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Michael 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 44101; Code of Civil Procedure Section 1822.50 et seq.). <br />To support the LEAs in their efforts, CIVAM is required to provide guidance regarding <br />LEAs' inspection of illegal, abandoned or inactive closed sites (Section 45013). C 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 />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 />J <br />