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Proposed Permit Implementation Regulations (AB 1497)

Key Issues

The key issues of the proposed Permit Implementation Regulations (AB 1497) are:

  1. Public Hearings Requirements
  2. Significant Change and Modified Permit Process
  3. Report of Facility Information Requirements for Community Outreach Efforts Recordkeeping
  4. Five Year Permit Review Noticing
  5. Relationship of Solid Waste Facility Permits to Other Land Use
  6. Surprise Random Inspections

The following documents were discussed at the April 2005 workshops. Please check back frequently for updates to these documents.

Public Hearings Requirements

Informational Noticing and Public Hearings (Meetings) March 10, 2005 (MS Word, 62 KB): This document is an issue paper that discusses the current and possible future requirements for public notices and/or public hearings (meetings) for certain solid waste facilities permit actions.

Informational Noticing and Public Hearings (Meetings) Framework for Basic Concept Attachment A (MS Word, 44 KB): This document is an attachment to Informational Noticing and Public Hearings (Meetings) March 10, 2005. It is an outline that describes for certain solid waste facilities permit actions when a public notice and/or hearing are required or proposed.

Informational Noticing and Public Hearings (Meetings) List of Possibilities Attachment B (MS Word, 92 KB): This document is an attachment to Informational Noticing and Public Hearings (Meetings) March 10, 2005. It includes a table of existing and possible noticing and hearing requirements, and other implementation approaches for consideration.

Significant Change and Modified Permit Process

Significant Change not Authorized by the Permit and a Modified Permit Process March 10, 2005 (MS Word, 54 KB): This document is an issue paper that outlines a proposed approach for defining “significant change” that could be used by the enforcement agency for determining if a proposed change at a solid waste facility will require a Report of Facility Information (RFI) amendment, or a modified permit, or a revised permit.

Significant Change Proposed Decision Tree Attachment C (MS Word, 55 KB): This document is an attachment to Significant Change not Authorized by the Permit and a Modified Permit Process March 10, 2005. It includes a series of questions that an Enforcement Agency would walk through for determining the most appropriate handling of a solid waste facilities permit change.

Modified Permit Description Attachment D (MS Word, 33 KB): This document is an attachment to Significant Change not Authorized by the Permit and a Modified Permit Process March 10, 2005. It describes the criteria that could be used in defining a modified permit and the procedural differences between modified and revised permits. Procedures and regulations already exist for RFI amendments and revised permits.

Report of Facility Information Requirements for Community Outreach Efforts Recordkeeping

Community Outreach Efforts (MS Word, 33 KB): This document is an issue paper that discusses the potential recordkeeping requirements for tracking community outreach efforts specific to facilities. The paper includes background and possible regulatory approaches for addressing the issue.

Five-Year Permit Review Noticing

Five Year Permit Review Noticing (MS Word, 25 KB): This document is an issue paper that discusses the existing practices used for issuing facilities their five year permit review notice. The paper includes background and possible regulatory approaches for addressing the issue.

Relationship of Solid Waste Facility Permits to Local Land Use

Relationship of SWFP to Local Land Use March 10, 2005 (MS Word, 40 KB): This document is an issue paper that discusses local land use decisions and their applicability to enforcement agency determination of a Solid Waste Facilities permit application being complete and correct. The paper includes background and possible regulatory approaches for addressing the issue.

Relationship of Solid Waste Facility Permit to Local Land Use, Clarification of Completeness and Correctness Determinations Made by EA, Attachment E (MS Word, 41 KB): This document is an attachment to Relationship of SWFP to Local Land Use March 10, 2005. It describes various scenarios related to local land use decisions for the purpose of clarifying completeness and correctness determinations made by the enforcement agency when a Solid Waste Facility Permit (SWFP) application is submitted for processing.

Surprise, Random Inspections

Surprise, Random Inspections (MS Word, 31 KB): This document is an issue paper that discusses the current practice for conducting surprise and random facility inspections by enforcement agencies. The paper includes background and possible regulatory approaches for addressing the issue.

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Last updated: October 24, 2007


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