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y Mchael Wochnick <br /> Permitting&Enforcement Division <br /> January 4, 2000 <br /> monitoring reports as the LEA may specify(Section 44100). If an owner or operator does not <br /> consent to the LEA's entry onto the site to conduct its investigations,the LEA may obtain an <br /> inspection warrant(Section 44 10 1; Code of Civil Procedure Section 1822.50 et seq.). <br /> To support the LEAs in their efforts,CIW,%M is required to provide guidance regarding <br /> LEAs' inspection of illegal, abandoned or inactive closed sites(Section 45013). CIWNM has <br /> done so by publishing LEA Advisories No. 3, "Site Investigation Process for Investigating <br /> Closed, Illegal, and Abandoned Disposal Sites," and No. 56, "Process for Evaluating and <br /> Remediating Burn Dump Sites." <br /> Finally,LEAs have a source of funds to assist them in cleaning up sites which <br /> threaten the public health or safety or the environment(Sections 48020-48028). Under the AB, <br /> 2136 program,CIWMB has established a program for the cleanup of solid waste disposal sites <br /> which are in violation of state law where the persons responsible for the sites cannot be found or <br /> are unable or unwilling to pay for timely remediation and where cleanup is needed to protect the <br /> public health, safety or the environment(Section 48020(b)). <br /> CONCLUSION <br /> LEAs have authority to enter, inspect,and enforce CIWMB statutes and regulations at <br /> closed disposal sites,including sites that ceased operating before 1977. Their authority arises <br /> from their responsibility to inspect closed sites and to carry out standards adopted by CIWMB. <br /> They also have authority,under the AB 2136 program,to obtain funds to clean up sites which <br /> cause or threaten harm to the public health and safety or the environment. <br /> 3 <br />