Local Assistance and Market Development

The Board's Local Assistance and Market Development (LAMD) staff help local governments meet the planning and diversion mandates of the Integrated Waste Management Act of 1989 (IWMA). Local Assistance and Market Development staff serve as liaisons between local governments and the Board and its program areas, providing input for the development of Board policies concerning local planning and implementation issues.

Staff also provides tools and aids to assist jurisdictions in meeting their IWMA requirements. Listed below are a few of the most important tools in the following categories:

• Reporting
• Program Implementation
• Other Resources

Reporting

You will find calculation tools, information, and models you can use to meet the reporting requirements of the IWMA.

Certification Templates, Applications, and Tools

• Base-year reporting templates (Board approved)
• Biomass facility diversion claim sheet (MS Word 2003, 71 KB)
• Countywide, regionwide, and statewide jurisdiction diversion progress report
• Diversion rate measurement calculator
• Electronic Annual Report
• Electronic SB 1066 Progress Reports
• Model source reduction and recycling element (SRRE) guidelines
• Nondisposal facility element (NDFE)
• Petition for rural reduction requirements
• Time extension and alternative diversion goal reduction (SB1066)

Information and Policies

• Biennial reviews
• Biomass guide 
• Board limitations on correcting or establishing new base years
• Countywide integrated waste management plan enforcement
• Diversion study guide
• Household hazard waste element (HHWE)
• Local Assistance and Market Development contacts
• Planning annual report information system (PARIS)
• Recommendations for correcting base-year and/or reporting-year inaccuracies
• Rural Jurisdictions and Information
• Statewide diversion rate

Program Implementation

The Board offers a variety of resources to help jurisdictions implement waste management programs and meet the goals of the Integrated Waste Management Act.

• Case studies on the pilot food scrap program
• Food waste
• Indian Wells food scrap recycling video
• Innovations: analyses of successful local programs
• Jurisdiction waste stream profiles
• School diversion and waste reduction
• Solid waste characterization
• State agencies (AB75)
• Venue Facilities and Special Events

Other Resources

You will find Board programs assisting local government with waste diversion, permitting and enforcement, and markets for recycled materials.

• Food waste
• Grants and loans
• Laws and regulations
• Local government assistance library
• Planning annual report information system (PARIS)
• Rural Jurisdictions and Information. This site was developed specifically for rural cities, counties, and regional agencies. These pages provide information about rural assistance, successful diversion programs, and grants and loans available to rural jurisdictions.
• School district diversion project
• State-sponsored grants and loans
• Venue facilities and special events

LAMD staff also provides direct planning and implementation assistance through response to inquiries, local meeting attendance, instructional workshops, and development of guidance documents, as well as ongoing tracking and monitoring of local government progress in plan implementation. LAMD activities include:

• Explaining regulations and statutes.
• Providing detailed guidelines for preparation of local countywide integrated waste management plans (CIWMP).
• Reviewing local plans for statutory, regulatory, and technical adequacy.
• Assisting directly with local planning and implementation.
• Developing Board policy concerning local planning and implementation issues.

Last updated: April 14, 2009