CC - Item 4A - Consultant Services Agreementstaf epor
TO: HONORABLE MAYOR
AND MEMBERS
ROSEMEAD CITY COUNCIL
FROM: FRANK G. TRIPEPI, CITY MANAGER
DATE: JANUARY 25, 2000
RE: CONSULTANT SERVICES AGREEMENT-E. TSENG & ASSOCIATES -AB 939
COMPLIANCE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
AB 939 requires every city to divert 25% of its solid waste stream from landfills by 1995 and 50% by
2000. The City will not meet its requirement for 50% diversion in 2000. In fact, the City fell below
25% last year; which may trigger an automatic compliance order from the State. Currently, sixty-five
local government agencies are under compliance orders. The consequences for not meeting legislated
diversion rates can be quite severe. Responsibility for enforcement of AB 939 rests with the
California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB). The Board may assess fines of up to
$10,000 per day against communities failing to meet state-mandated obligations. By August I' of
each year, all cities must send the CIWMB an annual report detailing the jurisdiction's diversion rate
and status of waste diversion programs.
In order to boost our current diversion rate, Consolidated Disposal Service suggests the City may
want to consider additional recycling programs for both residential and commercial users. Prior to
such action, staff recommends the expeditious reexamination of solid waste generation statistics and
recycling program elements. This should produce a more realistic diversion rate and more accurate
picture of options for maximizing diversion and associated credits.
E. Tseng & Associates proposes to provide the necessary technical assistance for structuring an AB
939 compliant solid waste source reduction and recycling program. Recognized as an expert in the
field, E. Tseng & Associates has assisted numerous communities in attaining AB 939 compliance.
COURC{L "iGEND
JAN 2 5 2000
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ITEM No.
The proposed scope of work includes: (1) development of a new solid waste generation study; (2)
revision and resubmittal of the City's 1998 annual report; (3) conduct of waste reduction and
recycling technical assistance workshops and audits; (4) completion of 1999 and 2000 annual
reports; and (5) representation before the CIWMB as may be required. E. Tseng & Associates will
provide these deliverables for the professional service fee of $48,000 plus reasonable expenses.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council approve the professional services proposal submitted by E.
Tseng & Associates and authorize the transfer of $48,000 from unappropriated reserves to fund the
required services.
Proposal to Implement AB 939 Source Reduction and Recycling
and Provide Technical Assistance for the City of Rosemead
January 2000 - December 2001
PROPOSER INFORMATION
E. Tseng and Associates
30023 West Rainbow Crest Drive
Agoura Hills, CA 91301
Telephone: (818) 889-8628 FAX: (818) 889-5458 e-mail: etsene(aaoixom
PART I: PROPOSED SCOPE OF WORK
The proposed scope of work is designed to meet the requirement of developing a new
generation study and to develop an infrastructure to provide on-going innovative
technical assistance to businesses in the City of Rosemead that will result in increased
diversion. The proposed scope of work combines components of education, outreach,
technical assistance, and development of programs to recognize exemplary diversion
efforts by the business sector in the City of Rosemead.
The CIWMB Diversion Guide describes the methodology for collecting the data needed
for developing a new base year generation study. During the development of the new
generation study, an on-site business technical assistance program will be implemented to
identify additional potential waste reduction and recycling activities that will result in
additional diversion for the City. Our staff will promote diversion practices consistent
with the most recent CIWMB's targeted methodologies focusing on source reduction and
recycling.
The tasks will then focus on implementing additional programs that were identified
during the audits as the most appropriate to obtain the maximum amount of diversion.
Please note that the audit program is not meant to replace your other diversion programs,
but is designed to complement and enhance the other efforts.
The following tasks are proposed to be completed over the next two years, February 1,
2000 to December 2001:
Task 1: Develop Sampling Plan
The City of Rosemead will provide a business license listing tabular format with the
following fields: 1) name of business, 2) address, 3) zip code, 4) number of employees,
5) SIC (Standard Industrial Classification) Code, 6) contact name, 7) contact telephone
number, and 8) description of what business does.
