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Home My WebLink About2018 Solid WasteJEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH – PLANNED PERFORMANCE MEASURES 2018 SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAM 1 PROGRAMS: Small Business Technical Assistance Program (Local Source Control, EnviroStars Certification), Waste Reduction and Recycling Outreach, Solid Waste Permitting and Enforcement, and Hazardous Waste Investigations. MISSION statement for Solid and Hazardous Waste Program is to:  Enforce Washington State and Jefferson County solid and hazardous waste code  Educate the community about proper disposal of solid and hazardous wastes, and source reduction techniques  Investigate alleged contaminated sites Goal Objective Task Performance Measure 2013 Actual 2014 Actual 2015 Actual 2016 Actual 2017 Projected 2018 Planned Goal 1: Timely investigation of Solid and Hazardous Waste complaints Investigate within 30 days Contact solid waste (SW) complainant within 30 days Conduct complaint investigation within 30 days Determine if complaint is actionable SW complaints investigated within 30 days 100% 90% 100% 75% 75%* 10%* Initial Investigations (II) begun within 30 days 100% 100% 90% 100% 100%* Not Measured 2018* Goal 2: Timely resolution of non-abatement solid waste complaints Resolve non abatement solid waste complaints within 90 days Determine type of enforcement response Issue Warning Letter or Notice and Order to Correct Violation (NOCV) Issue citations as needed SW cases resolved within 90 days 75% 60% 75% 60% 50%* 10%* Goal 2.5 Timely Resolution of solid waste “abatement” cases Resolve at least one abatement from the SW “abatement” list per year Obtain warrants of abatements as needed Obtain contractors for cleanup Number of SW abatement cases resolved 0 0 1 0 1 2 JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH – PLANNED PERFORMANCE MEASURES 2018 SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAM 2 Goal Objective Task Performance Measure 2013 Actual 2014 Actual 2015 Actual 2016 Actual 2017 Projected 2018 Planned Goal 3: Timely resolutions of Initial Investigations (II) and Site Hazard Assessments (SHA) Complete II within 90-days and complete two SHAs per year Conduct site visits and sampling as required Write SHA/II Report and provide to Ecology % of II completed in 90 days 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%* N/A # of SHAs completed 8 3 3 2 1* N/A Until funding is restored, Solid Waste Enforcement will only address those complaints that have immediate impact on human health or the environment in accordance with policy. Goal 4: Increase small businesses understanding of waste reduction, recycling, and green alternatives Provide on-site technical assistance to Small Quantity Generators (those businesses that produce less than 220 Lbs of hazardous materials per month). Provide support for Jefferson County businesses to join new Envirostar green business program. Conduct small businesses assistance (SBTA) site visits. Hold regular meetings to facilitate exchange of ideas on greening your business Conduct 75 LSC visits per year 85 73 130 60 80 80 Certify 5 new Enviro Stars 5 0 3 3 3 5 Conduct Envirostar meetings for businesses New measure 2017 2 4 Migrate and Renew all Enviro Stars into new program 25 25 22 21 24 30 Goal 5: Increase Public Education about pre-cycling, Conduct education and outreach to the public on pre- cycling, waste Develop presentations to school and community groups # of school-based presentations 27 24 52 44 60 60* # waste reduction campaigns 1 10 9 10 10 10* JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH – PLANNED PERFORMANCE MEASURES 2018 SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAM 3 Goal Objective Task Performance Measure 2013 Actual 2014 Actual 2015 Actual 2016 Actual 2017 Projected 2018 Planned moderate risk waste, and household hazardous waste as identified in the Solid Waste Management Plan reduction composting, and recycling, and less toxic alternatives # of public outreach events 6 23 19 13 15 15* Develop and distribute publications # of waste reduction and recycling articles 10 13 9 6 10 10* # of other publications 6 2 7 6 5 5* *Due to lack of funding, these programs are on hold. Goal 6: Ensure compliance with permits Ensure compliance with SW regulations at permitted sites Conduct one site visit per year % compliant with requirements 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% PROGRAM STATISTICS SOLID WASTE ENFORCEMENT 2010 