Alternative Technology Advisory Subcommittee Los Angeles County Solid Waste Management Committee/

Alternative Technology Advisory Subcommittee
Los Angeles County Solid Waste Management Committee/
Integrated Waste Management Task Force
Minutes of June 18, 2015, Meeting
Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County
Joint Water Pollution Control Plant
24501 Figueroa Street
Carson, CA 90745
SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT:
Wayde Hunter, North Valley Coalition
John Kaddis, County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health
Mark McDannel, Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County
Mike Mohajer, Los Angeles County Integrated Waste Management Task Force
Rob Sherman, Republic Services, Inc.
Coby Skye, County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works
SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS REPRESENTED BY OTHERS:
Jim Stewart for Kay Martin, BioEnergy Producers Association
SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS NOT PRESENT:
California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery
(CalRecycle)
Alex Helou, City of Los Angeles
Ron Kent, Southern California Gas Company
Larry Levin, Juniper Hills
Eugene Sun, Mayor, City of San Marino
Eugene Tseng, UCLA Solid Waste Program
Jeff Yann, Hacienda Heights Improvements Association
Miguel Zermeno for Alex Helou, City of Los Angeles
OTHERS PRESENT:
Clark Ajwani, County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works
Gabriel Arenas, County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works
Russell Bukoff, County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works
David Coscia, County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works
Joyce Fang, County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works
Patrick Holland, County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works
Jason Jones, County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works
Trishena Robinson, County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works
Bereket Tadele, County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works
Kawsar Vazifdar, County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works
Larissa Yu, County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works
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Inna Sarac, County of Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner
Matt Goldberg, County of Los Angeles Department of Regional Planning
Anita Gutierrez, County of Los Angeles Department of Regional Planning
Maya Saraf, County of Los Angeles Department of Regional Planning
Alyson Stewart, County of Los Angeles Department of Regional Planning
Adrianne Ferree, County of Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department
Avery McEvoy, Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County
Roya Phillips, Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County
Chip Clements, Clements Environmental, Inc.
Krishna Nand, Environmental Management Professionals
I.
CALL TO ORDER
The meeting was called to order at 10:03 a.m.
II.
APPROVAL OF MAY 21, 2015, MEETING MINUTES
Approval of the Minutes for the May 21, 2015 Meeting was tabled and will be
considered at the next Meeting.
III.
DISCUSSION ON CONVERSION TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE PROPOSAL
Mr. Coby Skye informed the Subcommittee that planning for the proposed
Conversion Technology Conference remains in development. The conference is
expected to take place in late 2015.
IV.
PRESENTATION BY MARK MCDANNEL ON THE RESULTS TO DATE OF
THE COUNTY SANITATION DISTRICTS FOOD WASTE PROGRAM
Mr. Mark McDannel, Supervising Engineer for the Los Angeles County
Sanitation Districts (CSD), provided a PowerPoint presentation of CSD’s
Food Waste Program at the Joint Water Pollution Control Plant in Carson. CSD
has entered into a two-year demonstration program agreement with
Waste Management, Inc. (Waste Management) to deliver up to 84 tons per day
of pre-processed food waste slurry collected primarily from restaurants, food
processing plants, and grocery stores.
V.
PUBLIC COMMENT
There was no public comment.
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VI.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 10:59 a.m.