As an alternative, Dr. Tseng will utilize a Dunn and Bradstreet database to identify the
businesses in the City. Dr. Tseng will develop a sampling plan consistent with the
CIWMB Uniform Waste Characterization Method `s 80/20 sampling protocol and/or
another sampling plan currently being researched for the CIWMB.
The City will assist the contractor in obtaining the required (route list) data from the
haulers servicing the commercial and industrial sectors of the City. The information will
be kept confidential.
Task 2• Develop Technical Assistance/Audit Approach
Attached is a detailed description of the audit methodology and protocol to be used for
the Waste Reduction and Recycling Audits for your businesses The methodology and
protocols are consistent with the what is being performed in over 30 other Southern
California jurisdictions and also consistent with technical methodology and protocols of
utilized in the City of Ventura Waste Characterization and Waste Reduction and
Recycling Audit Program, and also the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works'
Business Recycling Technical Assistance Program.
Another sampling plan that may be tested in your jurisdiction is the "Optimal" sampling
plan that involves selective targeting of the largest businesses (using a statistical formula
to determine the exact number of large ones) and then randomly sampling for the smaller
and medium sized businesses.
Task 3: Conduct Waste Reduction and Recycling Technical Assistance Audits
The audits can be scheduled to start in February 2000 and can be completed by December
2000. A total of approximately 180 - 200 audits will be completed. 'The audits will take
approximately six (6) months to complete (some additional follow-up time may be
needed for a complete database). Additional audits and follow ups will be conducted in
the year 2001.
Task 4: Document Exemplary Programs and Nominate for CIWMB Waste
Reduction Awards Program (WRAP Awards)
As part of the on-site waste reduction and recycling technical assistance audit program,
the auditors will identify and/or nominate businesses with exemplary waste reduction and
recycling practices for the CIWMB WRAP Award (Year 2000) or a City of Rosemead
sponsored waste reduction award program. Dr. Tseng will work cooperatively with the
City to develop the evaluation criteria for the City-sponsored waste reduction and
recycling awards.
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Case studies of exemplary waste reduction and recycling programs can be documented at
a later date (as an additional task) in a format to enable other businesses to duplicate the
benchmark or model diversion programs implemented by the businesses in Rosemead. In
addition, the auditors will evaluate if the businesses will qualify for the CIWMB Waste
Reduction Award.
Task 5• Develop a Generation Based Study for a New Generation Study and/or a
New Baseveaz
The data obtained from the audits will be utilized to create a new generation study and/or
a new base year. The City of Rosemead will provide data on the City's owned and
operated diversion programs. Dr. Tseng will work with the City to calculate the diversion
tonnage of various programs after the City collects the data regarding the programs.
Dr. Tseng will interface with the CIWMB on behalf of the City of Rosemead to petition
for a new base year. If travel is required to Sacramento, the City will reimburse expenses.
(Please note that additional audits and follow-ups will be needed, approximately 30 - 50
new audits per year are scheduled for the year 2001, to keep the database current each
year. This is included in this proposal)
Dr. Tseng will be "scrubbing" the audit database information and providing it to the
CIWMB and/or other peer reviewers for assessment of technical methodology and for
researching statistical methods for the measurement of diversion. The data will be
utilized in teaching models / case studies for other jurisdictions.
In addition, CIWMB staff and recycling coordinators will be accompanying the waste
reduction and recycling auditors working with Dr. Tseng in different training programs
designed to increase the technical infrastructure of the industry. We request the City's
cooperation in hosting and participating in the training visits by CWIMB staff.
Task 6• Conduct Waste Reduction and Recycling Workshops for Businesses
and/or Professional Business Associations
E. Tseng and Associates will hold a minimum of two (2) workshops. Workshops can be
conducted for local service organizations (e.g., Rotary, etc.) and through the Chamber of
Commerce. We will work with the City to select the best forum for the workshops.
E. Tseng and Associates will be conducting a number of regional workshops for the
County and for the CIWMB. The workshops for the City can be combined with the
regional efforts to increase attendance and participation.
Task 7• Complete 1998, 1999 and Year 2000 Annual Reports
E. Tseng and Associates will refile the 1998 AB 939 Annual Report. The new generation
study will be incorporated into the 1998, 1999 and year 2000 annual reports. E. Tseng
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and Associates will prepare the 1999 annual report along with the required CIWMB
Petition for New Generation Study/New Base Year.
