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CalEPA seeks $5.1 million, multiagency team to tackle rising landfill 'SET' emergencies
Summary
CalEPA urged the Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 2 to approve a $5.1 million request and 12 positions for a coordinated, multiagency response to subsurface elevated-temperature (SET) events at landfills, citing the active Chiquita Canyon incident and gaps in rapid detection and enforcement.
The California Environmental Protection Agency told the Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 2 that it is asking for $5.1 million and 12 positions across CalEPA, CalRecycle, the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) and the State Water Resources Control Board to respond to and help prevent subsurface elevated-temperature (SET) events at landfills.
Secretary Garcia, presenting the agency overview, said California is seeing new and intensifying waste‑management challenges and advocated a coordinated strategy to strengthen landfill response and enforcement, protect communities and reduce state financial risk. ‘‘We are acutely focused on strengthening our ability to respond,’’…
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