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v California Integrated Waste Management Board Permitting and Enforcement Committee January 15,1998 AGENDA ITEM 19 rM0u-9 CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION OF t FOR SOLID •STE LANDFILLS: LOCAL GOVERNMENT• D LOCAL GOVERNMENT G I. SUMMARY CIWMB staff is proposing these regulations to add to current State financial assurance regulations two new financial assurance mechanisms developed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for local government owners/operators of municipal solid waste landfills. The new mechanisms are the Local Government Financial Test (LGFT) and Local Government Guarantee (LGG). The LGFT allows local governments to meet financial assurance obligations for postclosure maintenance and corrective action costs by demonstrating their financial strength. A local government interested in providing a LGG for a landfill operated by another public agency or a private firm must also pass the LGFT. Staff determined the LGFT and LGG regulations have no environmental impact. Accordingly this project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under Title 14, California Code of Regulations, CEQA Guidelines, section 15061(b)(3). These regulations were distributed to interested parties on November 21, 1997 and published in the California Regulatory Notice Register. The comment period for this rulemaking is from November 21, 1997 to January 5, 1998. The scope of this regulatory package is limited to the new financial assurance regulations, LGFT and LGG. Since distribution of the regulation package, staff has received one written comment, summarized below along with staff recommendations. Comments received after this item was prepared will be summarized and presented orally at the January Committee meeting. The purpose of this item is to provide a forum for a public hearing at the conclusion of the 45 - day public comment period and bring forward for consideration of adoption by the Board of the new financial assurance regulations, LGFT and LGG. :1•',;t b 1111 On June 17, 1997 Committee approved development of the proposed regulations and the rulemaking including the formal 45 day public notice.