[greenyes] Fwd: Most CA Landfills Not Fully Lined

[Gary Liss <gary@no.address>]

> Source: Update from Mike Paparian, CWIMB - November 2003
>
> Landfill Compliance Study Progressing; Most Landfills Not Fully Lined
>
> Portions of a large study on landfill regulation in California will be 
> presented to the Waste Board over the coming months.  The first 
> presentation was made at the October Board meeting and included the 
> following findings:
>
> ·       Of the 224 open and closed landfills investigated in California, 
> only 16 were fully lined and of those, only 4 meet current standards for 
> lining landfills.  Of the remaining 208 landfills, 70 are partially 
> unlined and 138 are fully unlined.
>
> ·        The typical landfill in the state is rural, publicly owned and 
> takes in about 385 tons of waste per day.
>
> ·        There is about 1.2 billion cubic yards of disposal capacity left 
> in the state, or about 35 cubic yards for every person.
>
> Over the coming months more components of the study will be 
> presented.  For an overview of the study, along with the material 
> presented at our October 15-16 Board Meeting, click on the item here 
> <http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/Agendas/agenda.asp?RecID=538&Year=2003&Comm=BRD&Month=10>October 
> Agenda Item 4.   Note that the presentations are fairly large 
> documents.  This month, a report on new, emerging and advanced 
> technologies, as well as new approaches that could possibly improve the 
> operation of California's landfills will be presented and discussed at the 
> Board Meeting, 
> <http://boardnet/BAWDS/agenda.asp?RecID=530&Year=2003&Comm=BRD&Month=11>November 
> Agenda Item 7.


> Landfill Post-Closure and Financial Assurances Workshop
>
> November 3, 10:00 a.m. in the Sierra Hearing Room 
> <http://boardnet/BAWDS/agenda.asp?RecID=868&Year=2003&Comm=WKS&Month=11>Workshop 
> Agenda
>
> Are post-closure maintenance (PCM) activities at solid waste landfills 
> required for more than 30 years after the closure of a landfill?  And if 
> so, then for what period of time are operators required to provide the 
> financial assurance demonstration for these maintenance activities, and at 
> what point may an operator draw on the financial mechanism to cover 
> already-incurred PCM expenses?  The answers to these questions have 
> long-term implications for future generations and immediate ones for 
> landfill owners/operators responsible for providing financial assurances.
>
> This workshop will discuss the length of the PCM period for solid waste 
> landfills, and how funds are made available for PCM during that period.

Gary Liss
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Fax: 916-652-0485