| SOLID WASTE & HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
AB 939: The Integrated
Waste Management Act
Background:
In 1989, Assembly Bill 939, known as the Integrated Waste Management
Act, was passed because of the increase in waste stream and the
decrease in landfill capacity. As a result, the current California
Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB) was established. A
disposal reporting system with CIWMB oversight was established,
and facility and program planning was required. AB 939 mandates
a reduction of waste being disposed: jurisdictions were required
to meet diversion goals of 25% by 1995 and 50% by the year 2000.
AB 939 also established an integrated framework for program implementation,
solid waste planning, and solid waste facility and landfill compliance.
Countywide Integrated Waste Management Plan
(CIWMP)
AB 939 requires counties to prepare a Countywide Integrated
Waste Management Plan (CIWMP). The CIWMP includes the following:
- Siting Element
for El Dorado County [.pdf file - 224 pages]
- A
document which provides a description of the areas to be used
for development of adequate transformation of disposal capacity.
- Summary Plan for
El Dorado County [.pdf file - 296 pages]
- A
document which provides the following: goals and objectives,
county profile and plan administration, a description of current
solid waste management practices, summaries of Source Reduction
and Recycling Elements (SRRE's), Household Hazardous Waste
Elements (HHWE's) and Nondisposal Facility Elements (NDFE's),
and CIWMP financing.
- Source Reduction and Recycling Elements (SRRE's):
- The
SRRE's include a waste generation study and the following
components: source reduction, recycling, composting, disposal
facility capacity, education and public information, funding,
special waste, and integration.
- Nondisposal Facility Elements (NDFE's):
- The
NDFE's identify the nondisposal facilities to be used to assist
in reaching the diversion mandates of AB 939. A "nondisposal
facility" include material recovery facilities, transfer
stations, large-scale composting facilities, and other waste
processing or recycling facilities which require a solid waste
facility permit.
- Household Hazardous Waste Elements (HHWE's):
- Initially,
household hazardous waste (HHW) was a component of the SRRE.
But in 1979, HHW was recognized as more significant to the
waste stream. HHWE's are used to identify components used
to assist in reaching the diversion mandates of AB 939.
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