Actual 2011 Actual 2012 Actual 2013 Actual 2014 Actual 2015 Actual 2016 Actual 2017 Projected 2018 Planned Total number of solid waste complaints received 65 68 36 58 42 33 24 45 60 Total number of solid waste violations resolved 68 81 60 37 31 57 14 20 6 # of illegal dumps complaints received 11 14 5 5 6 9 12 15 12 # of illegal dumps complaints resolved 10 12 5 10 6 9 12 15 12 Tons/cubic yards of solid waste removed/recycled through compliance efforts (not including junk vehicles) (these are verified #s, actual #s are higher) 55+ tons 25 60 75 58 95 20 60 60 Total number of solid waste violations awaiting legal action/abatement 2 2 2 2 10 15 4 6 7 # of warrants of abatement obtained/completed 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 2 # of Jeff. Co. permitted facilities meeting current regulation standards (out of 7) Nav Mag II closed 2017 8 8 7 8 8 8 7 7 7 # of Jeff. Co. exempt facilities inspected/ meeting current regulation standards (out of 4) 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH – PLANNED PERFORMANCE MEASURES 2018 SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAM 4 SOLID WASTE EDUCATION, OUTREACH & SBA 2010 Actual 2011 Actual 2012 Actual 2013 Actual 2014 Actual 2015 Actual 2016 Actual 2017 Projected 2018 Planned # of Small Business Technical Assistance site visits New Category Added in 2013 10 10 6 10 10 10 Total number of active Enviro Stars businesses (out of 100 eligible in Jefferson County) 18 21 23 25 24 22 24 24 30 # of new Enviro Stars businesses 5 5 3 5 0 3 3 3 5 # of public outreach events New Categories Added in 2012 1 6 23 19 13 15 15 # of waste reduction and recycling articles 12 10 13 9 6 10 10 # of waste reduction advertisements 2 15 3 23 1 2 2 # of other publications 3 6 2 7 6 5 5 # of Enviro stars promotional Ads 4 46 2 19 0 15 15 # of waste reduction campaigns New Categories Added in 2013 1 6 9 10 10 10 # of participants enrolled in waste reduction campaigns 186 174 880 4,576 4000 4000 # of School-based Education programs delivered 27 24 52 12 15 15 # of students served 611 480 1,300 1,119 1000 1000 HAZARDOUS WASTE 2010 Actual 2011 Actual 2012 Actual 2013 Actual 2014 Actual 2015 Actual 2016 Actual 2017 Projected 2018 Planned ERTS Received/Investigated New Categ ory in 2011 9 12 8 4 8 6 7 0 # Initial Investigations Completed 7 5 12 8 3 8 6 6 0 # Awaiting Site Hazard Assessment 10 8 20 20 21 19 21 21 0 # Site Hazard Assessments Completed 0 4 2 8 3 3 2* 1 0 # of Local Source Control Visits 29 19 105 85 86 130 60 80 80 Spill Kits Distributed 0 25 0 7 7 6 1 5 5 JEFFERSON COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH – PLANNED PERFORMANCE MEASURES 2018 SOLID AND HAZARDOUS WASTE PROGRAM 5 Operational Plan for 2018: Solid Waste Education and Enforcement As of the date of this report, the state legislature has not passed a capital budget, so Public Health has no state funding for solid waste enforcement and education for 2018. A new policy was approved in July 2017 that guides which solid waste education and enforcement activities will be discontinued, and which activities will be continued, until funding is restored. Discontinued activities include:  Illegal Burning Investigations – referred to EJFR  Illegal Dumping Investigations – referred to JCSO  Completion of current case load of solid waste complaints that don’t include imminent health hazard waste streams.  Education and outreach (workshops, seminars, brochures, manuals)  Technical assistance to the public.  Investigation of new solid waste management complaints that don’t have an imminent health hazard component  Vehicle Affidavits Activities that will be continued include:  Permitted facility inspection and compliance (covered by fees)  Exempt Facility inspection and compliance (covered by fees)  New facility permitting and compliance (covered by fees)  Investigation of new complaints or referrals that have an imminent health hazard component, which includes (but is not limited to) hazardous substance or waste spills, un-containerized putrescible waste in excess of 2 cubic yards, needles, medical wastes, etc.  Site abatement proceedings for current case load (covered by abatement fund) Site Hazard Assessment As of the date of this report, the Department of Ecology has suspended its partnership with local health jurisdictions to implement its Site Hazard Assessment Program. No activities are planned for 2018. Local Source Control and Enviro Stars These activities will continue in 2018-19 at the same funding levels as previous biennium.