To: Board of Supervisors
From: DHHS: Public Health
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Correction of Clerical Error in Appointment to the Solid Waste Local Enforcement Agency Independent Hearing Panel
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Revise the appointment of Tedd Ward as a Technical Expert Representative to a term to expire Dec. 18, 2022; and
2. Revise the appointment of Heidi Benzonelli as an alternate, At-Large Public Representative with a term to expire Dec. 18, 2022.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
Public Health Fund
DISCUSSION:
On Dec. 18, 2018, the Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Environmental Health made a clerical error in the recommendation to appoint two candidates to the Independent Hearing Panel (IHP) through Dec. 18, 2023 (5 years). In accordance with Section 44308(a)(5) of the California Public Resources Code, appointed panel members shall serve for a term of 4 years.
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. The LEA is required 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.
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 4-year terms with a maximum appointment of two consecutive terms. This agenda item is to correct the clerical error shown under the Recommendation(s) section of the ...
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