To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Public Health
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Appointment to the Solid Waste Local Enforcement Agency Independent Hearing Panel (IHP)
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Appoint Carisee Geronimo as Technical Expert Representative with a term to begin December 18, 2022 and to expire December 17, 2026.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Public Health Fund
DISCUSSION:
The Board of Supervisors, the governing authorities of the cities within the County, and the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) have designated the Department of Health and Human Services Division of Environmental Health (DEH) as the solid waste Local Enforcement Agency (LEA). The LEA permits and inspects solid waste handling sites throughout Humboldt County. One component of designation as the LEA is to maintain a local appeals body to hear solid waste permitting and enforcement issues (CCR 14 ?18081(e)(2)). A hearing before the appointed hearing panel may be requested to appeal either an LEA action or the LEA's failure to act as required by law or regulation. When, in the jurisdiction of the enforcement agency, there exists a publicly owned or operated solid waste facility or disposal site (as exists in Humboldt County), there shall be an independent hearing panel (IHP) or hearing officer (CCR 14 ?18081(e)(2)).
The first IHP was established in 1992 by Humboldt County Resolution No. 92-128. A copy of the Resolution is attached here for your Board's reference. The IHP members serve four-year terms with a maximum appointment of two consecutive terms. The term of one current Technical Expert on the IHP will expire on December 18, 2022. To maintain certification as the LEA, a replacement must be appointed.
The LEA began this recruitment for an Independent Hearing Panel member by sending an announcement via email to the general inbox for the Schatz Energy Research Center at CalP...
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