E. Tseng and Associates will also prepare the Year 2000 AB 939 Annual Report for the
City of Rosemead. For the Year 2000 annual report, we will research the options of a
new generation study or utilizing the CIWMB "Adjustment Method" and will utilize the
methodology that provides the most accurate diversion rate measurement.
Part 11: PROJECT COST AND SCHEDULE
Project Schedule:
The new generation study will be completed by the September 2000. The other tasks will
be completed before December 2001. The other tasks (workshops, follow up audits (if
additional tasks are added on) will be coordinated with Regional (County) and CIWMB
efforts for technical consistency and to avoid conflict of schedules.
Proposal Cost:
E. Tseng and Associates proposes to complete the above-described tasks for a cost of
forty eight thousand dollars ($48,000) plus reasonable expenses (e.g., mileage, volume
printing, trip to Sacramento (CIWMB) if required for compliance hearing, etc.).
Total Project Cost: $48,000
Task Cost Detail:
1. Task 1: Develop Sampling Plan ($1,000)
2. Develop Technical Assistance Approach (included in Task 1)
3. Conduct 180-200 Waste Reduction and Recycling Audits ($38,000)
4. Document Exemplary Programs /Nominate for CIWMB WRAP Awards ($1,000)
5. Develop New Generation Study and/or a New Baseyear (included in Task 7)
6. Conduct Waste Reduction and Recycling Workshops ($2,000)
7. Complete 1998, 1999 and 2000 Annual Reports ($6,000)
Additional Tasks Requests
The project team recommends that the follow-up audits (30-50 additional new audits be
completed in 2001 and each year afterwards) and that detailed follow-up with the existing
businesses be conducted to implement programs identified as having the highest
potential. This task is estimated to be approximately $18,000 to $20,000 per year,
depending upon the number and type of requests received from the businesses in the City.
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Additional tasks can be completed on a fixed not-to-exceed cost basis or on a time and
material basis according to the fee schedule below:
Eugene Tseng, Principal $ 120 per hour
Senior Technical Waste Management Specialist $ 85 per hour
Project Manager / Administrator $ 60 per hour
Student Supervisor / Senior Auditor $ 30 per hour
Student Interns / Researchers $ 25 per hour
PART III: QUALIFICATIONS
Firm Information
E. Tseng is a sole proprietorship and primarily involved with assisting cities with meeting
AB 939 compliance. The firm also works with the CIWMB, various cities, waste haulers
in providing training to their staff on AB 939 programs and issues. Dr. Eugene Tseng is
the Principal of the firm. Dr. Tseng also works as a part time UCLA Extension instructor
and as a Principal Investigator on UCLA Extension / California Integrated Waste
Management Board Interagency Research Projects. Much of the firm's work is done
through a cooperative partnership between UCLA Extension and 501(c)(3) environmental
non-profit organizations so as to provide student intems with actual job experience.
Qualifications and Related Experience
Dr. Eugene Tseng is uniquely qualified to design, manage, and conduct "new AB 939
.generation studies" and/or "new base year studies.
Dr. E. Tseng assisted in the development of the California Integrated Waste Management
Board's Waste Reduction and Recycling Training Manual, the CIWMB "Jurisdiction
Diversion Measurement Guide". Dr. Tseng also is the primary instructor for the CIWMB
for training jurisdiction recycling coordinators on how to conduct a new generation study
and developing a new base year (4 training workshops conducted for the CIWMB in
November 1999)
Dr. Tseng has extensive experience in the development and preparation of AB 939
Annual Reports. Dr. Tseng served as the Principal Investigator at UCLA Extension in the
development of the CIWMB Adjustment Method and on the CIWMB advisory committee
for development of solutions to Base Year Reporting Problems. His background and
experience provides an in-depth understanding of the intricacies of the measurement of a
jurisdiction's diversion rate.
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Dr. Tseng has successfully assisted a number of jurisdictions in conducting studies and
petitioning the CIWMB for a new base year because of inaccurate Solid Waste
Generation Studies (SWGS) and Source Reduction an&Recycling Elements (SRRE).
