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Dear Annual Report Filer:

In September 2007, CIWMB informed you that the planning document and program review sections of the 2006 Electronic Annual Report (EAR) were ready for use. The CIWMB could not release the online diversion rate calculator then because complete 2006 taxable sales data was not available. These are important factors used in the diversion rate calculation.

The September notice contained each jurisdiction’s unique 10-digit password, and encouraged you to begin working on the planning document, diversion program and large venues and events sections of your 2006 EAR. Many jurisdictions have taken advantage of this opportunity.

All 2006 diversion rate calculation factors, and the on-line calculator itself, are now available. Therefore, all jurisdictions--whether or not they use the adjustment method to calculate their diversion rate--should now complete and file their 2006 EAR.

The following is the web address for the EAR: https://secure.ciwmb.ca.gov/juris/ear/login.asp

The due date for submitting your 2006 CIWMB Annual Report is Saturday, March 15, 2008.

Jurisdiction Diversion Programs and Details

Please take time to update your diversion program notes for the key programs in your jurisdiction. The program implementation information is a critical component of CIWMB staff’s review to assess your compliance with the AB939 diversion requirements.

For jurisdictions that have not met the diversion requirement in 2006, we strongly encourage you to include information in Section C of the EAR. Please submit information in this section to describe how your jurisdiction is making a good faith effort and has made all reasonable and feasible efforts to meet the requirements. For information on the types of information that jurisdictions might provide the Board to substantiate a good faith effort determination, please see Public Resources Code Section 41825.

Updating Data for Large Venues and Events

Enacted legislation (AB 2176, Montanez, Chapter 879, Statutes of 2004) requires jurisdictions to collect specific data about solid waste diversion efforts at large venues and events and report it to the CIWMB in their annual report. As a result, the 2005 EAR marked the onset of reporting waste diversion efforts at large venues and events within a jurisdiction's boundaries. In the 2006 EAR, jurisdictions should review their venue and events data from 2005 and update it and/or add any new large venues and events.

The 2006 EAR is designed to allow jurisdictions to easily review their 2005 large venues and events data, copy it into the 2006 EAR and update it.

• In the EAR, select the 'Venue/Event' section.
• Under the 'Copy a previous Venue/Event' dropdown, select a large venue or event from 2005 and click 'Copy'.
• All data for the selected large venue or event will be copied into the 2006 EAR except for the disposal and diversion tons in the 'Basic Info' venues and events section.
• The EAR Venues and Events section comes complete with its own summary report, which you can run any time. Your large venues and events information will not be displayed in the regular EAR Summary Report, but rather, in this special summary, which rolls up all of your large venues and events into one handy report. This report will be your official record of the venues and events information you enter in the EAR.

Please visit the CIWMB Venues and Events website for more information on CIWMB’s efforts to implement AB 2176.

Passwords and Contact Information

Last year’s EAR password remains effective. If you feel that your jurisdiction’s password has been compromised for any reason and would like to change it, or have any other questions about the CIWMB Annual Report, please contact your local assistance staff representative at (916) 341-6199. As always, we look forward to your comments and suggestions.

If you are working on the EAR and have questions about how something works, or about what type of information the CIWMB is seeking, please contact your local assistance representative at (916) 341-6199 or visit www.ciwmb.ca.gov/ola/contacts.asp.

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Last updated: April 29, 2008