INTERNAL OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
Meeting Date: March 23, 2026
Subject: Nomination to the Local Enforcement Agency Independent Hearing Panel
Submitted For: Monica Nino, County Administrator
Department: County Administrator's Office
Referral No: 26/3
Referral Name: Advisory Body Candidate Screening/Interview
Presenter: Diana Oyler
Contact: Diana.oyler@cao.cccounty.us
Referral History:
In 1992, the Board of Supervisors, in its capacity as the governing body of the County Local Enforcement Agency, adopted Resolution No. 92/153, which, among other things, appointed the full Board to serve as the hearing panel, a body that implements enforcement and permitting activities at local solid waste facilities, pursuant to a statute that was later repealed. Under current law, hearings regarding the above matters may be conducted by either a hearing officer or by a hearing panel, which may be either (1) a panel of three members of the LEA governing body or (2) an independent three-member panel appointed. (Pub. Resources Code, ? 44308.) The Panel will hear matters related to solid waste enforcement, permits, and appeals.
The California Code of Regulations requires the appointment of either an independent hearing panel or hearing officer when in the jurisdiction of the LEA there exists a publicly owned or operated solid waste facility or disposal site. In Contra Costa County, the following jurisdictions own solid waste facilities: City of El Cerrito (Registration Tier Permit Transfer Station), City of Brentwood (Brentwood Transfer Station), City of Martinez (Martinez City Rubbish-closed landfill), City of Richmond (Naval Fuel Depot Pt. Molate-closed landfill), the City of Antioch (Antioch City Landfill-closed landfill), and the California Department of Water Resources (Banks Delta Pumping-closed dump site in Byron). For this reason, CalRecycle recommended that an independent hearing panel be established. CalRecycle also advised that there can be only one LEA hearing panel.
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