The efforts prevented the issuance of a CIWMB compliance order. A detailed statement
of qualifications is attached for your review.
Dr. Tseng has provided services in the preparation of new base year and/or new
generation studies for various jurisdictions in Southern California:
City of Carson
City of South Gate
City of Ventura
City of Compton
City of Hermosa Beach
City of San Clemente
References
City of Los Angeles
City of Santa Fe Springs
City of Oxnard
City of Sierra Madre
City of Santa Ana
City of Irvine
1. Chris Schmidle
California Integrated Waste Management Board
8800 Cal Center Drive
Sacramento, CA 92658 (916) 255-2200
Served as Principal Investigator for the development of the CIWMB Uniform
Adjustment Method in 1993-1994, and development of CIWMB Model Diversion
Measurement Guide
2. Jaime Lozano
City of Carson
2390 East Dominguez
Carson, CA 90220 (310) 952-1799 x3508
Preparation of 1995 -1998 AB 939 Annual Report / Conducting new generation
study and petitioning CIWMB for new Base Year approval, and conducting
jurisdiction wide waste reduction/recycling audits using stratified sampling
protocols. (First CI `MB-approved New Generation Study using Audits)
3. Sue Gordon
Orange County Integrated Waste Management Department
320 North Flower, Suite 400
Santa Ana, CA 92703 (714) 834-4176
Conducted workshops on waste reduction/recycling audits, AB 939 compliance,
and diversion measurement for jurisdictions, haulers, and consultants
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ATTACHMENT
Technical Approach and Protocols for
Waste Reduction and Recycling Technical Assistance Audits
The audits will be conducted for approximately two hundred (200) businesses
(determined by the number of employees). Student interns from UCLA and/or other
universities, along with professional staff, will conduct waste reduction and recycling
audits for businesses located in the City of Rosemead. The auditors will also distribute
California Integrated Waste Management Board (CIWMB) brochures and fact sheets on
waste reduction and recycling programs to each business audited as part of a commercial
sector technical assistance and outreach effort. The students/auditors will be assessing
current diversion activities as well as making recommendations for additional diversion
programs.
The student interns and professional waste management specialists will also assist in the
implementation of source reduction and recycling programs for each business if
requested. Technical literature from the CIWMB and resource guides (e.g., locations of
recycling centers, etc.) will be provided to businesses. The students can also assist the
businesses in estimating resource and cost savings of various programs (if applicable).
As a separate program to be implemented in the next phase, follow-ups can be conducted
after program implementation (consistent with the methodology used by the Los Angeles
County Department of Public Works Business Recycling Technical Assistance Program).
All company data will be treated as confidential. The auditors will be trained using the
CIWMB and US EPA developed business waste reduction audit training programs. Data
verification and crosschecking are provided by members of the technical subcommittee
reviewing the CIWMB draft model diversion reporting guide and/or by independent
statisticians that will review the technical methodology. A recommendation form with
suggested programs will be provided to each business after the site visit if requested by
the businesses.
The auditor for documentation purposes retains a copy of the recommendation form for
each business. Hard copies of the calculations and on-site visit observations will be
compiled and kept by Dr. Tseng and treated as confidential materials. If the CIWMB or
the City would like to review the documentation, arrangements can be made to view the
materials but no copies can be made without the written permission of the businesses.
We will need the assistance of the City in conducting the audits. A letter from the
Recycling Coordinator or the City Manager requesting the participation of local
businesses would be very helpful to obtain the cooperation of the businesses. Any
residents or City staff who are interested in volunteering can contact Dr. Eugene Tseng at
(818) 889-8628 for waste reduction and recycling auditing training.
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The survey methodology utilized in the study was based on draft CIWMB and US EPA
forms. The quantification methodology for estimating source reduction diversion
quantities is based upon a draft US EPA document titled "Business Waste Prevention
Quantification Methodologies, Business Users' Guide and Technical Appendices".
The training program for the waste reduction and recycling auditors was based on the
CIWMB training program document titled "Establishing a Waste Reduction Program at
Work". Copies of the training program are available on the CIWMB Web site.
Please note that the technical protocol may change due to requests by the CIWMB for
field-testing specific protocols and other issues.
