | Legal 101-Enforcement Overview Lisa Brown, Assistant General Counsel, Cal/EPA, and Rodney Lorang, Senior Deputy County Counsel, San Diego County will present an overview of the many facets and types of enforcement and enforcement cases, such as administrative, civil and criminal enforcement. Included will be a discussion on informal vs. formal enforcement, guidance on how to best prepare an enforcement case, the basics for gaining compliance, fairness and consistency in enforcement and the importance of good documentation to ensure a smooth and winnable case. |
| 2:30-3:30 p.m. | Surveillance Tips and Technology Representatives from the ARB will share information from their experiences conducting surveillance. This is an opportunity to see the surveillance equipment that is available to waste tire enforcement grantees for use in the field. Staff from the ARB will also demonstrate techniques used to collect or download the necessary data. |
| 3:30-4:00 p.m. | Break |
| 4:00-5:00 p.m. | Sharing Effective Enforcement Strategies-What Works
and What Doesn't Work Brian Pitts, Chief Environmental Health Specialist for Kern County Environmental Health Services Department will present an interesting enforcement case study on Resource Renewal Technologies, a sham recycler, that will include information about handling informants, working surveillance, and gaining support. Dennis Ferrier, City of San Jose LEA will highlight other enforcement tools with varying degrees of success and resolution. |
| 4:00-5:00 p.m. | Is the Digital Inspections Program in your Future? The Solid Waste Information System (SWIS) Digital Inspection Program (DIP) is not a flavor of ice cream, but a new way to reduce your departments’ carbon footprint by sending SWIS inspection data in a paperless electronic format-either using a web form or batch submittal of data. Are you a prime candidate for this approach? Want to learn how to work with your IT staff so you can transmit your data? Come to the session and find out what’s currently happening in this exciting pilot program and how you can participate. Chris Allen, Acting Operations Manager of the CIWMB’s Information Management Branch, will provide an overview of California’s digital inspection submission options, demonstrate the web-based version, answer your questions, and more. |
| 4:00-5:00 p.m. | WTMS-How You can Benefit Most from this Valuable Tool Cathy Blair, CIWMB Waste Tire Hauler Inspector, Gerri Stryker, CIWMB Southern California Supervisor for Waste Tire Enforcement, and Roger Evans, CIWMB Staff Programmer Analyst will discuss how the Waste Tire Management System (WTMS) can be a great tool to use in your role of waste tire enforcement. The presentation includes an online interactive walk-through of some important aspects of the WTMS program and the grantee portal. There will also be a brief discussion on planned future improvements. |
| 6:00-9:00 p.m. | Dinner and Networking Reception Please join us for the opportunity to network with your peers, CIWMB Board Members and Executive staff at COPIA: The American Center for Wine Food & the Arts with a reception dinner, no-host bar and access to COPIAs interactive displays. |
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 7:30-8:45 a.m. | Breakfast/Check-Out of Rooms |
| 9:00-11:00 a.m. | Reviewing Landfill Gas Plans for Active Sites Do you understand how to review program plans for landfill gas (LFG) monitoring at active sites? Do the LFG well/probes meet the new depth and spacing requirements? Do you know how to evaluate alternatives? Using real-world examples and a class participation exercise, John Bell, Permitting and Enforcement Division and Bill Orr, Cleanup, Closure and Financial Assurance Division Chief, will make sure your questions are answered. The Board’s recent study evaluating the functionality of LFG monitoring probes and the associated best management practices will also be discussed. |
| 9:00-11:00 a.m. | Harvesting Emerging Technology CIWMB Statewide Technical and Analytical Resources Division's Branch Manager Fernando Berton presents a fascinating look at domestic and international innovations in waste conversion technologies that includes remarkable photos of operations in Japan taken during his travels. Ramin Yazdani is the project manager for several full-scale demonstration projects at the Yolo County Central Landfill that are designed for better management of solid waste and reduction of greenhouse gases. He will discuss the results of the following projects: Controlled Landfill Bioreactor Project, Batch Anaerobic Digestion of Organic Waste Project, and Biocover for mitigation of fugitive emissions over the surface of the landfill. |
| 9:00-11:00 a.m. | Regulators Reading Body Language-Protect Yourself in
the Field with CORE Body Language This presentation is by CHP Officer John Wilson who is an instructor at the Highway Patrol Academy. The session will provide a practical look at how to help you recognize, plan for, and address physiological responses to stress in both yourself and others in both work and personal situations. Understanding the concept of perceptual lag and how to overcome the consequences by learning to control the situation and other concepts will be discussed as they relate to inspector safety while you are in the field. This information has been presented three times as waste tire training and was very well received by both Inspectors and officers. |
| 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | Lunch and Conference Review Don’t miss the final conference session where we’ll say goodbye to Napa and introduce the 2009 host LEA. This session will recap conference highlights submitted by attendees and photographs taken during the previous 3 days. |
Last updated:
August 22, 2008
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