Transcript Proposed Revisions to Disposal Reporting System (DRS) and Adjustment Method (AM) Regulations

Proposed Revisions to Disposal
Reporting System (DRS) and
Adjustment Method (AM)
Regulations
November 4, 2003
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Diversion Rate Measurement
System
• The disposal-based method for measuring
diversion rates by jurisdiction started in 1995
• Diversion had never been measured in this
way before
• Adjustment Method (AM) and Disposal
Reporting System (DRS) regulations
established minimum standards to allow
for local flexibility
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SB 2202 Review of Diversion
Rate Measurement System
• Required the Board to analyze the DRS and
submit a report to the Legislature including
recommendations for improvement
• Analyzed how the system was working
throughout the state after five years
• Identified issues and various potential
solutions
• Proposed revisions to regulations consistent
with the Board’s recommendation to the
Legislature
• Involved extensive stakeholder input
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Informal Rulemaking Process
• 1st draft DRS and AM regulations sent out for
public review and comment in November
2002
• Two workshops on the 1st informal draft held
in December 2002 (1 North, 1 South)
• Four workshops on focused DRS sub-topics of
the 1st informal draft held in March 2003
(2
North, 2 South)
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Informal Rulemaking Process
• 2nd draft DRS regulations sent out for
public review and comment in June
2003
• Two workshops on the 2nd informal draft
held in June 2003 (1 South, 1 North)
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Informal Rulemaking Process
• Based on input received during the informal
process, significant changes were made to
the regulations
• The following slides will highlight proposed
revisions regarding the following areas, as
detailed in the agenda item:
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Signage
Scales
Training
Origin surveys
Determining jurisdiction of origin
Reporting
State minimum standards
Adjustment Method
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Comparison of Current Regulations,
1st Informal Draft Revised Text,
and Proposed Revised Text
for 45-day Comment Period
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Signage
• Current Regulations
– No requirement
• 1st Informal Draft Text
– Post sign re: origin survey within 10 ft. of
gatehouse
• 45-day Formal Text
– Post sign re: origin survey in location
clearly visible to incoming vehicles
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Scales
• Current Regulations
– No scales requirement
• 1st Informal Draft Text
– Scales required for stations and landfills with
annual average throughput >100 tons per day (tpd)
(>200 tpd for rural landfills)
– Weigh all loads unless host county has Board
approval to not weigh car and pickup loads
– Specified conversion factor for waste that is not
weighed
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Scales (continued)
• 45-day Formal Text
– Scales required for stations and landfills
with annual average throughput >100 tpd
(>200 tpd for rural landfills and stations)
– Weigh all loads >1 ton (or >6 cubic yards)
– Use documented conversion factors to
estimate tonnage of waste that is not
weighed
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Training
• Current Regulations
– No requirement
• 1st Informal Draft Text
– Training for relevant staff based on content of
specified sections of the DRS regs
• 45-day Formal Text
– Training for relevant staff on the DRS regs content
as it pertains to employees’ job duties (Board will
provide training modules.)
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Origin Surveys
• Current Regulations
– One week per quarter minimum origin survey
period
• 1st Informal Draft Text
– Daily origin surveys for all loads
– One week per quarter survey allowed for car and
pickup loads and all loads at rural facilities
• 45-day Formal Text
– Same as 1st Informal Draft, except reference to
car and pickup loads changed to loads >1 ton
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Determining Jurisdiction of
Origin
• Current Regulations
– All haulers provide origin information at time of
waste delivery or, if previous arrangements made,
within two weeks after the quarter ends
• 1st Informal Draft Text
– Origin information from commercial haulers based
on dispatcher records of generator locations
• 45-day Formal Text
– Commercial haulers provide waste origin based on
company records of hauler routes and generator
locations, billing records, or other relevant records
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Determining Jurisdiction of
Origin (continued)
• 1st Informal Draft Text
– Commercial self-haulers provide gate attendant
with jurisdiction of origin information such as
waste collection address, hauler name, and phone
number
– Other self-haulers provide jurisdiction of origin
• 45-day Formal Text
– All other haulers provide gate attendant with
jurisdiction of origin (Facility operators may also
require these haulers to provide additional origin
information)
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Quarterly Disposal Reports
• Current Regulations
– Each landfill and transformation facility
reports total tons disposed (or that
underwent transformation) allocated to
each jurisdiction
– Each landfill reports total tons of each type
of material used as alternative daily cover
(ADC) and alternative intermediate cover
(AIC) allocated to each jurisdiction
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Quarterly Disposal Reports
(continued)
• 1st Informal Draft Text
– Report the total tons of the following waste
categories allocated to each jurisdiction and by
delivery source (station, direct haul or self-haul):
• Waste accepted
• C&D debris, inert debris, designated waste by
type, and all other waste disposed
• ADC, AIC, and beneficial reuse material listed
by type
• Material sent off-site for recycling
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Quarterly Disposal Reports
(continued)
• 45-day Formal Text
– Report tons of disposal, ADC, and AIC by
jurisdiction as in current regulations
– Report tons of waste received by jurisdiction
– Report facility summary information:
• Total tons of each type of material used
beneficially on-site at landfill
• Total tons sent off-site for recycling
• Landfill waste-to-cover ratio
• Landfill compaction rate
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Annual Methods Reports
• Current
– No requirement
• 1st Informal Draft Text
– Station, landfill, and transformation facility
operators report their facility DRS methods
such as frequency of origin surveys,
volumetric conversion factors used,
methods of tracking waste
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Annual Methods Reports
(continued)
• 45-day Formal Text
– Annual reporting requirement as in the 1st
Informal Draft, with some minor changes
to report content
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State Minimum Standards
• Current Regulations
– Keeping DRS records required as part of
the State minimum standards for transfer
stations
• 1st Informal Draft Text
– Also require keeping DRS records as part
of the minimum standards for a landfill
• 45-day Formal Text
– Same as 1st Informal Draft
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Adjustment Method
• Current Regulations
– Use employment as reported by the California
Employment Development Department (EDD)
• 1st Informal Draft Text
– Use countywide EDD Industry or countywide
EDD Labor Force employment
– Use countywide EDD Industry in the nonresidential estimate and countywide EDD Labor
Force employment in the residential estimate
• 45-day Formal Text
– Same as 1st Informal Draft
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Staff recommendation:
Direct staff to formally notice
the proposed revised DRS and
AM regulations
Questions?
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