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Cities in Southern California That Have Conducted or
in the Process of Conductint=- a New Generation Study
City of Carson
Jaime Lozano (Pager) 310-249-0379, City Phones being changed
City of Buenaventura (Ventura)
Ray Olson 805-652-4525
City of Los Angeles
Lupe Vela 213-847-1444
City of South Gate
David Lopez 323-563-9537
City of Santa Fe Springs
Susan Bergeron-Vance 562-868-0511
City of Compton
Kareemah Bradford 310-605-5595
City of Hermosa Beach
Sol Blumenfeld 310-318-0235
City of Dana Point
Cindy Asher 949-248-9890
City of San Juan Capistrano
Douglas Dumhart
City of Lomita
Paul Hogan 310-325-7110
City of Sierra Madre
Suzie Mc Connell 626-355-7135
City of Santa Ana
Will Hayes 714-565-4048
EUGENE TSENG AND ASSOCIATES
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
May 1995
SECTION 1: COMPANY DATA
Eugene Tseng
E. Tseng and Associates
30023 West Rainbow Crest Drive
Agoura Hills, California 91301
Telephone (818) 889-8628
FAX (818) 889-5458
Bachelor of Science (Engineering, Materials Science/Environmental), UCLA 1973
Juris Doctorate, University of La Verne, 1985
Program of hrstruction for Lawyers, Harvard University, 1986
The proposer is a Minority Business Enterprise. The Proposer 's Los Angeles business tax
license number is #208762-79. E.Tseng and Associates is registered as an MBE in the
City of Los Angeles and with the City of San Francisco.
SECTION 2: SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE
E. Tseng and Associates is uniquely qualified to provide the wide range of technical
assistance in municipal solid waste management projects and hazardous waste
management projects. The firm also has extensive experience in corporate environmental
management issues dealing with environmental compliance, corporate greening and green
marketing.
The firm's founder, Eugene Tseng is an environmental engineer and a licensed California
attorney specializing in environmental law. He has over 21 years of engineering
experience in the municipal solid waste and hazardous waste management field. Mr.
Tseng has extensive mechanical process design and site layout experience for materials
recovery facilities and refuse-derived-fuel facilities as well as densification plants and
composting plants. Mr. Tseng was selected by the United Nations Development
Programme to be their international specialist in municipal solid waste and hazardous
waste management to assist developing countries in organizing their environmental
regulatory, industry, and educational programs. Dr. Tseng is also an Adjunct Law
Professor for Environmental Law at the University of La Verne.
Mr. Tseng has extensive experience in developing training seminars and workshops for
critical issues on the environment. He has organized workshops on behalf of the
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California Integrated Waste Management Board, City of Los Angeles, the EPA, and the
California Department of Health Services, and with the University of California at Los
Angeles. He also assisted in developing workshops to provide training on solid waste
issues to journalists specializing in environmental news.
E. Tseng and Associates provided technical oversight and management for the City of
Los Angeles' AB 939 Solid Waste Generation Study. E. Tseng and Associates prepared
the RFP and designed the technical methodology and format of the AB 939 generator-
based study. The firm also under contract to the Department of Environmental Affairs to
provide technical and legal services in starting up the Local Enforcement Agency (LEA)
effort for the City of Los Angeles.
Eugene Tseng served an Adjunct Professor at the UCLA Anderson Graduate School of
Management. He teaches a pilot course entitled "Business and the Environment". This
class was developed in response to an EPA and United Nations Environmental
Programme request to develop model MBA curriculum to address environmental issues
as part of the business management training. Mr. Tseng teaches the corporate greening
and green marketing subjects in addition to compliance/Superfund topics.
As a member of the U.S. EPA's National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and
Technology, Mr. Tseng works with the Environmental Protection Agency Region D{
office to develop integrated solid waste management training programs. Mr. Tseng
serves as the Program Director and as instructor at UCLA's Municipal Solid Waste
Management Program. Mr. Tseng teaches a national model course on MSW
Management Technology at both UCLA and UC Davis. The course covers materials
recovery facility and waste -to-energy facility design. Mr. Tseng serves as faculty advisor
to university joint intern research projects done with regulatory agencies and
municipalities.
