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The Olinda Landfill (official name: Olinda Alpha Sanitary Landfill) [1] is a landfill situated in Orange County, California, west of the northern portion of Chino Hills State Park in Carbon Canyon [2] in Olinda neighborhood of Brea City. Facility size is approximately 565-acre (2.29 km 2) with about 420-acre (1.7 km 2) permitted for refuse ...
This is a list of Superfund sites in California designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up ...
Canal Area, San Rafael – The "East San Rafael" area (the eastern portion of the Canal Area between the Bay and San Quentin Ridge) was home to most of the garbage disposal sites in central Marin County. Chiquita Canyon Landfill, Castaic [3] Eastlake Landfill, Clearlake; Frank R. Bowerman Landfill, Orange County; Fresno Municipal Sanitary ...
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The Orange County Sanitation District (OCSD) is a public agency in the state of California that provides wastewater collection, treatment, and disposal services for approximately 2.6 million people in central and northwest Orange County. OCSD is a special district that is governed by a board of directors consisting of 25 board members appointed ...
The Hazardous Waste Control Act of 1972 [3] established legal standards for hazardous waste. Accordingly, in 1972, the Department of Health Services (now called the California Health and Human Services Agency) created a hazardous waste management unit, staffing it in 1973 with five employees concerned primarily with developing regulations and setting fees for the disposal of hazardous waste.
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Specifically, the CIWMB provided grants and loans that helped California's recycling industry; used incentive grants and loans to help spur the private sector into developing new markets for recycled materials; cleaned up solid waste disposal sites; and cleared illegal waste tire disposal sites. The CIWMB also regulated California landfills ...