Urgent: State Survey on Barriers to Siting Organic Diversion Facilities due on 3-10-08

[Gary Liss <gary@garyliss.com>]

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> From:
> "Garcia, Bobbie" <bgarcia@CIWMB.ca.gov>
> Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2008 16:22:24 -0800
>  
> REMINDER:  If you haven't
> filled out the survey on barriers to siting organic diversion facilities,
> you still have time to do so.  The survey will be available until
> Monday, March 10, 2008.  Thank you.  Bobbie  
>  
> We Need to Hear From
> You:  The California Integrated Waste Management (CIWMB) is
> requesting your help in identifying barriers to siting and expanding
> organic materials diversion facilities.  The CIWMB is seeking
> participation from a wide range of stakeholders and interested parties to
> help us better understand all of the issues involved.  Your
> perspective is important to the CIWMB.     
>
> Why: 
> Organic materials comprise over 30 percent of the waste stream
> landfilled.  The CIWMB wants California to reduce the amount of
> organics being landfilled by 50 percent by 2020.  To do this at
> least 15 million tons of organics needs to be recycled annually.  As
> identified in the CIWMB?s ?Organics Roadmap"
> (
>
>
> http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/agendas/mtgdocs/2007/12/00022750.doc
> )
>
>
> , new and expanded
> facilities are going to be needed to achieve this goal and the CIWMB is
> looking at what it can do to help reduce the barriers to the siting and
> expanding of these needed facilities.   
>
> How You Can
> Participate:  
>
> 1.
>      
> Complete Electronic
> Survey at
>
>
>
>
> http://www.surveykey.com/s.cfm?SID=3891193F-FF9E-87C0-4B3CE49F51278667
>  no later than March
> 10, 2008.
>
> The survey
> takes about 10 to 15 minutes to complete.  You can only take the
> survey once online.
>
> If you would like to
> re-take the survey, please contact Bobbie Garcia at
> bgarcia@ciwmb.ca.gov. 
>
> After you complete the
> survey, a CIWMB staff person may contact you to get a more in-depth
> understanding of the barrier(s) and your ideas on how they can be
> overcome. 
>
> 2.
>      
> Attend Workshop at
> one of the following locations:
>
> ·
>        
> April 16, 2008 at the
> Biocycle Conference in San Diego 
> ·       
> April 23, 2008 at the
> Cal/EPA Building in Sacramento.  
>  
> All of the input from the surveys and any follow-up interviews will be
> used to develop a draft work plan to be discussed and improved upon at a
> series of workshops that you are invited to attend. The draft work plan
> will include concrete tasks and actions that the CIWMB could undertake to
> help reduce barriers to siting and expanding organics diversion
> facilities.  We will provide you with copy of the draft work plan
> and an invitation to the workshops.
>
> After the workshops,
> staff will finalize the work plan and present it to the CIWMB at a future
> Board meeting.  A notice of this future Board meeting will be sent
> to you.    
>
> Please Forward to
> Others:  If you know of others that might be
> interested in taking the survey, please forward this email message to
> them.  
>
> If you
> have any questions, please contact me
> at 
>
> bgarcia@ciwmb.ca.gov
> .
>
> Thank you and hope you
> are able to participate in the survey and workshop.
>
> Bobbie
> Bobbie
> Garcia 
> Waste
> Compliance and Mitigation Program, CIWMB 
> 1001
> "I" Street 
> P.O. Box
> 4025 
> Sacramento,
> CA  95812-4025 
> Ph: (916)
> 341-6291 
> Fax: (916)
> 319-7535 
> E-Mail:
> bgarcia@ciwmb.ca.gov 
> "Zero Waste, You Make It Happen!"

Gary Liss       
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