SECTION 3: SUMMARY OF RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
Technical and Regulatory Experience in MSW Management Projects
Eugene Tseng has over 18 years experience in the recycling, secondary products
manufacturing, and municipal solid waste management field. While Mr. Tseng was with
National Ecology (an American Ecology company) he was a senior member of the
professional staff and later Vice President of American Ecology Corporation.
Eugene Tseng professional duties included mechanical process design and site layout for
material recovery facilities and refuse-derived-fuel (RDF) facilities as well as
densification plants and composting plants. He has extensive experience in performing
technical and economic analysis on recycling and mechanical solid waste processing
systems. Mr. Tseng has also performed economic and needs assessment studies along
with technical feasibility studies for solid waste planning. His experience includes
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developing and conducting waste composition analysis procedures for US and
international municipal and private clients for recycling, materials processing, and waste-
to-energy projects.
Mr. Tseng has designed and constructed bench scale technologies for waste tire
gasification and pyrolysis. He directed research projects in developing secondary
products from waste tires. Mr. Tseng served as moderator for the California Integrated
Waste Management Board's waste tire conference.
Mr. Tseng was the technical director under contract to the City of Los Angeles to provide
technical oversight and management of the City's "generator-based". AB 939 Solid Waste
Generation Study.
In the area of regulatory compliance and enforcement of solid waste facilities, Mr. Tseng
assisted in the preparation and documentation of the City of Los Angeles' Local
Enforcement Agency's Enforcement Program Plan (EPP) and also served as the LEA's
interface with the California Integrated Waste Management Board. Mr. Tseng is
developing the permitting and enforcement procedures manuals for solid waste facilities.
Part of the services is to provide technical support to LEA staff in the review of landfill
closure plans, permit modifications, and permit revisions.
Mr. Tseng is the principal investigator for the Interagency Agreement between UCLA and
the CIWMB in the development of the AB 2494 uniform disposal based quantification
compliance method. Mr. Tseng designed the technical approach and developed the
regulatory compliance measurement. scheme use by jurisdictions to measure their
progress towards the waste diversion goals.
Mr. Tseng developed secondary product manufacturing and technology in the recycled
glass field and has received two US patents 1) Ash Coated Cellular Glass Pellets,
94,143,202 and 2) Method for Forming Coated Cellular Glass Pellets, #4,081,259 for
process and equipment systems design for the manufacture of secondary products using
materials recovered from the solid waste stream. He has also assessed European
secondary manufacturing technology for application in the United States.
E. Tseng and Associates was under contract to the Department of Conservation, Division
of Recycling, to provide technical assistance in analyzing technology, legislation, and
integrated program assistance for the California beverage container recycling effort (AB
2020).
Eugene Tseng is also the founder and Program Director of the University of California at
Los Angeles Extension's Municipal Solid Waste Management Program. He serves as an
Advisory Board Member and is also the Industry Program Coordinator. He has organized
and co-taught the following courses:
i) Principles of Municipal Solid Waste Management
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ii) Recycling: Design, Marketing, and Operations
iii) Siting of Waste Treatment and Disposal Facilities
iv) Municipal Solid Waste Management Technology
V) Case Studies in Municipal Solid Waste Management
vi) Regulatory Framework for MSW Management
This is the first integrated training program for solid waste managers in the country. The
program is designed to meet the personnel demands of industry, regulatory agencies, and
grassroots environmental organizations in trying to meet the solid waste planning and
implementation requirements for industry and municipalities. Mr. Tseng also serves on
the Advisory Board for the University of California at Davis Solid Waste Management
Program.
2. Regulatory and Legislative Experience
Eugene Tseng is a licensed California attorney specializing in Environmental Law.
While with American Ecology Corporation as Vice President of Environmental Affairs,
part of his job responsibilities was to provide legal and impact analysis on proposed state
and national legislation and regulations in hazardous waste and municipal solid waste
management. He currently serves on the California Integrated Waste Management
Board's Composting Regulations Committee.
Mr. Tseng assisted the City of Los Angeles develop its Local Enforcement Agency's
Enforcement Program Plan for solid waste facility permitting, inspection, enforcement,
and corrective action.
