Financial Assurances Events

The California Integrated Waste Management Board (Board) held a number of workshops for landfill long-term financial assurances for postclosure maintenance (PCM), corrective action (CA), and Phase II, Informal Rulemaking as the process begun with the 2007 Study presented to the Board in December 2007 continues.

Upcoming Events

2008

No events currently scheduled.

Past Events

2008 Workshops

Staff presented the Phase II rulemaking package to proceed with the 45-day comment period to the Permitting and Compliance Committee and the Board in November 2008.

• Oct. 30 (Word, 62 KB): Phase II Rulemaking Workshop. Meeting with stakeholders that discussed the November 2008 Board action regarding the rulemaking process for the phase II regulations.

• Nov. 10: Item pulled from meeting agenda. Permitting and Compliance Committee Meeting. Presented Phase II Rulemaking package for the Board’s final approval and to proceed with 45-day comment period.

• Nov. 18: Item pulled from meeting agenda. Board Meeting. Presented Phase II Rulemaking package for the Board’s final approval and to proceed with 45-day comment period

Staff conducted informal workshops to review and discuss proposed amendments to Title 27, California Code of Regulations, Division 2, Subdivision 1, Chapters 4 and 6, long-term financial assurances for postclosure maintenance and corrective actions.

The following workshops were held to continue the dialogue begun in the fall of 2007 with the AB 2296 Working Group as the Board continues the process of regulatory amendments and potential statutory authority for establishment of a statewide pooled fund.

• Aug. 4: Phase II, Rulemaking Workshop. Discussion of the direction given at July 22 Board Meeting, and continuing discussion of revised draft regulations.
• Jul. 17: Pooled Fund, Items Needing Additional Statutory Authority. Discussion to address Pooled Fund Concepts that may be authorized at the July 14, 2008 Permitting and Compliance Committee Meeting.
• Jul. 14: Permitting and Compliance Committee Meeting. Presenting item to request formal rulemaking direction to notice regulations for adoption and to pursue Pooled Fund for Postclosure and Corrective Action.
• Jun. 18: Phase II, Rulemaking Language. Discussion to address stakeholders’ concerns raised at the June 9, 2008 Permitting and Compliance Committee Meeting.
• Jun. 9: Permitting and Compliance Committee Meeting. Agenda Item to discuss Phase II regulations and request Committee direction.
• May 27: Phase II Rulemaking, New PCM, and CA Language. Discussion of conceptual regulatory language.
• May 12: Phase II, Informal Rulemaking Workshop. Discussion of proposed rulemaking.
• Apr. 28: PCM Follow-up, CA Carryover, Pooled Funds Results. Discussion of issues and concepts that weren’t addressed in the previous 3 workshops.
• Apr. 14: Corrective Action (CA) Workshop. Discussion of CA definition and proposed rulemaking and potential statutory amendments. Doug Day with the State of Minnesota presented, via teleconference, information on the Minnesota Closed Landfill Program (Adobe PDF, 688 KB).
• Mar. 10: Postclosure Maintenance Workshop. Discussion of a clarified definition of postclosure maintenance activities, corrective action activities and a poling of opinions regarding options for combining a Statewide Pooled Fund for postclosure maintenance costs and individual financial assurance demonstrations to the State.
• Feb. 29: Modeling Scenarios Workshop. Discussion of alternate scenarios for potential Statewide Pooled Fund.

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