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Tracy Fire Suppression <br /> 2-2-2-2-2 <br /> water been applied in a fire suppression effort. Such an effort would have produced an <br /> enormous volume of potentially hazardous liquid waste resulting from the mixture of water and <br /> pyrolytic oil, a by-product of burning tires. <br /> Once the fire is extinguished, site characterization activities will be initiated to determine the <br /> residual contamination on the property. That work will likely begin early in 2001. Remediation <br /> plans will be developed after the site characterization is complete. <br /> The Waste Board approved a spending plan of$364,925 in October for the fire suppression <br /> effort and in the future may consider additional funding for the cleanup effort. <br /> The State's improved tire law, enacted through SB 876 (Escutia/Cardoza), takes effect January <br /> 1, 2001. SB 876 increases from $0.25 to $1.00 the per tire fee collected on the sale of new tires <br /> that funds the State waste tire cleanup, enforcement and market development programs. In <br /> passing the bill, the Legislature earmarked a minimum of $6.5 million a year for tire cleanup <br /> projects that will include the Royster site as well as the Filbin tire fire site near the western <br /> Stanislaus County community of Westley. <br /> The six-member Integrated Waste Management Board is responsible for protecting the public's <br /> health and safety and the environment through management of the estimated 60 million tons of <br /> solid waste generated in California each year. The Board's mandate is to work in partnership <br /> with local government, industry, and the public to achieve a 50 percent reduction in waste <br /> disposed by the end of this year, while ensuring environmentally safe landfill disposal capacity. <br /> California's 1999 statewide diversion rate was estimated at 37 percent. <br /> Visit us on the Internet at www.ciwmb.ca.gov/Pressroom/ <br />