Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Jim Eggemeyer, Director, Office of Sustainability
Subject: Countywide Integrated Waste Management Plan Five-Year Review Report
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution:
A) Approving the Five-Year Countywide Integrated Waste Management Plan Review Report; and
B) Directing the Director of the Office of Sustainability to submit the Five-Year Countywide Integrated Waste Management Plan Review Report to CalRecycle and the City/County Association of Governments, acting as the Local Task Force.
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BACKGROUND:
Each county in California is required by the California Integrated Waste Management
Act of 1989 (AB 939) to prepare and adopt a Countywide Integrated Waste
Management Plan (CIWMP). In San Mateo County, County government (representing the unincorporated area) and all the cities in the county have prepared and adopted elements that make up the CIWMP. The five elements of the CIWMP are listed below:
1. Source Reduction & Recycling Element (SRRE): One plan for each city and one for the County's unincorporated areas
2. Household Hazardous Waste Element (HHWE): One plan for each city and one for the County's unincorporated areas
3. Nondisposal Facility Element (NDFE): One plan for each city and one for the County's unincorporated areas
4. Siting Element (SE): One countywide plan
5. Summary Plan (SP): One countywide plan
The California Integrated Waste Management Board, now known as CalRecycle, approved the original elements in the CIWMP in October 1999. This approval date determines a five-year review reporting cycle in accordance with AB 939 for the County's CIWMP. The objective of the five-year review is to determine if the CIWMP elements are still relevant and appropriate tools for guiding waste reduction programs in San Mateo County. The City/County Association of Governments, acting as the Local Task Force (LTF) for San Mateo County, re...
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