CIWMB Report on Conversion Technology 

CIWMB Agenda for May 11, 2005 meeting in Anaheim

14.   Consideration Of The Conversion Technology Report To The Legislature And A Recommendation Document  Attachment 1 (Word 2000, 1016 KB) , Attachment 5 (Word 2000, 31 KB) , Resolution 2005-116 Draft (Word 2000, 33 KB) , Agenda Item (Word 2000, 68 KB) , Attachment 3 (Word 2000, 41 KB) , Attachment 4 (Word 2000, 38 KB)

Letter of Support from Los Angeles County Solid Waste Management Committee, to:

Senator Alan Lowenthal, Chair
Senate Environmental Quality Committee

Senator Sheila Kuehl, Chair
Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee

Assemblywoman Loni Hancock, Chair
Assembly Natural Resources Committee

"...we were surprised by your April 6, 2005, letter to Senator Don Perata, Senate President Pro Tem and the Senate Rules Committee's Chair (copy enclosed), to withhold Ms. Rosario Marin's confirmation to the California Integrated Waste Management Board unless she and the Waste Board remove selected information from their Conversion Technology Report to the Legislature approved for submittal to the Legislature on March 15, 2005. We respectfully request detailed and factual explanation of the various claims made in your letter since they do not reflect the current scientific (Universities of California at Davis and Riverside) understanding of the technologies referred to in the letter."

CIWMB

"The Waste Board's guidance and responsiveness was crucial to the development of the Conversion Technology Report to the Legislature, a culmination of $1.5 million dollars in research and study, as adopted on March 15, 2005. The Report, prepared by the Universities of California at Davis and Riverside, your Board, and other nonpartisan organizations, objectively concluded that conversion technologies can result in substantial environmental benefits for California. This three-year effort created an accurate assessment of the current state of these technologies, and impartially determined the best course of action regarding future study and development."

Reconsideration of Draft Report by CIWMB, April 19, 2005

"28.   Reconsideration Of Conversion Technology Report To The Legislature  Attachment 3 (Adobe Acrobat (PDF), 38520 KB) , Resolution 2005-114 Draft A1 (Word 2000, 31 KB) , Attachment 4 (Word 2000, 126 KB) , Agenda Item (Word 2000, 61 KB) , Attachment 2 (Word 2000, 38 KB)"

Draft Report on Conversion Technology to the California Integrated Management Waste Board (CIWMB):

"Conversion technologies are distinct from landfills and incineration, and can result in substantial environmental benefits for California, including the production of renewable energy, reduced dependency on fossil fuels, and reduction of greenhouse gases"

  • Letter to The Honorable Rosario Marin, Chair and Members California Integrated Waste Management Board, from David Roberti, Esq., President of BPA
  • Attachments to letter, including CIWMB Resolutions, and comments by California Refuse Removal Council, Norcal Waste Systems, Rural Counties Environmental Services Joint Powers Authority, Solid Waste Association of North America, Waste Management and BRI Energy, Inc..