Eugene Tseng has organized and taught the following UCLA Extension courses:
i.) Regulatory Framework for Hazardous and Toxic Materials Management
ii.) Environmental Law
iii.) Regulatory Framework for MSW Management
These legal courses on Hazardous Materials are utilized to train the new hires from Los
Angeles County Health Hazardous Waste Inspection Program and also for in-house
training for new hires for personnel from the California Department of Health Services,
Toxic Substances Control Division.
In 1988 Mr. Tseng was selected by the United Nations Development Programme to be
their international specialist in municipal solid waste and hazardous waste management
for assisting countries in organizing their environmental regulatory, industrial, and
educational programs. Mr. Tseng was in the People's Republic of China in February
1990 to assist in prioritization of hazardous waste management activities. He has trained
MSW regulatory personnel from Saudi Arabia and many other countries.
Mr. Tseng has assisted the State of California in the development of many solid waste
regulations. He was under contract with the California Integrated Waste Management
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Board to assist in the development of regulations for implementation of the Rigid Plastic
Packaging Container Bill (SB 235). The firm also participated in the research of the
impact of household batteries in the solid waste stream as part of the Household Battery
Study for the Board.
Mr. Tseng is currently under contract with the California Integrated Waste Management
Board to develop the disposal based compliance quantification methodology. He is
responsible for the technical direction and legal support documentation for regulatory
development. Mr. Tseng also serves on the Compost Advisory Committee for the
California Integrated Waste Management Board.
3. Information/Clearinghouse Experience
From 1990-1992, Mr. Tseng served as the Executive Director for the EPA's Region 9
Institute of Cooperative Environmental Management (ICEM) Technical Assistance and
Information Center for hazardous waste and municipal solid waste management. The
ICEM is a non-profit organization called EcoSource International. Its primary focus is
developing private-public partnerships to promote the concept of cooperative
environmental management and to provide integrated technical assistance to academia,
industry, and government for the purpose of developing and implementing model
environmental education/training programs.
Mr. Tseng also serves on the Technical Advisory Committee for the California Museum
of Science and Industry for their project on "Our Urban Environment". He provided
technical review for exhibits on recycling, solid waste management and hazardous
material/waste management.
Mr. Tseng currently serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of MSW Management
magazine.
4. Hazardous Materials Management Experience
Eugene Tseng has experience in the interface between municipal solid waste and
hazardous waste and he teaches this topic in the UCLA MSW program. Mr. Tseng has
also been involved with preliminary design and process engineering of an integrated
hazardous waste treatment facility. Mr. Tseng has extensive international technology
assessment experience in evaluating European hazardous waste treatment technology.
He served on the EPA's technology peer review committee for a manual titled "Summary
of Treatment Technology " Effectiveness for Contaminated Soil."
As the Industry Advisor and Assistant Executive Director (1987-1989) of the National
Science Foundation's Engineering Research Center for Hazardous Substances Control at
UCLA, Mr. Tseng assisted in raising over $15 million for research at UCLA and assisted
in developing the Hazardous Waste Information Center to serve the informational
requirements of industry, regulatory agencies, communities, and basic research needs of
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the research institutions. Mr. Tseng was also responsible for developing joint public-
private partnerships in developing innovative hazardous waste management technologies.
Mr. Tseng worked with the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers in developing
training programs for the recognition and evaluation of environmental risks (Phase I
Audit) during real property "walk-throughs" for appraisals.
Mr. Tseng performs various types of technical feasibility studies for private investment
groups for environmental technology related projects.
Mr. Tseng served on the UCLA Hazardous and Toxic Materials Management Certificate
Advisory Board at UCLA and was an instructor for its Hazardous Waste Management
Technology course as well as the Regulatory Framework and Environmental Law
courses.
As Vice President of Environmental Affairs of American Ecology Corporation, Eugene
Tseng was responsible for obtaining hazardous waste treatment, storage, and disposal
facility (TSDF) permits and other permits for various hazardous waste projects. Mr.
Tseng also participated in developing permitting and siting strategies for the construction
of California's only low-level radioactive waste disposal facility. The successful siting
process is studied as a case model in a course titled "Siting of Waste Treatment and
Disposal Facilities" offered through the University of California. Mr. Tseng was one of
the co-instructors of the course.
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