New Initiatives

New initiatives are periodically identified by the Partnership 2000 Steering Committee and workgroups are formed to flesh out the issues and propose solutions. In August 2003, the new Partnership 2000 Workgroup formed subcommittees to tackle mutual issues revolving around the topics of compliance and the processes of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as related to solid waste regulatory oversight. These subcommittees attended additional meetings early in 2004 as well as two at the 7th Annual LEA/CIWMB Conference.

Gaining Compliance Subcommittee

The Gaining Compliance Subcommittee completed its responsibilities by developing an issue paper (MS Word, 139 KB | Adobe PDF, 75 KB) to chronicle the current state of how compliance is achieved at solid waste facilities, identify problems or barriers to achieving compliance or taking enforcement, and present ideas for solutions that would solve these problems. This issue paper was used during a presentation to the Permitting and Enforcement Committee in February 2006 on the discussion of statutory issues related to permitting and enforcement processes.

CEQA Subcommittee

For its tasks, the CEQA subcommittee has developed a paper (MS Word, 70 KB | Adobe PDF, 63 KB) to depict the current status of how the Board, Board staff, and the LEA apply the CEQA process relative to solid waste facilities permits. The goal of this paper is to show the perspectives on the CEQA process, as they were at the time the paper was completed. The paper is intended to provide clarity on the current practices. In addition to development of the issue paper, the subgroup also spurred the development of the CEQA Toolbox.

This page will be updated with additional information from the various workgroup and subcommittee meetings as necessary.

CEQA Subcommittee

Gaining Compliance Subcommittee

May 2006